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Macquarie River at Ashby property (off Ashby Road) MACQ84

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 09-10-2008
Taxa count ORDER 12
Taxa count FAMILY 26
Taxa count ALT 26
Mayflies present? 3
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.7 3.6 2.5
Weighted SIGNAL 3.2 3

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, 3.2.4 Pasture legume/grass mixtures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 34.89% 52,506,132,234m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 29.04% 43,698,693,924m2
  Natural 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.1 Biodiversity 14.84% 22,328,093,608m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests 12.57% 18,917,117,500m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits 4.84% 7,282,948,988m2
Show minor land uses 7
1,504,709,461m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 14 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
2
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
7
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
5
Oligochaeta LO 1 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
1
Acarina MM 19 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
19
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 129 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
129
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Unknown OT 8
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
8
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 6 5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A
1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Curculionidae (Unident.) QCAN9999
2
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Curculionidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 81 3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
62
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
8
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
10
Ephemeroptera QE 3 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999
1
Hemiptera QH 59 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
51
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
1
Naucoridae (Unident.) QH669999
6
Pleidae (Unident.) QH689999
1
Lepidoptera QL 3 2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999
3
Crambidae (Unident.)
Odonata QO 34 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
24
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999
1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
9
Trichoptera QT 3 8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.7
Weighted SIGNALT 3.4
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 4 2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999
4
Gastropoda KG 53 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
13
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
20
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
20
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999
1
Acarina MM 11 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
11
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 207 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
204
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999
3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.)
Paracalliopidae (Unident.)
Paracalliopidae (Unident.)
Unknown OT 2
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999
2
Atyidae (Unident.)
Atyidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 7 5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A
1
Unknown QC10999A
1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
2
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 14 3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
4
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Sciomyzidae (Unident.) QD459999
1
Sciomyzidae (Unident.)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
4
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Hemiptera QH 29 2
Mesoveliidae (Unident.) QH529999
14
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
14
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
1
Lepidoptera QL 5 2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999
5
Crambidae (Unident.)
Odonata QO 43 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
32
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999
3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999
1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
7
Trichoptera QT 18 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
18
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.5
Weighted SIGNALT 3.5