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Ferriers Rd- Loch (u/s Sth Gippsland Hwy) BAS0059

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	06-11-1997
Taxa count ORDER	15
Taxa count FAMILY	28
Taxa count ALT	46
Mayflies present?	19
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.9	3.4	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3.7	3.6	3.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	81.61%	5,076,377,011m²
	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	12.41%	772,149,585m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping	3.51%	218,613,132m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	1.63%	101,302,424m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir	0.66%	41,271,358m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory	0.14%	8,504,401m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.03%	1,750,906m²
Show minor land uses 4
				62,199,688m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 6 November 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	10	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	10
Gastropoda KG	363	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	350
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	2
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	11
Bivalvia KP	7	3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	3
Pelecypoda (Unident.) KP999999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	19	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	19
Acarina MM	41	6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8	41

Amphipoda OP	681	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	663

Austrogammarus multispinatus OP060103	18

Unknown OT	34
Paratya australiensis OT010101	34

Coleoptera QC	135	5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001	36

Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I	78

Lancetes sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09249I	6

Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	15

Diptera QD	109	3
Tipulidae SRV sp.28 QD0199A8	1
Ceratopogonidae SRV sp.20 QD0999C2	4

Ceratopogonidae SRV sp.8 QD0999E3	6

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	6

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	2
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	2
Parakiefferiella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0399	2
Corynoneura sp.(Unident.) QDAF0699	1
Eukiefferiella insolida QDAF1301	1
?Limnophyes sp. QDAF99A7	2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	21
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699	41
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	4
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	16

Ephemeroptera QE	19	9
Atalophlebia sp.AV5 QE0601A8	3
Koorrnonga sp.AV1 QE0609A1	14
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	2
Hemiptera QH	54	2
Microvelia peramoena QH560103	1
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	2
Sigara truncatipala QH650204	1
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	20
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	27
Enithares woodwardi QH670101	1
Odonata QO	13	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	7
Ischnura sp.(Unident.) QO021099	5
Austrolestes annulosus QO050102	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Dinotoperla brevipennis QP030202	2
Trichoptera QT	28	8
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	28

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 28 April 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	30	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	30
Gastropoda KG	57	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	54
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	3
Bivalvia KP	10	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	10
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	37	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	37
Acarina MM	2	6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8	2

Amphipoda OP	54	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	36

Amphipoda (Unident.) OP999999	18

Coleoptera QC	8	5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001	3

Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601	3

Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I	2

Diptera QD	27	3
Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999	1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	24

Kiefferulus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0799	2
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	41	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	4
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Sigara neboissi QH650205	2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	2
Agraptocorixa sp.(Unident.) QH650399	1
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	5
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	18
Enithares woodwardi QH670101	2
Anisops deanei QH670404	3
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	3
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7

Sampled on 2 December 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	1
Gastropoda KG	56	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	56
Bivalvia KP	21	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	21
Oligochaeta LO	10	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	10
Acarina MM	12	6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8	12

Amphipoda OP	60	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	48

Austrogammarus multispinatus OP060103	12

Unknown OT	54
Paratya australiensis OT010101	54

Coleoptera QC	6	5
Platynectes sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09229I	6

Diptera QD	86	3
Tipulidae SRV sp.28 QD0199A8	2
Anopheles sp.(Unident.) QD070199	2

Ceratopogonidae SRV sp.3 QD0999F9	8

Ceratopogoninae (Unident.) QD0999I1	2

Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	1

Simulium ornatipes QD100202	23

Apsectrotanypus sp.(Unident.) QDAE0599	1
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	10
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	1
Botryocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF3599	2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	1
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	2
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum QDAI1901	30

Ephemeroptera QE	30	9
Edmundsiops sp.(Unident.) QE020799	4
Atalophlebia sp.(Unident.) QE060199	1
Atalophlebia sp.AV5 QE0601A8	10
Nousia sp.AV1 QE0608A1	3
Koorrnonga sp.AV1 QE0609A1	12
Hemiptera QH	13	2
Sigara truncatipala QH650204	1
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	3
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	3
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	5
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1
Odonata QO	4	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	2
Austroaeschna unicornis unicornis QO210308	2
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Austrocerca tasmanica QP040101	1
Trichoptera QT	9	8
Taschorema evansi QT011301	3
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	3
Notalina spira QT250504	2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	1

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 29 April 1996

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	5	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	5
Unknown IH	2
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999	2
Gastropoda KG	164	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	164
Bivalvia KP	4	3
Sphaerium tasmanicum KP030201	4
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	26	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	26
Acarina MM	13	6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8	13

Amphipoda OP	303	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	297

Austrogammarus multispinatus OP060103	6

Unknown OT	108
Paratya australiensis OT010101	108

Coleoptera QC	12	5
Sternopriscus cervus QC091802	9

Notriolus quadriplagiatus QC340310	2

Notriolus quadriplagiatus (Larva) QC34031Z	1

Diptera QD	41	3
Tipulidae SRV sp.28 QD0199A8	1
Simulium ornatipes QD100202	30

Podonomopsis sp.(Unident.) QDAD0499	1
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	7
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Atalophlebia australis QE060104	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	27	2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299	1
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	26
Odonata QO	10	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	9
Austroargiolestes icteromelas icteromelas QO070202	1
Trichoptera QT	12	8
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	9
Asmicridea sp.AV1 QT0602A1	1
Notalina spira QT250504	2

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.1