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Un-named tributary of Duck River 200m downstream of Lilico's drain DUCK48

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	14-11-2007
Taxa count ORDER	3
Taxa count FAMILY	10
Taxa count ALT	10
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.3	3.3	1.3
Weighted SIGNAL	3.6		2.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	74.20%	2,139,694,037m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	12.52%	361,032,740m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	8.89%	256,273,240m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads	3.24%	93,508,480m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	0.61%	17,501,587m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.3.0 River	0.29%	8,250,748m²
	Natural	1.1.7 Other conserved area	0.21%	6,000,544m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.05%	1,500,136m²
Show minor land uses 4
				28,837,615m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 14 November 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	156	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	156
Coleoptera QC	9	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	6
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Diptera QD	29	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	5
Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	9

Syrphidae (Unident.) QD439999	2
Sciomyzidae (Unident.) QD459999	1

Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

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