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Ringarooma River at Moorina RING06

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	20-10-2009
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	16
Taxa count ALT	16
Mayflies present?	5
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.2	5.2	4.4
Weighted SIGNAL	4.9		6.2

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	33.41%	16,146,861,058m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	20.26%	9,790,522,096m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	20.25%	9,786,521,882m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	17.03%	8,232,689,022m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.09%	1,976,855,419m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.7 Alkaloid poppies, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.2 Irrigated beverage and spice crops, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	2.45%	1,183,313,102m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 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	1.83%	882,547,063m²
	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	0.62%	297,515,866m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.03%	15,750,840m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.02%	11,750,627m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines	0.01%	3,750,200m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	750,040m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	500,027m²
Show minor land uses 8
				483,293,272m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 20 October 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	6

Coleoptera QC	32	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	32

Diptera QD	79	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	72

Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	5
Plecoptera QP	31	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	31
Trichoptera QT	12	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	4
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	5
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2
Unknown QT999998	1

SIGNALT	5.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.9

Sampled on 26 March 2009

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

Coleoptera QC	29	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	8

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	20

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	113	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	99

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Plecoptera QP	14	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	14
Trichoptera QT	12	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	4
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	6.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.1

Sampled on 6 March 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Acarina MM	9	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	9

Coleoptera QC	93	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	88

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	5

Diptera QD	83	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	38

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	38
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	6
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	4
Plecoptera QP	15	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	15
Trichoptera QT	44	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	38
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1
Unknown QT999998	1

SIGNALT	6.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.3

Sampled on 6 September 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematomorpha IJ	1	6
Gordiidae (Unident.) IJ019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	6

Coleoptera QC	50	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	50

Diptera QD	8	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	40	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	20
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	20
Plecoptera QP	16	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	16
Trichoptera QT	9	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	3
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	1
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	4

SIGNALT	5.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.4

Sampled on 12 February 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Coleoptera QC	11	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Diptera QD	10	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	3

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	2

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	104	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	14
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	90
Trichoptera QT	32	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	13
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	16

SIGNALT	6.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.7