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South Esk River at Heffords Road SESK58

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	24-03-2020
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	18
Taxa count ALT	18
Mayflies present?	4
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4	4.6	3.8
Weighted SIGNAL	5		4.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	34.68%	44,427,080,803m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	33.79%	43,276,341,661m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	14.13%	18,099,579,219m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic	8.61%	11,033,145,895m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	5.27%	6,752,186,289m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.4 Remote communities, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	1.85%	2,363,977,694m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	1.15%	1,475,236,080m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.30%	385,246,365m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.15%	196,998,141m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries, 5.8.3 Tailings	0.04%	56,999,462m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.01%	17,499,835m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	4,999,953m²
Show minor land uses 7
				1,280,892,914m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 24 March 2020

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	5	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	5
Gastropoda KG	19	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	15
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	4
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Amphipoda OP	21	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	21

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Dytiscidae Larvae QC09999L	3
Diptera QD	171	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	153

Diamesinae (Unident.) QDAB9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	15
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Odonata QO	7	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	4
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	3
Trichoptera QT	18	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	14
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 22 November 2019

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	3
Gastropoda KG	13	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	12
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Amphipoda OP	9	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	9

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Unknown QC10999L	1
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	4

Diptera QD	293	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	278

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	13
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	3
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	3
Odonata QO	3	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	2
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	1
Plecoptera QP	45	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	45
Trichoptera QT	5	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	3
Unknown QT999998	1

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8

Sampled on 19 April 2018

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	8	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	8
Gastropoda KG	17	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	11
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	6
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Amphipoda OP	18	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	18

Diptera QD	44	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	23

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	20
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Odonata QO	1	3
Gomphidae (Unident.) QO139999	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	2
Trichoptera QT	18	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	3
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	11
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	4

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.2

Sampled on 4 April 2016

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	7	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	7
Gastropoda KG	14	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	14
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	33	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	33

Isopoda OR	8	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	8

Coleoptera QC	12	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	4

Diptera QD	150	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	90

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	43
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Diptera (Unident.)(Larva) QDZZ9999	15

Ephemeroptera QE	18	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	4
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	13
Odonata QO	2	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	2
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	101	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	2
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	83
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	4
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	11

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 16 October 2015

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	48	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	44
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	3
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	6

Isopoda OR	3	2
Phreatoicidae (Unident.) OR059999	2

Janiridae (Unident.) OR189999	1

Coleoptera QC	21	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	20

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Diptera QD	65	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	61

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	8	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	6
Plecoptera QP	108	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	108
Trichoptera QT	29	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	11
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	12
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	2

SIGNALT	4.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.2