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Turretfield GS 7438

Source	Australian Water Quality Centre
Latest Sample Date	07-11-1997
Taxa count ORDER	17
Taxa count FAMILY	35
Taxa count ALT	53
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.5	3	2.6
Weighted SIGNAL	3.5	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, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 3.3.8 Pulses, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.2 Olives, 3.4.9 Grapes, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 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, 4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	44.85%	29,776,311,363m²
	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, 4.2.2 Irrigated pasture legumes, 4.2.4 Irrigated sown grasses	36.43%	24,186,175,318m²
	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, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.5 Research facilities, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	9.35%	6,206,345,925m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.51%	2,991,305,246m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.1 Biodiversity, 1.2.4 Landscape	1.14%	753,950,913m²
	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, 4.1.3 Irrigated other forest production	0.92%	612,210,141m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.3 Lake - intensive use, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.4.2 Drainage channel/aqueduct, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.3 Marsh/wetland - intensive use	0.80%	533,715,252m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.74%	489,718,116m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land, 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation, 3.6.4 No defined use, 3.6.5 Abandoned perennial horticulture, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.1 Degraded irrigated land, 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land, 4.6.4 No defined use (irrigation), 4.6.5 Abandoned irrigated perennial horticulture, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.43%	283,231,560m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.42%	280,981,706m²
	Waste Management	5.9.1 Effluent pond, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.3 Solid garbage, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.25%	167,989,063m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.15%	101,243,408m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.02%	13,999,089m²
	Forestry	2.2.2 Other forest production	0.00%	999,935m²
Show minor land uses 10
				663,981,770m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 7 November 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB	36
Cordylophora sp.(Unident.) IB020199	36
Turbellaria IF	12	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	12
Nematoda II	56	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	56
Gastropoda KG	1651	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	254
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	121
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1276
Bivalvia KP	31	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	31
Oligochaeta LO	1282	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	63
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1219
Acarina MM	260	6
Arrenuridae (Unident.) MM239999	8

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	251

Mesostigmata (Unident.) MM9999A2	1

Amphipoda OP	5439	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	5439

Isopoda OR	8	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	8

Unknown OT	4
Paratya australiensis OT010101	4

Unknown OV	2
Cherax destructor destructor OV010101	2

Unknown QA	19
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	17
Entomobryidae (Unident.) QA079999	2
Coleoptera QC	45	5
Allodessus bistrigatus QC091101	2

Platynectes decempunctatus (L) QC09220A	16

Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	2

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	4

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	21

Diptera QD	1129	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Tipulidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD01999I	1
Tipulidae SRV sp.28 QD0199A8	1
Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	108

Dasyhelea sp.(Unident.) QD092999	6

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	4

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	63

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	3
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	5
Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999	1
Ephydridae (Unident.) QD789999	1

Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	2
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	66
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	16
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	133
Cricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1599	2
Bryophaenocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1899	5
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	127
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	510

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	32
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Chironomini (Unident.) QDAI9999	41
Hemiptera QH	18	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	1
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	4
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	13
Odonata QO	1	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	1
Trichoptera QT	7	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Notalina spira QT250504	2
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7

Sampled on 19 June 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Unknown IO	1
Ectoprocta (Unident.) IO999999	1
Gastropoda KG	507	1
Angrobia angasi KG020501	181
Potamopyrgus antipodarum KG020601	214
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	112
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Corbiculina australis KP020101	5
Oligochaeta LO	333	2
Tubificidae (Unident.) LO049999	1
Naididae (Unident.) LO059999	314
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	18
Acarina MM	63	6
Arrenurus sp.(Unident.) MM230199	2

Oribatida (Unident.) MM9999A1	61

Amphipoda OP	2265	3
Austrochiltonia australis OP020101	2265

Isopoda OR	6	2
Heterias pusillus OR180102	6

Unknown QA	51
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	50
Sminthuridae (Unident.) QA139999	1
Coleoptera QC	65	5
Aulonogyrus strigosus QC100201	3

Scirtidae EPA sp.L1 QC2099A1	62

Diptera QD	84	3
Culicoides sp.(Unident.) QD090899	6

Forcipomyia sp.(Unident.) QD092899	10

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD09999I	2

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	41

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	8
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	1
Paralimnophyes sp (light sp.) QDAF12A2	5
Bryophaenocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1899	1
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	6

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Hemiptera QH	10	2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	1
Micronecta annae annae QH650504	4
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	5
Trichoptera QT	8	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Notalina spira QT250504	3
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0