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Argent River below Renison mine PIEM14

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	23-09-1997
Taxa count ORDER	4
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	7
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.2	3.7	1.9
Weighted SIGNAL	3		3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	70.93%	1,346,123,587m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	26.73%	507,202,369m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	0.95%	17,998,310m²
	Water	6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.1.2 Lake - production	0.90%	16,998,404m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.42%	7,999,249m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial	0.08%	1,499,859m²
Show minor land uses 4
				18,978,218m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 September 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	41	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	41
Amphipoda OP	21	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	21

Diptera QD	7	3
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1

Sampled on 24 March 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	11	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	11
Amphipoda OP	6	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	6

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Diptera QD	19	3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	1

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	11
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

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