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Middle Arm Creek at West Tamar Highway TAMR02

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	17-09-2008
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	20
Taxa count ALT	20
Mayflies present?	9
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.2	5.2	4.6
Weighted SIGNAL	5.3		5.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	26.42%	982,395,089m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	25.14%	934,888,073m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry	16.10%	598,588,405m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	11.06%	411,310,746m²
	Natural	1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	8.72%	324,297,895m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads	7.42%	275,790,731m²
	Mining	5.8.0 Mining, 5.8.2 Quarries	2.25%	83,762,371m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping	1.88%	70,010,340m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.56%	20,753,065m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.44%	16,252,400m²
Show minor land uses 4
				37,180,491m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 September 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	36	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	36
Oligochaeta LO	6	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	6
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

Amphipoda OP	39	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	9

Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	15

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	15

Coleoptera QC	32	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	30

Diptera QD	113	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	21

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	84
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	9	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	8
Plecoptera QP	42	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	42
Trichoptera QT	39	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	15
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	8
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	9
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	7

SIGNALT	5.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1

Sampled on 19 March 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	51	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	51
Oligochaeta LO	10	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	10
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	36	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	24

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	12

Coleoptera QC	13	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	2

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	8

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	3

Diptera QD	40	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	2
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	12

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	10
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	13
Ephemeroptera QE	6	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	4
Hemiptera QH	8	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	8
Trichoptera QT	68	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	14
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	19
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	18
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	17

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

Sampled on 15 October 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	44	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	44
Oligochaeta LO	5	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	5
Acarina MM	20	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	20

Amphipoda OP	57	3
Eusiridae (Unident.) OP039999	30

Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	27

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	4

Diptera QD	92	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	4
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	15

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	63
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	6
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Plecoptera QP	39	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	39
Trichoptera QT	14	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	4
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	8
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	5.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.1

Sampled on 27 March 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	20	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	20
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Amphipoda OP	93	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	54

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	39

Coleoptera QC	28	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	16

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	8

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	4

Diptera QD	43	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	13
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	12

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	14
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	3	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	3
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Trichoptera QT	42	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	14
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	5
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	23

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

Sampled on 25 October 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	36	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	36
Oligochaeta LO	15	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	15
Acarina MM	9	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	9

Amphipoda OP	129	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	108

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	21

Coleoptera QC	17	5
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	14

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	2

Diptera QD	68	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	4
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	28

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	22	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	20
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5
Plecoptera QP	14	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	14
Trichoptera QT	2	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Unknown QT999998	1

SIGNALT	4.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.6

Sampled on 19 April 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	69	1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999	69
Oligochaeta LO	12	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	12
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	117	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	6

Eusiridae (Unident.) OP039999	111

Diptera QD	77	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	10
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	67
Ephemeroptera QE	12	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	12
Trichoptera QT	23	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	13
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	5
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

Sampled on 23 September 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	7
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Acarina MM	11	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	11

Amphipoda OP	279	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	255

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	24

Unknown OT	4
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	4

Coleoptera QC	58	5
Dytiscidae Adults QC09999A	2
Elmidae Adults QC34999A	52

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	4

Diptera QD	112	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	34

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	37

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	5
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	24
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Ephemeroptera QE	45	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	5
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	24
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	16
Hemiptera QH	3	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Plecoptera QP	81	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	79
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	2
Trichoptera QT	24	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	10
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	3
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	9

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.2

Sampled on 22 March 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	18	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	16
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	2
Bivalvia KP	2	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	2
Oligochaeta LO	36	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	36
Acarina MM	8	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	8

Amphipoda OP	522	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	516

Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	6

Coleoptera QC	4	5
Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	4

Diptera QD	104	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	8
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	8

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	38
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	46
Ephemeroptera QE	20	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	12
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	8
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Odonata QO	2	3
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	2
Plecoptera QP	4	10
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	4
Trichoptera QT	52	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	6
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	42

SIGNALT	4.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.6