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Ringarooma River at Garibaldi Road RING04

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	12-10-2009
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	10
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.6	5.6	5.3
Weighted SIGNAL	4.8	5	6.3

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, 1.2.4 Landscape	40.87%	26,767,548,308m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	19.18%	12,560,695,796m²
	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	17.60%	11,528,847,562m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	13.47%	8,821,339,804m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.38%	2,871,773,397m²
	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	1.98%	1,297,623,536m²
	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	1.86%	1,217,865,943m²
	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	0.60%	392,537,370m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.02%	15,751,500m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.02%	13,751,309m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	5,000,476m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	1,500,143m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	500,048m²
Show minor land uses 8
				654,947,352m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 12 October 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Coleoptera QC	23	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	22

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	144	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	139

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Plecoptera QP	31	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	31
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	5.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.8

Sampled on 26 March 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	7	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	7
Acarina MM	8	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	8

Coleoptera QC	67	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	7

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	56

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	4

Diptera QD	53	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	29

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	15
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Plecoptera QP	8	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	5
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	3
Trichoptera QT	3	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	6.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.7

Sampled on 12 February 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Unknown OT	8
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	8

Coleoptera QC	15	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	4
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	6

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	3

Diptera QD	26	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	11
Ephemeroptera QE	10	9
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	7
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	20	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	5
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	10
Odonata QO	2	3
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999	2
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	38	8
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	33

SIGNALT	5.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8