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SANDY CREEK AT GRASSHOPPER LANE 420

Source EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date 16-11-2009
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 16
Taxa count ALT 17
Mayflies present? 3
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.1 4.2 2.8
Weighted SIGNAL 4.4 5 3.2

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 46.46% 2,630,498,668m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 39.85% 2,256,248,857m2
  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, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads 7.12% 403,249,796m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs 5.48% 309,999,843m2
Show minor land uses 1
56,619,971m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 2 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
2
Gastropoda KG 22 1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999
12
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
10
Oligochaeta LO 6 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
6
Coleoptera QC 26 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
15
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
6
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 75 3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
34
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Sciomyzidae (Unident.) QD459999
1
Sciomyzidae (Unident.)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
7
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
31
Ephemeroptera QE 3 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Odonata QO 2 3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
2
Trichoptera QT 9 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
8
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.1
Weighted SIGNALT 3.9