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

Black Sand Rd- Three Bridges BLS0010

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 10-12-1998
Taxa count ORDER 6
Taxa count FAMILY 18
Taxa count ALT 18
Mayflies present? 37
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 6.3 6.3 4.3
Weighted SIGNAL 6.1 6

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 63.84% 779,762,905m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 30.85% 376,781,436m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads 4.25% 51,901,019m2
Show minor land uses 2
12,214,206m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Amphipoda OP 9 3
Talitridae OP010000
3
Talitridae
Talitridae
Talitridae
Eusiridae OP030000
6
Eusiridae
Eusiridae
Eusiridae
Coleoptera QC 16 5
Dytiscidae QC090000
1
Hydrophilidae QC110000
4
Scirtidae QC200000
1
Scirtidae
Elmidae QC340000
10
Elmidae
Diptera QD 13 3
Tipulidae QD010000
3
Simuliidae (unident.) QD100000
9
Simuliidae (unident.)
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 37 9
Baetidae QE020000
2
Oniscigastridae QE030000
2
Coloburiscidae QE050000
8
Leptophlebiidae QE060000
25
Plecoptera QP 5 10
Gripopterygidae QP030000
5
Trichoptera QT 22 8
Hydropsychidae QT060000
2
Conoesucidae QT150000
1
Calocidae/Helicophidae (Unident.) QT1899A4
3
Leptoceridae QT250000
16
ORDER
SIGNALT 6.3
Weighted SIGNALT 6.3