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McGowan Creek at Second River Road PIPE29

Source Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date 06-02-1998
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 27
Taxa count ALT 27
Mayflies present? 17
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.6 5 3.9
Weighted SIGNAL 5.2 5.2

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  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 30.34% 924,637,885m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 19.96% 608,498,836m2
  Minimal Use 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 15.90% 484,596,358m2
  Natural 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 15.87% 483,595,126m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests 14.19% 432,532,286m2
  Forestry Plantation 3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry 3.22% 98,120,750m2
Show minor land uses 4
30,480,010m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 2 2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999
2
Gastropoda KG 14 1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999
9
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
5
Bivalvia KP 1 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
1
Oligochaeta LO 3 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
3
Acarina MM 6 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
6
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 22 5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999
4
Scirtidae (Unident.)
Elmidae Adults QC34999A
18
Elmidae Adults
Diptera QD 66 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999
6
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
5
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Empididae (Unident.) QD359999
1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
24
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
23
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 17 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
17
Hemiptera QH 2 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
2
Plecoptera QP 4 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
1
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999
3
Trichoptera QT 14 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
3
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999
1
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999
1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999
2
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999
1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
5
Unknown QT999998
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.6
Weighted SIGNALT 5.0