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Musselboro Creek at Burns Creek Road NESK47

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	29-10-2008
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	19
Taxa count ALT	19
Mayflies present?	21
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.4	5.8	5.3
Weighted SIGNAL	6.9		7.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	62.53%	1,364,118,203m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	23.59%	514,516,057m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	6.83%	148,899,345m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	3.90%	85,085,340m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	1.71%	37,287,399m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads	1.31%	28,528,614m²
	Arable Farming	4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	0.14%	3,003,012m²
Show minor land uses 3
				21,814,380m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 29 October 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Coleoptera QC	24	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	8

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	16

Diptera QD	50	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	20

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	4

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	10
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	14
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	21	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	15
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	6
Plecoptera QP	44	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	8
Austroperlidae (Unident.) QP029999	3
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	33
Trichoptera QT	47	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	15
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	13
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	12
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	7

SIGNALT	5.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.6

Sampled on 7 April 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Coleoptera QC	24	5
Unknown QC10999A	10
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	12

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	2

Diptera QD	23	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	6

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	14
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	24	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	15
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	9
Plecoptera QP	24	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	8
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	16
Trichoptera QT	111	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	58
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	7
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	5
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	9
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	32

SIGNALT	6.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.8

Sampled on 20 September 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Coleoptera QC	26	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	6

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	20

Diptera QD	37	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	10

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	2

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	10
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	9
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	63	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	24
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	39
Plecoptera QP	39	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	18
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	21
Trichoptera QT	40	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	10
Philopotamidae (Unident.) QT049999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	6
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	5
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	16

SIGNALT	6.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.6

Sampled on 26 March 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	6

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	4

Diptera QD	35	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	6

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	15
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	12
Ephemeroptera QE	72	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	54
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	18
Plecoptera QP	20	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	12
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	8
Trichoptera QT	86	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	33
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	8
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	4
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	1
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	7
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	30

SIGNALT	5.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.3

Sampled on 26 September 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	6

Diptera QD	37	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	4
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	16

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	4

Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	78	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	14
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	64
Plecoptera QP	35	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	1
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	34
Trichoptera QT	46	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	7
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	3
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	7
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	24

SIGNALT	6.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.7

Sampled on 21 March 2006

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

Coleoptera QC	102	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	3

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	86

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	9

Diptera QD	75	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	4
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	7

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	32

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	23
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	85	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	44
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	39
Plecoptera QP	66	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	39
Austroperlidae (Unident.) QP029999	1
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	26
Trichoptera QT	224	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	36
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	75
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	54
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	2
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	7
Helicophidae (Unident.) QT199999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	5
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	42

SIGNALT	5.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.4

Sampled on 1 November 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	3
Nematomorpha IJ	1	6
Gordiidae (Unident.) IJ019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	13	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	13
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Coleoptera QC	53	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	52

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	161	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	20

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	26

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	89
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	19
Ephemeroptera QE	65	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	13
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	52
Plecoptera QP	77	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	33
Austroperlidae (Unident.) QP029999	5
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	38
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	196	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	14
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) QT029999	3
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	21
Philopotamidae (Unident.) QT049999	15
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	24
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	69
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	23
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	2
Helicophidae (Unident.) QT199999	3
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	19

SIGNALT	5.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.0

Sampled on 21 March 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	2	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	2
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2
Oligochaeta LO	10	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	10
Acarina MM	6	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	6

Coleoptera QC	34	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	10

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	20

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	4

Diptera QD	342	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	46

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	10
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	14
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	198
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	66
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	8
Ephemeroptera QE	160	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	76
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	6
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	78
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Plecoptera QP	78	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	16
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	22
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	40
Trichoptera QT	312	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	160
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	4
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	30
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	2
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	14
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	12
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	90

SIGNALT	4.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.9