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WERRIBEE RIVER (UPPER) AT BACCHUS MARSH GAUGE 3133

Source	EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date	15-03-2010
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	9
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.6	3.6	3.9
Weighted SIGNAL	3		4.4

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	44.52%	15,770,974,743m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	30.01%	10,630,895,935m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	16.67%	5,904,303,356m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	3.66%	1,297,956,771m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.3.4 Oilseeds, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	2.79%	986,967,129m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	1.05%	371,737,619m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.51%	179,494,022m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.31%	108,746,378m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	0.27%	94,246,861m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.10%	36,248,793m²
	Industrial	5.3.4 Bulk grain storage, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.09%	31,748,943m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.03%	11,749,609m²
Show minor land uses 8
				354,250,702m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 15 March 2010

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Bivalvia KP	2	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	2
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Amphipoda OP	9	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	9

Unknown OT	2
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	2

Diptera QD	8	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	7

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Trichoptera QT	15	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	15

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 16 October 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	5
Bivalvia KP	8	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	8
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Amphipoda OP	81	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	81

Diptera QD	76	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	18

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	54

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	4
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999	1
Trichoptera QT	8	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	8

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 2 October 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Bivalvia KP	7	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	7
Oligochaeta LO	13	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	13
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	63	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	63

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	2

Diptera QD	60	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	22

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	6
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Odonata QO	4	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	2
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	2
Plecoptera QP	8	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	8
Trichoptera QT	33	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	30
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2

SIGNALT	4.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

Sampled on 15 April 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	9	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	9
Bivalvia KP	12	3
Corbiculidae (Unident.) KP029999	12
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Amphipoda OP	30	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	30

Unknown OT	6
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	6

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Coleoptera QC	34	5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	7

Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I	3

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	24

Diptera QD	12	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	7

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Trichoptera QT	46	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	42
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	2

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

Sampled on 28 October 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	1
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	5
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	10	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	10
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	24	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	24

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	1

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	4

Diptera QD	61	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	12

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	46
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I	1
Ephemeroptera QE	5	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	4
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	1
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	35	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	3
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	26
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	5

SIGNALT	4.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.4

Sampled on 13 March 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	21	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	14
Physa acuta KG080101	7
Oligochaeta LO	3	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	3
Amphipoda OP	6	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	6

Unknown OT	4
Paratya australiensis OT010101	4

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Staphylinidae (Unident.) QC189999	1
Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	4

Diptera QD	8	3
Tipulidae SRV sp.37 QD0199B1	1
Tipulidae EPA sp.8 QD0199B9	1
Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	4

Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	1
Parametriocnemus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1199	1
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Baetis EPA sp.6 QE0201A6	4
Megaloptera QM	1	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	1

Trichoptera QT	3	8
Ethochorema hesperium QT010502	2
Chimarra australica QT040101	1

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

Sampled on 6 December 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	2
Oligochaeta LO	34	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	34
Coleoptera QC	4	5
Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	2

Simsonia sp.L12E QC3402A9	1

Simsonia sp.L2E(A) QC3402B2	1

Diptera QD	532	3
Ceratopogonidae EPA sp.28 QD0999E9	2

Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	505

Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	5
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	1
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	4
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	9
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	5
Ephemeroptera QE	12	9
Baetis sp.(Unident.) QE020199	4
Baetidae MV/EPA sp.5 QE0201A5	7
Tasmanocoenis sp.(Unident.) QE080199	1
Hemiptera QH	3	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	3
Megaloptera QM	3	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	3

Odonata QO	5	3
Austroaeschna parvistigma QO210305	1
Austroaeschna pulchra QO210306	3
Austroaeschna unicornis unicornis QO210308	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Dinotoperla serricauda QP030207	1
Illiesoperla sp.(Unident.) QP030599	1
Trichoptera QT	6	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	1
Cheumatopsyche deani QT060507	2
Smicrophylax sp.AV1 QT0608A1	1
Costora sp.(Unident.) QT150399	2

SIGNALT	5.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.9

Sampled on 16 March 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	23	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	15
Ferrissia tasmanica KG060102	6
Physa acuta KG080101	2
Acarina MM	13	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	13

Amphipoda OP	15	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	12

Amphipoda (Unident.) OP999999	3

Coleoptera QC	78	5
Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	58

Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC34019I	10

Simsonia sp.(Unident.) QC340299	8

Simsonia sp.L2E QC3402B1	2

Diptera QD	79	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.40 QD0199A5	3
Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	44

Simulium melatum QD100201	2

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	9

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	7

Cardiocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1499	2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	2
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	6
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	150	9
Baetidae MV/EPA sp.5 QE0201A5	1
Baetis EPA sp.6 QE0201A6	116
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	31
Tasmanocoenis sp.(Unident.) QE080199	2
Megaloptera QM	2	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	2

Odonata QO	8	3
Austroaeschna pulchra QO210306	8
Trichoptera QT	107	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	2
Ulmerochorema rubiconum / membrum group QT0114A1	3
Chimarra australica QT040101	1
Cheumatopsyche deani QT060507	51
Cheumatopsyche sp.(Unident.) QT060599	21
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV5 QT0605A5	19
Smicrophylax sp.AV1 QT0608A1	6
Lingora sp.(Unident.) QT150599	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3

SIGNALT	5.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.9