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Pipers River at Baxters Road PIPE03

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	04-02-1998
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	22
Taxa count ALT	23
Mayflies present?	11
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.9	5.2	4.7
Weighted SIGNAL	6.1	5	5.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	22.80%	6,192,004,520m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	17.04%	4,628,253,378m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	16.71%	4,537,753,312m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	14.87%	4,039,752,949m²
	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, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	14.17%	3,848,002,809m²
	Natural	1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	13.03%	3,540,002,584m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	0.61%	166,250,121m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.47%	126,750,093m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.15%	40,750,030m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.06%	17,000,012m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.05%	12,250,009m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.02%	6,000,004m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	3,500,003m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.00%	1,000,001m²
Show minor land uses 8
				271,592,698m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 4 February 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	8	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	6
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	11	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	11

Amphipoda OP	12	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	12

Coleoptera QC	25	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	24

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	44	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	11

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	20
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	8
Ephemeroptera QE	11	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	10
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Plecoptera QP	6	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	5
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	54	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	5
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	28
Tasimiidae (Unident.) QT139999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	7
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	13

SIGNALT	4.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.3