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Quamby Brook at Old Gauging Station MEAN26

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	17-10-2006
Taxa count ORDER	12
Taxa count FAMILY	34
Taxa count ALT	34
Mayflies present?	86
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.5	5.6	4.4
Weighted SIGNAL	6.4		6.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	31.61%	3,143,079,815m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	21.28%	2,115,976,950m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	14.76%	1,467,254,080m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads	10.94%	1,087,373,571m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	9.58%	952,327,175m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	8.51%	846,540,832m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	2.47%	245,834,457m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	0.66%	66,022,682m²
	Unknown	3.6.1 Degraded land	0.14%	13,504,640m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining	0.02%	2,250,773m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.02%	2,000,687m²
Show minor land uses 5
				99,421,657m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 October 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Bivalvia KP	19	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	19
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Acarina MM	14	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	14

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Coleoptera QC	19	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	18

Diptera QD	112	3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	1

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	24

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	2

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	18
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	51
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	12
Ephemeroptera QE	86	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	4
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	17
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	64
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	18	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	15
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Plecoptera QP	94	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	84
Trichoptera QT	152	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	17
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	3
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	34
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	36
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	19
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	37
Unknown QT999998	1

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.4

Sampled on 15 November 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	4
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Acarina MM	25	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	25

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	6

Isopoda OR	2	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	2

Coleoptera QC	28	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	24

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	2

Diptera QD	160	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	58

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	42
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	38
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	10
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	94	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	10
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	35
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	44
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	5
Hemiptera QH	40	2
Hebridae (Unident.) QH539999	1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	19
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	20
Lepidoptera QL	1	2
Crambidae (Unident.) QL019999	1

Odonata QO	1	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	1
Plecoptera QP	84	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	9
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	74
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	77	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	11
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	16
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	4
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	5
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	4
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	29
Unknown QT999998	4

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1

Sampled on 4 November 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Bivalvia KP	3	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	3
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	15	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	15

Amphipoda OP	9	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	9

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	24	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	18

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	3

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	2

Diptera QD	186	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	28

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	2

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	10
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	21
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	99
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	14
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	107	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	26
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	27
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	53
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	8	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5
Plecoptera QP	40	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	7
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	33
Trichoptera QT	110	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	35
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	3
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	18
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	7
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	6
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	10
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	29
Unknown QT999998	2

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.5