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opp. Gumeracha Effluent Ponds 3339

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	23-05-1998
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	13
Taxa count ALT	20
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.5	3.4	2.8
Weighted SIGNAL	3.5	4.1	3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	66.79%	12,359,954,093m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure, 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	11.97%	2,215,895,150m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.2 Olives, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	10.31%	1,908,340,305m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.2 Stock route, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	3.77%	697,374,359m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.3 Other forest plantation, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation, 4.1.1 Irrigated hardwood plantation forestry	2.18%	402,821,833m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs, 5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	1.31%	241,793,118m²
	Water	6.1.3 Lake - intensive use, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	1.01%	186,783,308m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.2 Surface water supply, 1.2.4 Landscape	0.83%	153,777,422m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.1 Degraded irrigated land, 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land	0.47%	87,765,651m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.27%	50,509,007m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.17%	31,005,529m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.12%	22,754,058m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.2 Shadehouses, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.07%	12,252,185m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.03%	6,001,070m²
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				185,053,000m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 May 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	16	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	16
Gastropoda KG	28	1
Glyptophysa sp.(Unident.) KG070299	28
Oligochaeta LO	34	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	34
Acarina MM	4	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	4

Unknown QA	330
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	328
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	2
Coleoptera QC	24	5
Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	4

Rhantus saturalis (Larva) QC09230A	4

Copelatus australiae QC092701	2

Copelatus (Larva) QC09279I	4

Berosus queenslandicus QC110423	2

Berosus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC11049I	2

Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	4

Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	2

Diptera QD	36	3
Culex sp.(Unident.) QD070799	8

Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	12

Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	2
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	2
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	12

Trichoptera QT	2	8
Lingora aurata QT150501	2

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7