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Ringarooma River below Derby RING46

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	23-08-2006
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	22
Taxa count ALT	23
Mayflies present?	138
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.3	5.5	4.9
Weighted SIGNAL	6.2	5	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	34.43%	15,347,479,811m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	20.72%	9,237,990,251m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	18.99%	8,465,178,325m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	16.78%	7,481,349,489m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	4.01%	1,785,393,066m²
	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	2.52%	1,124,590,115m²
	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	1.85%	826,316,214m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River	0.62%	276,522,158m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.04%	15,751,262m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.03%	11,750,942m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines	0.01%	3,750,301m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	750,060m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	500,040m²
Show minor land uses 8
				445,773,220m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 23 August 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Acarina MM	7	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	7

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Coleoptera QC	57	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	11

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	42

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	4

Diptera QD	106	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	10
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	3

Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999	1
Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	54
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	138	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	16
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	122
Plecoptera QP	30	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	30
Trichoptera QT	103	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	4
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	7
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	27
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	10
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	7
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	48

SIGNALT	5.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.2