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Don River upstream of weir MERS89

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	18-03-2009
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	13
Taxa count ALT	13
Mayflies present?	18
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5	4.1	3.3
Weighted SIGNAL	2.6		3.8

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	34.04%	4,608,138,135m²
	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, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	21.32%	2,886,493,124m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	17.15%	2,322,195,594m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	15.57%	2,108,177,568m²
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	4.47%	605,551,004m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	3.39%	459,038,664m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	1.99%	270,022,744m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters	0.96%	130,260,972m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.38%	52,004,380m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.6 Horse studs	0.34%	46,253,896m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.34%	45,503,833m²
	Unknown	3.6.1 Degraded land	0.04%	5,500,463m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.00%	250,021m²
Show minor land uses 7
				135,393,904m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 18 March 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	17	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	14
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

Amphipoda OP	120	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	3

Corophiidae (Unident.) OP059999	45

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	72

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	2

Diptera QD	58	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	37

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	20
Ephemeroptera QE	18	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	18
Trichoptera QT	52	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	52

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.9

Sampled on 10 November 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	10	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	6
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	4
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Amphipoda OP	147	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	51

Corophiidae (Unident.) OP059999	6

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	90

Coleoptera QC	7	5
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	6

Diptera QD	82	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	17

Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	59
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	29	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	29
Odonata QO	1	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	1
Plecoptera QP	43	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	42
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.3

Sampled on 5 May 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	20	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	10
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	10
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	150	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	33

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	117

Diptera QD	73	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	11

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	39
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	19
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	24	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	24
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	2
Trichoptera QT	7	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	4
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	5.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0

Sampled on 12 November 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	4	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	4
Oligochaeta LO	7	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	7
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	18	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	9

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	9

Diptera QD	167	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	16

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	134
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	6
Ephemeroptera QE	8	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Odonata QO	2	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	1
Plecoptera QP	16	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	16
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0