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at gauge station 3551

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	29-05-1999
Taxa count ORDER	19
Taxa count FAMILY	41
Taxa count ALT	67
Mayflies present?	159
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.7	3.2	2.4
Weighted SIGNAL	4	3.5	3.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 3.3.8 Pulses, 3.4.1 Tree fruits, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.4 Vine fruits, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.2 Irrigated olives, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits	58.52%	28,805,395,131m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 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	28.16%	13,859,876,364m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	9.08%	4,470,056,978m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	3.53%	1,738,077,741m²
	Water	6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.38%	185,481,617m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	0.28%	137,236,399m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.0 Intensive animal production, 5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.04%	17,248,291m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial	0.01%	6,499,356m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	2,999,703m²
	Waste Management	5.9.3 Solid garbage	0.00%	1,749,827m²
Show minor land uses 6
				492,246,214m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 21 October 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	3
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	3
Turbellaria IF	12	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	12
Unknown IH	21
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999	21
Nematoda II	48	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	48
Gastropoda KG	435	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	4
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	1
Posticobia sp.(Unident.) KG021399	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	422
Physa acuta KG080101	7
Bivalvia KP	3	3
Corbiculina australis KP020101	3
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	111	2
Tubificidae Group A LO0499A1	109
Chaetogaster sp.(Unident.) LO050799	1
Enchytraeidae (Unident.) LO089999	1
Acarina MM	3	6
Procorticacarus sp.(Unident.) MM150899	3

Unknown MN	15
Oribatida sp. A MN0299A1	14

Oribatida sp. D MN0299A4	1

Amphipoda OP	234	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	234

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

Unknown QA	14
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	5
Isotomidae (Unident.) QA069999	8
Sminthuridae (Unident.) QA139999	1
Coleoptera QC	17	5
Sternopriscus sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09189I	3

Platynectes decempunctatus QC092201	3

Platynectes sp.(Unident.) QC092299	3

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	8

Diptera QD	1113	3
Bezzia sp.(Unident.) QD090499	2

Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	18

Dasyhelea sp.(Unident.) QD092999	8

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	2

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	255

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	1

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	11
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	76
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	35
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	22
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	6
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	14
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	82
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	35
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	1
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	196
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	167
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	3
Harrisius sp.(Unident.) QDAI0199	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	52

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	14

Harnischia sp.(Unident.) QDAI2399	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	109
Ephemeroptera QE	159	9
Cloeon fluviatile QE020201	2
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	157
Hemiptera QH	12	2
Agraptocorixa sp.(Unident.) QH650399	1
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	1
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	10
Odonata QO	8	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Austrogomphus australis QO130402	1
Orthetrum caledonicum QO171601	1
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	1
Trichoptera QT	88	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	1
Hydroptila sp.(Unident.) QT030599	29
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	50
Notalina spira QT250504	1
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	4
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	2.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

Sampled on 29 May 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	2
Nematoda II	14	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	14
Gastropoda KG	789	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	7
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	10
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	769
Physa acuta KG080101	3
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Corbiculina australis KP020101	4
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	1
Oligochaeta LO	106	2
Potamothrix bavaricus LO040301	1
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	65
Tubificidae Group A LO0499A1	18
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	22
Acarina MM	4	6
Procorticacarus sp.(Unident.) MM150899	1

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	3

Unknown MN	2
Oribatida sp. A MN0299A1	2

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	6

Unknown OT	2
Paratya australiensis OT010101	2

Unknown OV	2
Cherax destructor destructor OV010101	2

Unknown QA	1
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	1
Diptera QD	580	3
Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	34

Nilobezzia sp.(Unident.) QD092099	8

Forcipomyia sp.(Unident.) QD092899	2

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	17

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	17

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	34
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	10
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	6
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	11
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	1
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	18
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	48
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	200
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	130

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	4

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	36
Ephemeroptera QE	534	9
Cloeon sp.(Unident.) QE020299	58
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	476
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	1
Odonata QO	6	3
Ischnura sp.(Unident.) QO021099	1
Adversaeschna brevistyla QO120201	1
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Orthetrum caledonicum QO171601	1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	2
Trichoptera QT	285	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	1
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	1
Hydroptila sp.(Unident.) QT030599	1
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	253
Ecnomus cygnitus QT080405	1
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	5
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	21
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	2
Unknown VF	1
Unknown VF000099	1

SIGNALT	2.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6