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Middle R D/S dam Lagoon Flat 3715

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	08-11-1995
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	22
Taxa count ALT	42
Mayflies present?	11
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.7	4.7	2.6
Weighted SIGNAL	4	3.4	4.6

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, 3.2.5 Sown grasses	42.29%	15,867,391,225m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	19.48%	7,310,680,252m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.4 Landscape	18.36%	6,889,669,871m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits	8.98%	3,368,333,049m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	6.01%	2,256,555,638m²
	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, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads	2.49%	936,023,079m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.95%	357,758,821m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation, 6.6.1 Estuary/coastal waters - conservation	0.52%	194,754,802m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.2 Feedlots, 5.2.5 Aquaculture	0.18%	69,251,707m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	0.06%	21,000,518m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.03%	10,250,253m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	1,750,043m²
Show minor land uses 7
				375,244,252m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 8 November 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IA	1
Spongillidae (Unident.) IA019999	1
Nematoda II	31	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	31
Gastropoda KG	72	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	4
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	68
Oligochaeta LO	135	2
Nais communis LO050105	3
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	132
Acarina MM	14	6
Hygrobatidae (Unident.) MM159999	8

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	6

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	2

Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	1

Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999	1

Diptera QD	654	3
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	4
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	5
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	3
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	55
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	2
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	27
Paralimnophyes sp (dark sp.) QDAF12A1	4
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	1
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	100
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	2
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	160
Tanytarsus with spur. QDAH04A3	12
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	21
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	140
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	4

Dicrotendipes conjunctus QDAI0603	2
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	8
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	2
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	4

Harnischia sp.(Unident.) QDAI2399	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	95
Ephemeroptera QE	11	9
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	10
Tasmanocoenis sp.(Unident.) QE080199	1
Plecoptera QP	7	10
Illiesoperla mayi QP030504	5
Newmanoperla thoreyi QP031001	2
Trichoptera QT	22	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	15
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	2
Hydroptila sp.(Unident.) QT030599	2
Lectrides varians QT250201	1
Notalina spira QT250504	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.7

Sampled on 10 May 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	17	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	17
Gastropoda KG	46	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	46
Oligochaeta LO	18	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	18
Unknown MI	10
Mite EWS sp. 19 MITEAA19	10

Acarina MM	49	6
Hydrachna sp.(Unident.) MM010199	39

Hygrobatidae (Unident.) MM159999	10

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	3

Coleoptera QC	12	5
Carabidae (Unident.) QC059999	1
Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601	6

Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	5

Diptera QD	66	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.36 QD0199A1	1
Aedes sp.(Unident.) QD070599	8

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.1 QD0999A1	14

Sciaridae (Unident.) QD189999	1
Podonomopsis sp.(Unident.) QDAD0499	1
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	1
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	13
Bryophaenocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1899	4
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	11
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	2

Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	10

Plecoptera QP	8	10
Illiesoperla mayi QP030504	8

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

Sampled on 30 September 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IA	30
Spongillidae (Unident.) IA019999	30
Nematoda II	50	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	50
Gastropoda KG	140	1
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	120
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	20
Oligochaeta LO	480	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	480
Unknown MI	10
Mite EWS sp. 27 MITEAA27	10

Acarina MM	370	6
Hydrachna sp.(Unident.) MM010199	370

Coleoptera QC	14	5
Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	4

Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	10

Diptera QD	11493	3
Atrichopogon sp. 1 (NMVsp10) QD0927A1	20

Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.8 QD0999A8	20

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	20

Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	61
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	150
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	20
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	50
Paralimnophyes sp (dark sp.) QDAF12A1	180
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	60
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	30
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	3740
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	20
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	10
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	6990
Tanytarsus with spur. QDAH04A3	20
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	2

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	10
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	40
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	50

Ephemeroptera QE	362	9
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	360
Tasmanocoenis tillyardi QE080101	2
Plecoptera QP	231	10
Dinotoperla evansi QP030205	10
Illiesoperla mayi QP030504	131
Newmanoperla thoreyi QP031001	60
Riekoperla naso QP031110	30
Trichoptera QT	20	8
Ethochorema hesperium QT010502	10
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	10

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 23 June 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	66	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	66
Oligochaeta LO	107	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	107
Unknown MI	1
Mite EWS sp. 27 MITEAA27	1

Acarina MM	4	6
Hydrachna sp.(Unident.) MM010199	3

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	1

Unknown QA	6
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	5
Entomobryidae (Unident.) QA079999	1
Coleoptera QC	5	5
Ochthebius sp.(Unident.) QC130399	5

Diptera QD	90	3
Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.12 QD0999B3	30

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	5

Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	10
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	5
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	5
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	15
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	20
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Koorrnonga inconspicua QE060901	5
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Hellyethira simplex QT030406	1
Lingora aurata QT150501	1

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4