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Romaine Creek at Romaine Creek Reserve, below weir EMUR06

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	06-04-2006
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	15
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.4	4.3	3.1
Weighted SIGNAL	4.8		3.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	21.87%	13,818,114,169m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	21.55%	13,612,851,332m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	17.29%	10,923,433,139m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	16.98%	10,729,170,990m²
	Residential And 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, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	8.86%	5,594,849,895m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	6.29%	3,971,748,388m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.1 Irrigated cereals, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits	5.40%	3,412,713,427m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline, 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters, 6.6.1 Estuary/coastal waters - conservation	0.96%	606,037,901m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.27%	169,760,617m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.18%	114,257,146m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.09%	54,253,393m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture, 5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.06%	41,002,564m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.04%	27,751,736m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.01%	9,250,579m²
Show minor land uses 7
				631,782,011m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 6 April 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	91	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	90
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Oligochaeta LO	48	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	48
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	81	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	81

Diptera QD	34	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	9
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	13
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1

SIGNALT	4.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5

Sampled on 12 October 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematomorpha IJ	1	6
Gordiidae (Unident.) IJ019999	1
Gastropoda KG	11	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	10
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Oligochaeta LO	28	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	28
Amphipoda OP	243	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	243

Coleoptera QC	7	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	6

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	52	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	15
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	32
Unknown QK	1
Nannochoristidae (Unident.) QK019999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	9	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	6
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5

Sampled on 30 November 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematomorpha IJ	2	6
Gordiidae (Unident.) IJ019999	2
Gastropoda KG	82	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	82
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Amphipoda OP	102	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	102

Coleoptera QC	12	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	4

Diptera QD	14	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	8
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Unknown QK	2
Nannochoristidae (Unident.) QK019999	2
Trichoptera QT	42	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	40
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1

SIGNALT	3.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8