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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Footbridge upstream of Kismet Creek confluence (Racecourse Road) Sunbury BLJ0010

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 18-04-2007
Taxa count ORDER 10
Taxa count FAMILY 14
Taxa count ALT 14
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.3 3.1 2.6
Weighted SIGNAL 2.8 2.7

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, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads 60.88% 1,175,402,014m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 28.60% 552,203,966m2
  Waste Management 5.9.2 Landfill 7.77% 149,987,496m2
Show minor land uses 3
19,305,891m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 3 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
 3
Gastropoda KG 14 1
Physidae KG080000
 14
Hirudinea LH 30 1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000
 30
Oligochaeta LO 30 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
 30
Acarina MM 6 6
MITES MM000000
 6
MITES
Coleoptera QC 4 5
Scirtidae QC200000
 4
Scirtidae
Diptera QD 32 3
Dixidae QD060000
 1
Dixidae
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000
 1
Chironominae QDAJ0000
 30
Hemiptera QH 6 2
Veliidae QH560000
 3
Corixidae QH650000
 3
Odonata QO 2 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
 1
Hemicorduliidae QO300000
 1
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Leptoceridae QT250000
 1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.3
Weighted SIGNALT 2.7
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 10 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
 10
Gastropoda KG 30 1
Physidae KG080000
 30
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000
 1
Oligochaeta LO 27 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
 27
Coleoptera QC 3 5
Dytiscidae QC090000
 2
Hydrophilidae QC110000
 1
Diptera QD 24 3
Chironominae QDAJ0000
 24
Hemiptera QH 5 2
Corixidae QH650000
 2
Notonectidae QH670000
 3
Odonata QO 22 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
 11
Aeshnidae QO120000
 1
Hemicorduliidae QO300000
 10
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.4

   

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