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North Esk River ds Kings Meadows Rivulet NESK01

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	13-03-2000
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	2
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.3	3.6	3.7
Weighted SIGNAL	2.6		3.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	26.64%	26,797,412,319m²
	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, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	23.21%	23,350,698,510m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	14.45%	14,537,901,827m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	13.76%	13,842,358,681m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	13.06%	13,133,814,728m²
	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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	5.93%	5,965,370,049m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	1.58%	1,592,098,762m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.59%	589,786,586m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland, 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline	0.35%	357,022,147m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.26%	266,266,517m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.09%	91,505,676m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.04%	43,502,699m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.02%	15,250,946m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.0 Intensive horticulture, 5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.01%	12,000,744m²
Show minor land uses 8
				1,005,949,902m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 13 March 2000

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	66	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	66
Gastropoda KG	45	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	32
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	13
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

Unknown OT	2
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	2

Coleoptera QC	26	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	26

Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Odonata QO	2	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1