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Ringarooma River at Bells Bridge RING02

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	11-04-2013
Taxa count ORDER	13
Taxa count FAMILY	27
Taxa count ALT	28
Mayflies present?	24
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.2	4.2	4
Weighted SIGNAL	4.6	5	5.2

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection, 1.2.4 Landscape	46.09%	37,198,914,665m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	18.44%	14,879,215,855m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 3.2.5 Sown grasses, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	15.08%	12,168,630,989m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	11.32%	9,139,036,135m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.54%	3,663,864,712m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 3.3.7 Alkaloid poppies, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.2 Irrigated beverage and spice crops, 4.3.7 Irrigated alkaloid poppies, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	1.70%	1,370,042,895m²
	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, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.64%	1,326,041,517m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation	0.67%	540,516,923m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.48%	388,262,156m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.02%	15,750,493m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.02%	13,750,431m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	1,500,047m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	500,016m²
Show minor land uses 8
				807,060,268m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 11 April 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Bivalvia KP	7	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	7
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	66	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	66

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	3

Unknown OT	22
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	22

Coleoptera QC	32	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	12

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	18

Diptera QD	83	3
Tanyderidae sp.(Unident.) QD039999	1
Chaoboridae (Unident.) QD059999	2
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	1

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	48

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	12
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	9
Ephemeroptera QE	24	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	24
Hemiptera QH	10	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	7
Odonata QO	9	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	4
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	4
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Plecoptera QP	29	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	29
Trichoptera QT	57	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	34
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	21

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.9

Sampled on 15 November 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	25	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	25
Acarina MM	24	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	24

Unknown OT	18
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	18

Coleoptera QC	25	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	22

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	2

Diptera QD	159	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Tanyderidae sp.(Unident.) QD039999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	22

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	37

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	7
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	57
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	14
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	20

Ephemeroptera QE	44	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	13
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	4
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	25
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Plecoptera QP	66	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	66
Trichoptera QT	25	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	9
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.3

Sampled on 19 September 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	10	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	10

Coleoptera QC	39	5
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	38

Diptera QD	127	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	10

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	93

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	12
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	11
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Plecoptera QP	13	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	2
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	11
Trichoptera QT	5	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	6.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.2

Sampled on 26 March 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Coleoptera QC	41	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	36

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	4

Diptera QD	78	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	10

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	17

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	47
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	15	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	15
Plecoptera QP	3	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	3
Trichoptera QT	5	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	6.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.8

Sampled on 12 February 1998

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

Unknown OT	8
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	8

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	3
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Diptera QD	13	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	1

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	6
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	6
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Odonata QO	1	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	1
Plecoptera QP	15	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	15
Trichoptera QT	42	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	38

SIGNALT	4.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.5