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Meander River ds sewage works MEAN04

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	22-10-1997
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	27
Taxa count ALT	27
Mayflies present?	111
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.7	5.2	4
Weighted SIGNAL	6.2		6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	42.45%	20,938,412,463m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	26.79%	13,212,063,768m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	7.40%	3,648,560,495m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	7.11%	3,505,317,935m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	6.68%	3,293,328,945m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	5.75%	2,838,102,590m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	1.78%	876,454,477m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation	1.50%	737,961,670m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.26%	126,743,417m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.14%	69,746,377m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.08%	39,497,948m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.06%	30,498,416m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.01%	2,499,870m²
Show minor land uses 7
				493,191,884m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 22 October 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Bivalvia KP	4	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	4
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	18	3
Eusiridae (Unident.) OP039999	18

Coleoptera QC	81	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	80

Diptera QD	88	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	7

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	2

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	14
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	44
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	13
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	111	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	23
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	43
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	36
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	9
Hemiptera QH	12	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	12
Plecoptera QP	83	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	83
Trichoptera QT	31	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	6
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	22

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.4

Sampled on 21 March 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	11	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	5
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	6
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Acarina MM	11	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	11

Amphipoda OP	81	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	9

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	72

Coleoptera QC	45	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	42

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	120	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	13

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	73
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	26
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	8	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	7
Hemiptera QH	116	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	116
Plecoptera QP	5	10
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	5
Trichoptera QT	117	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	95
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	3
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	13

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.5