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

400 m downstream Brady Rd- Endeavour Hills DNG0248B

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 19-11-2003
Taxa count ORDER 13
Taxa count FAMILY 19
Taxa count ALT 19
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 2.6 2.5 1.7
Weighted SIGNAL 2.2 2.9

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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication 75.20% 18,183,689,087m2
  Natural 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 16.05% 3,881,843,736m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 3.89% 940,022,699m2
Show minor land uses 8
241,810,839m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB 9
Hydridae IB010000
9
Turbellaria IF 2 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
2
Unknown IH 4
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999
4
Nematoda II 8 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
8
Gastropoda KG 15 1
Hydrobiidae KG020000
7
Physidae KG080000
8
Oligochaeta LO 24 2
Naididae LO050000
21
Enchytraeidae LO080000
3
Acarina MM 21 6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8
21
Hydracarina (Unident.)
Isopoda OR 8 2
Janiridae OR180000
8
Janiridae
Diptera QD 181 3
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000
132
Chironominae QDAJ0000
48
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
1
Hemiptera QH 9 2
Veliidae QH560000
3
Corixidae QH650000
6
Lepidoptera QL 2 2
Crambidae QL010000
2
Crambidae
Odonata QO 4 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
3
Epiproctophora (Unident.) QO999998
1
Trichoptera QT 4 8
Leptoceridae QT250000
4
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.6
Weighted SIGNALT 2.7
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 17 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
9
Microturbellaria (Unident.) IF999C99
8
Unknown IH 5
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999
5
Nematoda II 29 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
29
Gastropoda KG 14 1
Hydrobiidae KG020000
2
Physidae KG080000
3
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999
5
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2
4
Oligochaeta LO 179 2
Tubificidae LO040000
56
Naididae LO050000
98
Lumbriculidae LO060000
3
Enchytraeidae LO080000
22
Acarina MM 44 6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8
44
Hydracarina (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 1 5
Scirtidae QC200000
1
Scirtidae
Diptera QD 15 3
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000
13
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999
2
Hemiptera QH 7 2
Corixidae QH650000
7
Odonata QO 4 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
1
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997
3
Trichoptera QT 1 8
Hydroptilidae QT030000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.2
Weighted SIGNALT 2.9