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North Esk River us Clarks Ford Bridge NESK02

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	09-04-2008
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	14
Taxa count ALT	14
Mayflies present?	6
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.9	4.5	3.1
Weighted SIGNAL	5.1		4.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	28.05%	26,796,942,884m²
	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	24.21%	23,126,779,504m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	14.49%	13,842,116,191m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	13.94%	13,318,342,875m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	13.08%	12,491,056,048m²
	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, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	3.49%	3,337,648,578m²
	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	1.64%	1,567,069,759m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.52%	500,272,270m²
	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	0.32%	308,513,734m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.10%	94,754,218m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.10%	91,504,073m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.05%	43,501,937m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.00%	3,750,167m²
Show minor land uses 7
				955,222,522m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 9 April 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	6
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Oligochaeta LO	23	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	23
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Coleoptera QC	74	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	74

Diptera QD	55	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	49

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Trichoptera QT	24	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	22
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1

SIGNALT	4.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.7

Sampled on 23 October 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	11	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	11
Amphipoda OP	3	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	3

Coleoptera QC	9	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	56	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	42

Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	12
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	86	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	84
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Plecoptera QP	41	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	41
Trichoptera QT	8	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	2
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	5.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.0

Sampled on 26 March 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	4
Gastropoda KG	21	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	17
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	4
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	8	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	8

Amphipoda OP	36	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	36

Unknown OT	20
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	20

Coleoptera QC	14	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	4
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Diptera QD	15	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	9
Hemiptera QH	13	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	7
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	6
Odonata QO	13	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	12
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	15

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

Sampled on 17 October 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	4
Gastropoda KG	17	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	15
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	2
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	6	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	6

Amphipoda OP	48	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	48

Unknown OT	14
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	14

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	2

Diptera QD	35	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	27
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	7
Ephemeroptera QE	10	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	7
Hemiptera QH	13	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	7
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5
Plecoptera QP	82	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	82
Trichoptera QT	11	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	8

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 21 March 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	13	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	11
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	2
Acarina MM	23	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	23

Amphipoda OP	90	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	90

Unknown OT	218
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	218

Unknown OX	1
Hymenostomatidae (Unident.) OX019999	1

Coleoptera QC	25	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	7
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	3
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	14

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	14	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	8
Ephemeroptera QE	11	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	6
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	3
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	91	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	7
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	84
Odonata QO	9	3
Lestidae (Unident.) QO059999	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	5
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Plecoptera QP	4	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	3
Trichoptera QT	37	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	35

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

Sampled on 1 November 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	36	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	33
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	3
Oligochaeta LO	6	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	6
Acarina MM	11	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	11

Amphipoda OP	75	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	54

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	21

Unknown OT	136
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	136

Coleoptera QC	21	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	14
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	6

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	45	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	10

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	24
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	85	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	35
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	25
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	12
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	13
Hemiptera QH	69	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	64
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Plecoptera QP	79	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	78
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	115	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	30
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	34
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	45

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 22 March 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	22	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	22
Gastropoda KG	40	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	26
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	14
Bivalvia KP	26	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	26
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	2
Oligochaeta LO	32	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	32
Acarina MM	54	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	54

Amphipoda OP	144	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	144

Unknown OT	260
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	260

Coleoptera QC	16	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	4
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	4

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	6

Diptera QD	38	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	8

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	12

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	8
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Hemiptera QH	178	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	162
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	16
Odonata QO	16	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	10
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	2
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	4
Plecoptera QP	8	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	8
Trichoptera QT	36	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	4
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	30

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5

Sampled on 13 March 2000

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Acarina MM	13	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	13

Amphipoda OP	18	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	18

Coleoptera QC	38	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	38

Diptera QD	87	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	10

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	45

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	27
Ephemeroptera QE	17	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	16
Hemiptera QH	7	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	7
Odonata QO	1	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Plecoptera QP	8	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	8
Trichoptera QT	19	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	3
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Calamoceratidae (Unident.) QT249999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	9

SIGNALT	4.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.2