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North Esk River at White Hills NESK05

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 22-03-2000
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 33
Taxa count ALT 34
Mayflies present? 58
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.7 5.3 4.3
Weighted SIGNAL 5.2 5 5.5

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests 32.01% 26,680,154,617m2
  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 27.69% 23,074,147,195m2
  Forestry Plantation 3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry 16.56% 13,802,735,336m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 12.57% 10,478,748,047m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 7.64% 6,368,954,661m2
Show minor land uses 7
833,426,996m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 25 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
15
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999
10
Bivalvia KP 3 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
3
Oligochaeta LO 12 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
12
Acarina MM 8 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
8
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 38 5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999
4
Scirtidae (Unident.)
Elmidae Adults QC34999A
26
Elmidae Adults
Elmidae Adults
Elmidae Larvae QC34999L
8
Elmidae Larvae
Elmidae Larvae
Diptera QD 85 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999
5
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
14
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999
1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
10
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
21
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
30
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
4
Ephemeroptera QE 58 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
8
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
24
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999
26
Hemiptera QH 44 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
40
Odonata QO 10 3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999
4
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999
3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
3
Plecoptera QP 14 10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999
5
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
9
Trichoptera QT 141 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
12
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) QT029999
5
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
42
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
26
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999
2
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999
5
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999
3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
43
Unknown QT999998
3
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.7
Weighted SIGNALT 4.8