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MOORABOOL RIVER (WEST BRANCH) (LOWER) AT BRIDGE 6KM EAST OF MT. DORAN 3264

Source	EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date	12-03-1996
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	17
Taxa count ALT	19
Mayflies present?	25
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.7	5.2	4.8
Weighted SIGNAL	5.8	8	5.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	45.57%	13,321,753,059m²
	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, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	19.28%	5,637,154,986m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.4.3 Tree nuts	13.73%	4,014,898,164m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	8.53%	2,495,125,979m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	4.99%	1,459,531,215m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	4.87%	1,422,536,761m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	1.91%	558,916,218m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.60%	174,473,846m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.32%	93,236,024m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.20%	57,741,345m²
Show minor land uses 4
				292,353,676m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 12 March 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Physa acuta KG080101	6
Amphipoda OP	33	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	33

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	2

Unknown QC37010D	4
Diptera QD	52	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.40 QD0199A5	3
Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	43

Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	5
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Ephemeroptera QE	25	9
Centroptilum sp.(Unident.) QE020399	21
Atalophlebia albiterminata QE060101	4
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	1
Megaloptera QM	4	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	4

Odonata QO	1	3
Austroaeschna unicornis unicornis QO210308	1
Trichoptera QT	20	8
Ethochorema hesperium QT010502	3
Cheumatopsyche deani QT060507	7
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV5 QT0605A5	2
Smicrophylax sp.AV1 QT0608A1	3
Tamasia sp.(Unident.) QT180599	3
Triplectides australis QT251103	2

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0

Sampled on 5 December 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Richardsonianidae (Unident.) LH039999	1
Oligochaeta LO	28	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	28
Amphipoda OP	21	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	21

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Simsonia sp.(Unident.) QC340299	2

Unknown QC37010A	3
Diptera QD	43	3
Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	18

Larsia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1799	2
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	10
Cardiocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1499	2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	11
Ephemeroptera QE	55	9
Baetis sp.(Unident.) QE020199	3
Baetidae MV/EPA sp.5 QE0201A5	14
Baetis EPA sp.6 QE0201A6	29
Nousia sp.AV1 QE0608A1	2
Nousia sp.AV2 QE0608A2	7
Megaloptera QM	4	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	4

Plecoptera QP	5	10
Illiesoperla sp.(Unident.) QP030599	5
Trichoptera QT	51	8
Ethochorema hesperium QT010502	17
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	5
Smicrophylax sp.AV1 QT0608A1	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	21
Costora sp.(Unident.) QT150399	5
Anisocentropus sp.(Unident.) QT240199	2

SIGNALT	5.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.2

Sampled on 15 March 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	26	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	20
Ferrissia tasmanica KG060102	5
Physa acuta KG080101	1
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101	1
Oligochaeta LO	8	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	8
Acarina MM	4	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	4

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

Amphipoda (Unident.) OP999999	3

Isopoda OR	1	2
Unknown OR989999	1
Coleoptera QC	6	5
Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	2

Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC34019I	2

Austrolimnius sp.L58E QC3401B2	1

Unknown QC37010A	1
Diptera QD	44	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.40 QD0199A5	2
Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	11

Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	1
Nilotanypus sp.(Unident.) QDAE1699	4
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	2
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	9
Parametriocnemus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1199	3
Eukiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF1399	1
Cardiocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1499	1
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	2
Stenochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0299	1
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Demicryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI2099	1
Chironomini (Unident.) QDAI9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Ephemeroptera QE	115	9
Baetis EPA sp.1 QE0201A1	1
Baetidae MV/EPA sp.5 QE0201A5	1
Baetis EPA sp.6 QE0201A6	77
Atalophlebia albiterminata QE060101	11
Nousia sp.AV2 QE0608A2	8
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	15
Tasmanocoenis sp.(Unident.) QE080199	2
Megaloptera QM	11	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	11

Odonata QO	1	3
Austroaeschna pulchra QO210306	1
Trichoptera QT	69	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	3
Agapetus sp.(Unident.) QT020199	3
Chimarra australica QT040101	1
Cheumatopsyche sp.(Unident.) QT060599	10
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV5 QT0605A5	32
Lingora sp.(Unident.) QT150599	7
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	4
Anisocentropus sp.(Unident.) QT240199	8
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	1

SIGNALT	4.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.9

Sampled on 6 December 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	1
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	5
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Coleoptera QC	11	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	1

Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	6

Notriolus victoriae QC340316	2

Unknown QC37010D	2
Diptera QD	42	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.40 QD0199A5	1
Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	3

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	1

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	1
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	2
?Telmatopelopia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1899	2
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	7
Parametriocnemus sp.(Unident.) QDAF1199	1
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	18
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	4
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I	1
Ephemeroptera QE	63	9
Baetis sp.(Unident.) QE020199	3
Baetidae MV/EPA sp.5 QE0201A5	15
Atalophlebia albiterminata QE060101	1
Nousia sp.AV2 QE0608A2	29
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	15
Megaloptera QM	8	8
Archichauliodes sp.(Unident.) QM010199	8

Odonata QO	4	3
Austroaeschna pulchra QO210306	4
Plecoptera QP	3	10
Dinotoperla serricauda QP030207	1
Leptoperla neboissi QP030705	2
Trichoptera QT	111	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	32
Taschorema sp.(Unident.) QT011399	2
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Agapetus sp.(Unident.) QT020199	1
Cheumatopsyche sp.(Unident.) QT060599	1
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV5 QT0605A5	25
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499	1
Lingora sp.(Unident.) QT150599	41
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	3
Oecetis sp.(Unident.) QT250799	3

SIGNALT	5.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.9