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Bayswater Rd- Heathmont DNG0019

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	19-04-2007
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	7
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	1.8	1.9	0.9
Weighted SIGNAL	2.7		1.7

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, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads	72.74%	3,295,744,406m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	20.69%	937,532,876m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	3.42%	154,796,706m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes	1.10%	50,015,091m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	1.07%	48,514,638m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	0.49%	22,256,715m²
	Waste Management	5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.28%	12,753,848m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.11%	5,001,509m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.08%	3,751,132m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.01%	250,075m²
Show minor land uses 7
				45,306,170m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 April 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	1
Hirudinea LH	3	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	3
Oligochaeta LO	30	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	30
Diptera QD	31	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	30
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	1

SIGNALT	1.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.1

Sampled on 10 November 2006

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	27	1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	26
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	1
Oligochaeta LO	17	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	17
Diptera QD	5	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	5

SIGNALT	1.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.7

Sampled on 22 March 2000

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	46	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	20
Physidae KG080000	26
Hirudinea LH	4	1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000	4
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Tubificidae LO040000	1
Lumbriculidae LO060000	3
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Odonata QO	1	3
Aeshnidae QO120000	1

SIGNALT	2.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.8

Sampled on 24 November 1999

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae IF610000	1
Gastropoda KG	13	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	10
Physidae KG080000	3
Oligochaeta LO	60	2
Tubificidae LO040000	10
Lumbriculidae LO060000	40
Enchytraeidae LO080000	10
Unknown OH	2
Ostracoda (Unident.) OH999999	2
Unknown OT	2
Atyidae OT010000	2

Diptera QD	22	3
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	19
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3
Hemiptera QH	1	2
Corixidae QH650000	1

SIGNALT	1.4
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.8

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