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MITTA MITTA RIVER AT TALLANDOON 155

Source	EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date	22-02-2006
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	20
Taxa count ALT	21
Mayflies present?	66
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.4	4.5	3.8
Weighted SIGNAL	5.6	4.6	5.3

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	48.79%	224,237,007,958m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	30.12%	138,412,843,248m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	18.27%	83,964,988,987m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.0 Services, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	2.28%	10,458,110,727m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping	0.22%	999,816,355m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	0.16%	748,774,219m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.07%	315,335,827m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.06%	269,044,369m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.02%	101,089,465m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	0.01%	39,169,695m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.00%	18,595,714m²
	Mining	5.8.1 Mines, 5.8.2 Quarries	0.00%	8,506,550m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards	0.00%	2,967,401m²
Show minor land uses 10
				4,595,762,505m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 22 February 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	8	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	8
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Acarina MM	21	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	21

Coleoptera QC	11	5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	11

Diptera QD	80	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	22
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	15

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	7
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I	5
Ephemeroptera QE	66	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	5
Coloburiscidae (Unident.) QE059999	20
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	31
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	10
Megaloptera QM	2	8
Corydalidae (Unident.) QM019999	2

Trichoptera QT	57	8
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) QT029999	7
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QT02999I	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	14
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	30
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3

SIGNALT	5.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.6

Sampled on 29 November 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	12	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	12
Acarina MM	3	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	3

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	4

Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I	1

Diptera QD	25	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	4
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	5

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5
Ephemeroptera QE	43	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	15
Coloburiscidae (Unident.) QE059999	23
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	5
Megaloptera QM	2	8
Corydalidae (Unident.) QM019999	2

Plecoptera QP	20	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	20
Trichoptera QT	38	8
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) QT029999	20
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	6
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	12

SIGNALT	6.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	6.4