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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Newtown Rivulet below factory outlet HOBA28

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 17-10-2005
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 13
Taxa count ALT 13
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.4 3.4 3.6
Weighted SIGNAL 1.9 4.2

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Natural 1.1.3 National park 50.93% 505,602,261m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads 30.15% 299,264,579m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 12.61% 125,151,548m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 6.32% 62,700,676m2
9,927,191m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 64 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
34
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999
1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
28
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
1
Oligochaeta LO 14 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
14
Acarina MM 1 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
1
Mites (Unident.)
Isopoda OR 1 2
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.) OR259999
1
Oniscidae sp.(Unident.)
Diptera QD 132 3
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999
120
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Odonata QO 1 3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999
1
Plecoptera QP 14 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
14
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.4
Weighted SIGNALT 4.0