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Cascade River off Tasman Highway RING25

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	29-09-2009
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.2	5.1	4.7
Weighted SIGNAL	5.5		6.5

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	33.91%	13,689,333,163m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	22.67%	9,151,891,275m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	17.08%	6,897,171,695m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	16.58%	6,692,401,753m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.32%	1,742,169,665m²
	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	2.79%	1,124,609,522m²
	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	1.93%	778,825,848m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	0.66%	266,275,932m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.04%	15,751,534m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.03%	11,751,144m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines	0.00%	2,000,195m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	750,073m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	500,049m²
Show minor land uses 8
				403,734,318m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 29 September 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Amphipoda OP	3	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	3

Coleoptera QC	8	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Diptera QD	12	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	6

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Plecoptera QP	72	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	72
Trichoptera QT	11	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	5
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	5

SIGNALT	5.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.2

Sampled on 22 April 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	11	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	11

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	4

Diptera QD	92	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	2

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	54
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	26
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	3
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Unknown QK	1
Nannochoristidae (Unident.) QK019999	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	2
Trichoptera QT	44	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	27
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	3
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	11

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.5

Sampled on 11 February 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Coleoptera QC	8	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Diptera QD	10	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	6

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Hemiptera QH	14	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	11
Trichoptera QT	47	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	47

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.7