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MIDDLE CREEK AT PUNTONS ROAD 82800

Source EPA Victoria
Latest Sample Date 13-10-1998
Taxa count ORDER 6
Taxa count FAMILY 13
Taxa count ALT 14
Mayflies present? 1
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 5 3.8 3.1
Weighted SIGNAL 5.2 10 4.3

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 44.19% 3,430,067,942m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 19.35% 1,502,046,087m2
  Natural 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 16.80% 1,303,941,091m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes 14.87% 1,154,611,946m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads 3.63% 281,899,407m2
Show minor land uses 1
77,623,641m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 25 1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999
18
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
6
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
1
Oligochaeta LO 11 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
11
Coleoptera QC 34 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
33
Gyrinidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC10999I
1
Gyrinidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera QD 223 3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
157
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
47
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
16
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
1
Plecoptera QP 34 10
Dinotoperla thwaitesi QP030208
2
Riekoperla rugosa group QP0311A3
32
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.0
Weighted SIGNALT 4.5
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO 2 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
2
Coleoptera QC 39 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
22
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
15
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 8 3
Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
6
Hemiptera QH 3 2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
2
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.0
Weighted SIGNALT 3.6