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Pipers River off Colgraves Road PIPE07

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	05-02-1998
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	19
Taxa count ALT	19
Mayflies present?	5
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.8	3.7	3.4
Weighted SIGNAL	3.6		4.3

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	25.89%	5,217,485,280m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	16.72%	3,369,829,025m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	16.56%	3,336,830,699m²
	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	15.91%	3,207,087,282m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	15.40%	3,104,842,469m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	8.15%	1,641,666,707m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.62%	123,993,709m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	0.49%	99,494,952m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.08%	16,999,138m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.07%	14,499,264m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.06%	12,249,379m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.03%	5,999,696m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.02%	3,499,822m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.00%	999,949m²
Show minor land uses 8
				201,554,774m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 February 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	16	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	2
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	12
Bivalvia KP	8	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	8
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Amphipoda OP	36	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	36

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Coleoptera QC	38	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	34

Diptera QD	22	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	11

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	5
Hemiptera QH	13	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	12
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	7
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	8

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 8 October 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	18	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	15
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	3
Bivalvia KP	5	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	5
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	10	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	10

Amphipoda OP	39	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	36

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Isopoda OR	14	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	14

Unknown OT	12
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	12

Coleoptera QC	24	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	18

Diptera QD	166	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	104

Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	2
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	44
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	8
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	42	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	22
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	18
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	54	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	20
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	34
Odonata QO	2	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Plecoptera QP	72	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	72
Trichoptera QT	7	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	7

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

Sampled on 24 April 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	49	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	27
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	6
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	16
Bivalvia KP	18	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	18
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	6	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	6

Amphipoda OP	45	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	21

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	24

Isopoda OR	8	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	8

Unknown OT	22
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	22

Coleoptera QC	21	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	18

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	87	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	57

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	12
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	18	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	18
Hemiptera QH	67	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	66
Odonata QO	1	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Plecoptera QP	9	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	8
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	29	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	16
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	12

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.9