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d/s Everard Drive ANS0016

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	05-04-2005
Taxa count ORDER	13
Taxa count FAMILY	30
Taxa count ALT	30
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.7	4	3.3
Weighted SIGNAL	3.7		3.9

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	36.04%	85,126,516,491m²
	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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	19.99%	47,220,231,795m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	18.56%	43,834,751,024m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	16.45%	38,851,029,331m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.5 Shrub berries and fruits, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	7.11%	16,799,654,580m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.52%	1,218,743,078m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.46%	1,084,993,837m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.29%	674,996,166m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.24%	560,746,815m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.13%	316,248,204m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.10%	243,748,616m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.07%	163,749,070m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.05%	128,249,272m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.00%	3,999,977m²
Show minor land uses 9
				2,362,276,583m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 April 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	22	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	22
Gastropoda KG	48	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	29
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	19
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	2
Oligochaeta LO	25	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	25
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	6	3
Talitridae sp.(Unident.) OP019999	3

Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	3

Coleoptera QC	24	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	5
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I	2

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	5

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	12

Diptera QD	108	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	30

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	6
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	60
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	43	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	13
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	27
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	3
Odonata QO	9	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Megapodagrionidae (Unident.) QO079999	1
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	7
Trichoptera QT	52	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	5
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	7
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	4
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	35

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 8 December 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	8	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	8
Gastropoda KG	76	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	60
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	16
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	2
Oligochaeta LO	24	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	24
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Coleoptera QC	9	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	2
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	3

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	4

Diptera QD	112	3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	5

Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	16

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	5

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	36
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	49
Hemiptera QH	23	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	8
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	4
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	11
Odonata QO	11	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	10
Telephlebiidae (Unident.) QO219999	1
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	1
Trichoptera QT	33	8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	33

SIGNALT	3.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 20 February 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	26	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	26
Gastropoda KG	65	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	26
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	39
Bivalvia KP	2	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	2
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	4
Oligochaeta LO	7	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	7
Acarina MM	10	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	10

Unknown OT	22
Paratya australiensis OT010101	22

Coleoptera QC	89	5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001	6

Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	3

Platynectes sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09229I	6

Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601	24

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	36

Notriolus quadriplagiatus QC340310	2

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	2

Sclerocyphon sp.(Unident.) QC370199	4

Diptera QD	299	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	36

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	1

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	1

Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	158
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	4
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	1
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	1
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	5
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	31
Botryocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF3599	10
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	24
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	4

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	7
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	6
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	6

Chironomini (Unident.) QDAI9999	2
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	1
Hemiptera QH	6	2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5
Odonata QO	3	3
Austroaeschna sp.(Unident.) QO210399	1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	2
Trichoptera QT	32	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	2
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	2
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	16
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV6 QT0605A6	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Lectrides varians QT250201	1
Notalina spira QT250504	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	8

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1