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Eight Mile Ck GS 239508 3009

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	23-10-1995
Taxa count ORDER	15
Taxa count FAMILY	30
Taxa count ALT	44
Mayflies present?	14
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3	3.7	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	4.3	4	3.8

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	86.98%	2,972,047,586m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads	5.41%	184,767,174m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	2.79%	95,387,931m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	2.48%	84,872,726m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	1.11%	37,804,666m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.13%	4,506,516m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial	0.07%	2,253,258m²
	Natural	1.2.4 Landscape	0.03%	1,001,448m²
Show minor land uses 6
				34,169,409m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 October 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	15
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	15
Nematoda II	726	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	726
Gastropoda KG	2902	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	819
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	539
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1484
Unknown KG0702A2	59
Physa acuta KG080101	1
Bivalvia KP	6	3
Corbiculina australis KP020101	2
Pisidium casertanum KP030101	4
Oligochaeta LO	121	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	121
Unknown LP	6
Polychaete EPA sp.1 LP9999A1	6
Acarina MM	3	6
Hygrobatidae (Unident.) MM159999	2

Peza ops MM250101	1

Amphipoda OP	1275	3
Pseudomoera sp.(Unident.) OP030199	21

Gammarus sp.X OP0301A2	153

Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	1101

Isopoda OR	1	2
Cymodetta sp.(Unident.) OR130199	1
Unknown OT	90
Paratya australiensis OT010101	90

Unknown OX	6
Amarinus lacustris OX010101	6

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Platynectes decempunctatus QC092201	3

Limnoxenus zelandicus QC111401	3

Diptera QD	1125	3
Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	1
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	2
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	7
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	6
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	8
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	330
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	1
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	2
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	7
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	680

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	4
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	75
Ephemeroptera QE	14	9
Baetis soror QE020104	10
Nousia fuscula QE060802	1
Ulmerophlebia sp.(Unident.) QE061299	3
Trichoptera QT	91	8
Hellyethira multilobata QT030405	4
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	39
Lingora aurata QT150501	7
Atriplectides dubius QT230101	2
Notalina spira QT250504	38
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	1

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 4 April 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	13
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	12
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	1
Nematoda II	131	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	131
Gastropoda KG	2161	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	119
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	927
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1069
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	32
Physa acuta KG080101	14
Bivalvia KP	6	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	6
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	2
Oligochaeta LO	57	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	57
Unknown LP	13
Polychaete EPA sp.1 LP9999A1	13
Amphipoda OP	3114	3
Pseudomoera sp.(Unident.) OP030199	894

Gammarus sp.X OP0301A2	2205

Austrogammarus multispinatus OP060103	15

Unknown OT	10
Paratya australiensis OT010101	10

Unknown OV	2
Euastacus bispinosus OV010203	2

Unknown OX	24
Amarinus lacustris OX010101	24

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001	3

Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	3

Diptera QD	26	3
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	6
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	3
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	5
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	2

Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	5
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	2

Cladopelma sp.(Unident.) QDAI2299	2

Ephemeroptera QE	86	9
Baetis soror QE020104	83
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	3
Trichoptera QT	196	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	3
Lingora aurata QT150501	137
Atriplectides dubius QT230101	1
Notalina spira QT250504	17
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	36

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

Sampled on 19 October 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	350
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	350
Nematoda II	3270	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	3270
Gastropoda KG	27561	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	1200
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	9160
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	16310
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101	20
Ferrissia tasmanica KG060102	20
Unknown KG0702A2	441
Isidorella hainesii KG070302	10
Bayardella cosmeta KG070801	370
Physa acuta KG080101	30
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	1
Unknown LA	480
Aelosomatidae (Unident.) LA019999	480
Hirudinea LH	41	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	41
Oligochaeta LO	1140	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1140
Unknown LP	50
Polychaete EPA sp.1 LP9999A1	50
Amphipoda OP	7293	3
Pseudomoera sp.(Unident.) OP030199	1050

Gammarus sp.X OP0301A2	6240

Austrogammarus multispinatus OP060103	3

Unknown OT	80
Paratya australiensis OT010101	80

Unknown OX	101
Amarinus lacustris OX010101	101

Coleoptera QC	36	5
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	30

Rhantus saturalis (Larva) QC09230A	2

Limnoxenus zelandicus QC111401	3

Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	1

Diptera QD	5090	3
Ephydridae (Unident.) QD789999	30

Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	10
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	20
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	20
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	150
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	30
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	3710
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	690
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	220

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	10
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	180
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	20

Ephemeroptera QE	561	9
Baetis soror QE020104	410
Atalophlebia australasica QE060103	1
Atalophlebia australis QE060104	20
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	100
Koorrnonga pilosa QE060902	10
Ulmerophlebia sp.(Unident.) QE061299	20
Plecoptera QP	10	10
Dinotoperla brevipennis QP030202	10
Trichoptera QT	645	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	1
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	1
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	30
Hellyethira EPA sp.1 QT0304A1	1
Hydroptila losida QT030503	10
Hydroptila scamandra QT030505	1
Lingora aurata QT150501	410
Atriplectides dubius QT230101	1
Notalina spira QT250504	190

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

Sampled on 23 February 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	10
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	10
Nematoda II	2780	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2780
Gastropoda KG	23451	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	1902
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	20638
Physa acuta KG080101	911
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	21	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	21
Unknown LP	20
Polychaete EPA sp.1 LP9999A1	20
Amphipoda OP	32820	3
Pseudomoera sp.(Unident.) OP030199	12600

Gammarus sp.X OP0301A2	20220

Unknown OT	262
Paratya australiensis OT010101	262

Unknown OX	40
Amarinus lacustris OX010101	40

Coleoptera QC	23	5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001	3

Hydrochus sp QC110299	20

Diptera QD	360	3
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	20
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	60
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	10
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	50
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	50
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	30
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	10
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	90
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	40

Ephemeroptera QE	190	9
Baetis soror QE020104	190
Lepidoptera QL	10	2
Nymphulinae (Unident.) QL0199B1	10

Odonata QO	1	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	1
Trichoptera QT	1701	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	10
Hydroptila sp.(Unident.) QT030599	10
Lingora aurata QT150501	390
Notalina spira QT250504	1290
Triaenodes sp.(Unident.) QT251099	1

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9