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Ringarooma River at Scotia Mine RING66

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	11-04-2013
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	15
Mayflies present?	6
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.1	4.7	3.6
Weighted SIGNAL	6		4.7

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	46.71%	38,958,635,773m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	17.88%	14,914,184,798m²
	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	14.79%	12,337,359,675m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	10.96%	9,139,016,432m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	5.20%	4,341,126,558m²
	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	1.64%	1,370,039,941m²
	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	1.63%	1,355,789,526m²
	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	0.68%	563,266,421m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.47%	391,761,421m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.02%	18,250,532m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.7 Sawmill	0.02%	13,750,401m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards	0.00%	1,500,044m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	1,250,036m²
Show minor land uses 8
				834,059,316m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 11 April 2013

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Acarina MM	19	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	19

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	2

Diptera QD	11	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	6

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	2

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Odonata QO	2	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Plecoptera QP	4	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	4
Trichoptera QT	26	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	5
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	21

SIGNALT	5.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.5

Sampled on 15 November 2012

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

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	3

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	1
Diptera QD	95	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	21

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	17
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	48
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	5

Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	4
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Odonata QO	4	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Plecoptera QP	21	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	21
Trichoptera QT	22	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	13
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	7
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.5