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d/s Resevoir 3531

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	28-05-1997
Taxa count ORDER	14
Taxa count FAMILY	37
Taxa count ALT	59
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.7	3.6	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	4.2	3.8	3.7

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, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants, 3.2.3 Pasture legumes, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes, 4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	60.86%	7,547,217,595m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation	11.34%	1,406,261,051m²
	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, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	8.78%	1,088,315,076m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage, 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, 4.5.2 Irrigated seasonal flowers and bulbs, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	7.84%	971,834,868m²
	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	5.11%	633,892,291m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	3.27%	405,681,068m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.4 Landscape	1.41%	175,470,185m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.43%	52,741,038m²
	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	0.30%	36,743,757m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.23%	27,995,243m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.19%	23,246,050m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.14%	17,497,027m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.10%	11,997,961m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.02%	2,249,618m²
Show minor land uses 8
				124,011,428m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 4 December 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	32	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	32
Unknown IH	30
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999	30
Nematoda II	113	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	113
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Oligochaeta LO	81	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	1
Nais sp.(Unident.) LO050199	1
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	78
Acarina MM	105	6
Procorticacarus sp.(Unident.) MM150899	23

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	81

Mesostigmata (Unident.) MM9999A2	1

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	3

Unknown QA	1
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	1
Coleoptera QC	48	5
Sternopriscus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09189I	21

Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	6

Platynectes decempunctatus QC092201	6

Macrogyrus sp.(Unident.) QC100199	6

Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601	6

Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	1

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	2

Diptera QD	1509	3
Bezzia sp.(Unident.) QD090499	28

Atrichopogon sp.(Unident.) QD092799	2

Dasyhelea sp.(Unident.) QD092999	340

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	22

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	217

Austrothaumalea sp.(Unident.) QD110199	1
Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	11
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	46
Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	5
Podonomus sp.(Unident.) QDAD0599	16
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	18
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	40
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	33
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	273
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	14
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	380
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	50

Cladopelma sp.(Unident.) QDAI2299	2

Chironomini (Unident.) QDAI9999	10
Hemiptera QH	37	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	7
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	14
Enithares bergrothi QH670106	4
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	10
Odonata QO	9	3
Austrolestes sp.(Unident.) QO050199	2
Hemicordulia tau QO300102	3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	4
Trichoptera QT	1117	8
Ulmerochorema sp.(Unident.) QT011499	4
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	30
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	7
Hydroptila scamandra QT030505	10
Orphninotrichia maculata QT030803	217
Oxyethira columba QT031001	70
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	385
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	391
Ecnomus pansus QT080401	2
Triplectides australis QT251103	1
Unknown VF	1
Unknown VF000099	1

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 28 May 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	3
Unknown IH	12
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999	12
Nematoda II	208	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	208
Oligochaeta LO	99	2
Aulodrilus sp.(Unident.) LO040699	3
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	1
Tubificidae Group A LO0499A1	3
Tubificidae Group B LO0499A2	1
Nais communis LO050105	1
Nais sp.(Unident.) LO050199	63
Chaetogaster diaphanus LO050702	4
Chaetogaster sp.(Unident.) LO050799	9
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	1
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	13
Acarina MM	13	6
Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	13

Unknown MN	8
Oribatida sp. A MN0299A1	7

Oribatida sp. B MN0299A2	1

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	3

Isopoda OR	2	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	2

Unknown OV	2
Cherax sp.(Unident.) OV010199	2

Unknown QA	20
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	19
Entomobryidae (Unident.) QA079999	1
Coleoptera QC	10	5
Platynectes decempunctatus QC092201	3

Macrogyrus sp.(Unident.) QC100199	3

Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	2

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	2

Diptera QD	382	3
Bezzia sp.(Unident.) QD090499	10

Dasyhelea sp.(Unident.) QD092999	18

Ceratopogoninae (Unident.) QD0999I1	8

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	26

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	2
Stratiomyidae EPA sp.2 QD2499A2	1
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	11
Paraheptagyia sp.(Unident.) QDAB0199	2
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	4
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	2
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	35
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	98
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	12
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	109
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	18
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	6

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	13
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Hemiptera QH	76	2
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	30
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	45
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Illiesoperla mayi QP030504	1
Trichoptera QT	285	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	30
Hydroptila sp.(Unident.) QT030599	5
Oxyethira columba QT031001	23
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	56
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	161
Ecnomus pansus QT080401	1
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	3
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	1
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	4
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	1

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0