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Main Rd South Eltham DIY0309

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	03-06-2008
Taxa count ORDER	9
Taxa count FAMILY	13
Taxa count ALT	13
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.8	2.7	2.4
Weighted SIGNAL	2.4		3

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, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	53.15%	16,727,732,855m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	23.76%	7,477,577,598m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	14.71%	4,628,702,787m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	3.72%	1,171,551,327m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	2.33%	733,782,148m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	1.07%	335,264,688m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 2.2.1 Wood production forestry, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.91%	286,762,563m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries	0.14%	45,251,983m²
	Industrial	5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.08%	23,751,041m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.07%	21,750,953m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.06%	20,250,887m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams	0.01%	3,250,142m²
Show minor land uses 8
				314,756,290m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 3 June 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	15	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	15
Gastropoda KG	6	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	3
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	3
Bivalvia KP	8	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	8
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	4
Oligochaeta LO	18	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	18
Diptera QD	44	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	8

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	4
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	28
Hemiptera QH	3	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	3
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.4

Sampled on 1 March 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	32	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	32
Gastropoda KG	19	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	10
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	8
Hirudinea LH	6	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	4
Erpobdellidae (Unident.) LH059999	2
Oligochaeta LO	6	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	6
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Unknown OT	2
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	2

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	1

Diptera QD	74	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	30

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	33
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	11
Hemiptera QH	23	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	13
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	6
Odonata QO	4	3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	2
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998	2
Trichoptera QT	31	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	30

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 30 November 2005

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	16	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	16
Gastropoda KG	43	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	26
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	17
Oligochaeta LO	16	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	16
Acarina MM	9	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	9

Coleoptera QC	5	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	1
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	1

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	2

Diptera QD	139	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	39

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	38
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	60
Hemiptera QH	29	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	10
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	7
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	12
Odonata QO	2	3
Odonata (Unident.) QO999999	2
Trichoptera QT	37	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	30
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	6

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.4

Sampled on 1 December 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II	1	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	1
Gastropoda KG	21	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	14
Austropeplea tomentosa KG050102	1
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	6
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101	1
Oligochaeta LO	56	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	56
Coleoptera QC	14	5
Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	4

Simsonia sp.(Unident.) QC340299	6

Notriolus maculatus QC340307	2

Notriolus maculatus (Larva) QC34030G	2

Diptera QD	212	3
Simulium ornatipes QD100202	75

Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	1
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	106
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	13
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	1
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	13
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum QDAI1901	2

Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Nousia sp.AV2 QE0608A2	1
Hemiptera QH	9	2
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	9
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	1

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.0

Sampled on 1 March 1998

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	45	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	45
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Pseudosuccinea columella KG050301	1
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	2
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Pelecypoda (Unident.) KP999999	1
Hirudinea LH	13	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	13
Oligochaeta LO	43	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	43
Acarina MM	1	6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8	1

Unknown OT	2
Paratya australiensis OT010101	2

Coleoptera QC	1	5
Elmidae (Unident.)(Larvae) QC34999I	1

Diptera QD	221	3
Simulium ornatipes QD100202	51

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	2

Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	4
Rheocricotopus sp.(Unident.) QDAF0199	6
Nanocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF0499	2
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	1
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	27
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	100
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum QDAI1901	4

Cladopelma curtivalva QDAI2201	2

Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	22
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	63	2
Microvelia peramoena QH560103	6
Microvelia sp.(Unident.) QH560199	3
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Sigara sublaevifrons QH650202	1
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	47
Enithares woodwardi QH670101	1
Anisops thienemanni QH670401	1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499	2
Odonata QO	20	3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002	2
Rhadinosticta simplex QO030301	6
Austroargiolestes icteromelas icteromelas QO070202	10
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	2
Plecoptera QP	1	10
Dinotoperla serricauda QP030207	1
Trichoptera QT	13	8
Asmicridea sp.AV1 QT0602A1	1
Cheumatopsyche deani QT060507	2
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV2 QT0605A2	1
Cheumatopsyche sp.AV6 QT0605A6	9

SIGNALT	3.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2