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Healesville Koo Wee Rup Road- Pakenham Upper ARA0010

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	11-03-2003
Taxa count ORDER	11
Taxa count FAMILY	26
Taxa count ALT	26
Mayflies present?	13
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.3	4.1	3.3
Weighted SIGNAL	4.7		4.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	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	51.24%	1,002,143,799m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	36.68%	717,423,972m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes	6.75%	131,986,013m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves	2.79%	54,494,225m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.93%	18,248,066m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.82%	15,998,305m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	0.79%	15,498,358m²
Show minor land uses 4
				19,557,927m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 11 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	47	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	38
Ancylidae KG060000	9
Acarina MM	1	6
MITES MM000000	1

Unknown OT	18
Atyidae OT010000	18

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae OV010000	2

Coleoptera QC	12	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	2
Scirtidae QC200000	4

Elmidae QC340000	6

Diptera QD	43	3
Tipulidae QD010000	3
Dixidae QD060000	17

Ceratopogonidae QD090000	4

Stratiomyidae QD240000	1
Tanypodinae QDAE0000	1
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	9
Chironominae QDAJ0000	8
Ephemeroptera QE	13	9
Oniscigastridae QE030000	3
Leptophlebiidae QE060000	10
Hemiptera QH	27	2
Veliidae QH560000	12
Gerridae QH570000	1
Corixidae QH650000	11
Notonectidae QH670000	3
Odonata QO	1	3
Megapodagrionidae QO070000	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Notonemouridae QP040000	2
Trichoptera QT	43	8
Hydroptilidae QT030000	13
Conoesucidae QT150000	1
Leptoceridae QT250000	29

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 3 December 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	2
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Hyriidae KP010000	1
Acarina MM	2	6
MITES MM000000	2

Amphipoda OP	24	3
Paramelitidae OP060000	24

Unknown OT	10
Atyidae OT010000	10

Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae OV010000	2

Coleoptera QC	21	5
Scirtidae QC200000	5

Elmidae QC340000	16

Diptera QD	28	3
Tipulidae QD010000	1
Dixidae QD060000	1

Ceratopogonidae QD090000	10

Tanypodinae QDAE0000	5
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	11
Ephemeroptera QE	33	9
Leptophlebiidae QE060000	26
Caenidae QE080000	7
Hemiptera QH	9	2
Veliidae QH560000	4
Corixidae QH650000	4
Notonectidae QH670000	1
Odonata QO	6	3
Megapodagrionidae QO070000	3
Synlestidae QO080000	1
Telephlebiidae QO210000	2
Plecoptera QP	3	10
PLECOPTERA QP000000	1
Austroperlidae QP020000	1
Notonemouridae QP040000	1
Trichoptera QT	17	8
Hydroptilidae QT030000	1
Ecnomidae QT080000	1
Conoesucidae QT150000	1
Philorheithridae QT210000	1
Odontoceridae QT220000	1
Atriplectididae QT230000	3
Calamoceratidae QT240000	1
Leptoceridae QT250000	8

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.5

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