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Bessie Creek Road- Nar Nar Goon North ARA0034

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	12-03-2003
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	16
Taxa count ALT	16
Mayflies present?	4
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.3	3.9	2.9
Weighted SIGNAL	2.9		3.4

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, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads	50.14%	2,083,251,253m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	41.63%	1,729,751,040m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes	4.48%	186,250,112m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves	2.15%	89,250,054m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	0.77%	32,000,019m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.44%	18,250,011m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.39%	16,000,010m²
Show minor land uses 4
				41,547,525m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 12 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	18	1
Ancylidae KG060000	1
Physidae KG080000	17
Oligochaeta LO	18	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	18
Coleoptera QC	16	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	4
Gyrinidae QC100000	3

Hydraenidae QC130000	2

Scirtidae QC200000	3

Elmidae QC340000	4

Diptera QD	48	3
Culicidae QD070000	24

Stratiomyidae QD240000	1
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	7
Chironominae QDAJ0000	16
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Baetidae QE020000	4
Hemiptera QH	17	2
Veliidae QH560000	16
Corixidae QH650000	1
Trichoptera QT	41	8
Leptoceridae QT250000	41

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.0

Sampled on 5 December 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	1	6
MITES MM000000	1

Amphipoda OP	15	3
Paramelitidae OP060000	15

Unknown OT	30
Atyidae OT010000	30

Coleoptera QC	67	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	21
Gyrinidae QC100000	9

Scirtidae QC200000	7

Elmidae QC340000	30

Diptera QD	45	3
Dixidae QD060000	3

Tanypodinae QDAE0000	11
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	15
Chironominae QDAJ0000	16
Ephemeroptera QE	58	9
Leptophlebiidae QE060000	58
Hemiptera QH	47	2
Veliidae QH560000	44
Corixidae QH650000	3
Odonata QO	7	3
Megapodagrionidae QO070000	1
Synlestidae QO080000	6
Trichoptera QT	32	8
Hydrobiosidae QT010000	5
Hydropsychidae QT060000	2
Leptoceridae QT250000	25

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.3

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