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Little Para R D/S dam 3459

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	01-06-1995
Taxa count ORDER	14
Taxa count FAMILY	36
Taxa count ALT	56
Mayflies present?	24
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.9	4	3.5
Weighted SIGNAL	4.7	3.8	4.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads	36.60%	3,705,334,506m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 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	35.52%	3,595,552,374m²
	Natural	1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.2 Surface water supply	11.36%	1,150,336,690m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	8.34%	844,497,174m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.4.2 Olives, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.2 Irrigated seasonal flowers and bulbs, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	3.59%	363,606,423m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	1.96%	198,308,042m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	1.08%	109,532,059m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.4 No defined use, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land	0.97%	98,528,838m²
	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	0.40%	40,011,711m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.10%	10,253,001m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture, 5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.06%	5,751,683m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.5 Aquaculture	0.02%	2,000,586m²
Show minor land uses 7
				101,237,131m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 1 June 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	2
Nematoda II	3	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	3
Gastropoda KG	710	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	24
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	623
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	56
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101	3
Unknown KG0702A2	1
Isidorella hainesii KG070302	1
Physa acuta KG080101	2
Bivalvia KP	56	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	56
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	33	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	33
Amphipoda OP	18	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	18

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	4

Diptera QD	171	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.41 QD0199A6	2
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	2

Atrichopogon sp. 1 (NMVsp10) QD0927A1	2

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.1 QD0999A1	2

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.4 QD0999A4	16

Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	8

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	1

Psychodidae SRV sp.7 QD1299A3	1

Odontomyia sp.(Unident.) QD240199	2
Apsectrotanypus sp.(Unident.) QDAE0599	25
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	61
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	5
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	8
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	3
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	7
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	3
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	2
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	6

Polypedilum watsoni QDAI0810	14
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Ephemeroptera QE	24	9
Cloeon fluviatile QE020201	10
Atalophlebia australasica QE060103	7
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	7
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Microvelia peramoena QH560103	3
Micronecta gracilis QH650503	1
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	2
Odonata QO	3	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Synthemis eustalacta QO230701	1
Hemicordulia tau QO300102	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Austrocerca tasmanica QP040101	2
Trichoptera QT	32	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	5
Taschorema complex QT0113A3	2
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	1
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	2
Lingora aurata QT150501	7
Anisocentropus sp.(Unident.) QT240199	2
Lectrides varians QT250201	4
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	1
Triaenodes sp.(Unident.) QT251099	3
Triplectides australicus QT251102	1
Triplectides ciuskus ciuskus QT251104	2
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	2

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 11 October 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	10
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	10
Nematoda II	180	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	180
Gastropoda KG	4420	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	180
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	1450
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2740
Physa acuta KG080101	50
Bivalvia KP	290	3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101	290
Oligochaeta LO	840	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	840
Acarina MM	720	6
Hydrachna sp.(Unident.) MM010199	720

Isopoda OR	20	2
Haloniscus sp.(Unident.) OR250199	20

Unknown QA	30
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	30
Coleoptera QC	53	5
Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	22

Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601	30

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	1

Diptera QD	4464	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.41 QD0199A6	20
Tipulidae SRV sp.33 QD0199A9	50
Anopheles sp.(Unident.) QD070199	4

Nilobezzia sp.(Unident.) QD092099	20

Atrichopogon sp. 1 (NMVsp10) QD0927A1	40

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.7 QD0999A7	220

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.8 QD0999A8	80

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.11 QD0999B2	40

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	10

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	50

Apsectrotanypus sp.(Unident.) QDAE0599	190
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	120
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	40
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	150
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	200
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	90
Parametriocnemus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1199	80
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	50
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	2250
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	30
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	140
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	20
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	280

Polypedilum watsoni QDAI0810	290
Ephemeroptera QE	20	9
Atalophlebia australasica QE060103	10
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	10
Hemiptera QH	20	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	20
Odonata QO	1	3
Ischnura sp.(Unident.) QO021099	1
Plecoptera QP	400	10
Austrocerca tasmanica QP040101	400
Trichoptera QT	471	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	140
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	280
Lingora aurata QT150501	1
Triaenodes sp.(Unident.) QT251099	50

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.9

Sampled on 24 May 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	10
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199	10
Turbellaria IF	20	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	20
Nematoda II	10	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	10
Gastropoda KG	3630	1
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	3600
Physa acuta KG080101	30
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	1
Oligochaeta LO	90	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	90
Acarina MM	340	6
Hydrachna sp.(Unident.) MM010199	260

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	80

Amphipoda OP	30	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	30

Isopoda OR	20	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	20

Unknown QA	50
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	50
Coleoptera QC	23	5
Platynectes decempunctatus QC092201	3

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	20

Diptera QD	90	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.41 QD0199A6	10
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	10

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	10

Odontomyia sp.(Unident.) QD240199	10
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	10
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	20
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	20
Odonata QO	2	3
Austroagrion watsoni QO020502	1
Adversaeschna brevistyla QO120201	1
Plecoptera QP	60	10
Dinotoperla evansi QP030205	10
Austrocerca tasmanica QP040101	50
Trichoptera QT	81	8
Ethochorema hesperium QT010502	10
Lingora aurata QT150501	50
Anisocentropus sp.(Unident.) QT240199	1
Lectrides varians QT250201	20

SIGNALT	3.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

Sampled on 13 November 0095

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	3
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	3
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Nematoda II	2	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	2
Gastropoda KG	3078	1
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	93
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2981
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101	3
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	5
Oligochaeta LO	30	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	30
Acarina MM	76	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	76

Diptera QD	178	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.41 QD0199A6	1
Tipulidae EPA sp.42 QD0199A7	1
Tipulidae SRV sp.33 QD0199A9	2
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	1

Atrichopogon sp. 1 (NMVsp10) QD0927A1	4

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.4 QD0999A4	16

Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	3

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	36

Psychodidae EPA sp.1 QD1299A1	1

Psychodidae EPA sp.2 QD1299A2	2

Odontomyia sp.(Unident.) QD240199	19
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	14
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	37
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	28
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	2
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	1
Parametriocnemus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1199	1
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	1
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	3
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	3
Hemiptera QH	11	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	11
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Odonata QO	1	3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Plecoptera QP	19	10
Austrocerca tasmanica QP040101	19
Trichoptera QT	415	8
Ethochorema hesperium QT010502	11
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	13
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	22
Lingora aurata QT150501	358
Anisocentropus sp.(Unident.) QT240199	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	9

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0