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

500 m downstream of Heatherton Rd DNG0256C

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 19-11-2003
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 16
Taxa count ALT 16
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 2.4 2.2 2.1
Weighted SIGNAL 2 2.6

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 75.46% 20,588,593,904m2
  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 16.25% 4,434,520,226m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 3.59% 980,754,473m2
Show minor land uses 8
272,836,244m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB 3
Hydridae IB010000
3
Turbellaria IF 8 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
8
Nematoda II 3 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
3
Gastropoda KG 35 1
Hydrobiidae KG020000
4
Planorbidae KG070000
7
Physidae KG080000
24
Bivalvia KP 1 3
Sphaeriidae/Corbiculidae KP9999A1
1
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000
1
Oligochaeta LO 55 2
Tubificidae LO040000
4
Naididae LO050000
50
Lumbriculidae LO060000
1
Acarina MM 14 6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8
14
Hydracarina (Unident.)
Isopoda OR 1 2
Janiridae OR180000
1
Janiridae
Diptera QD 227 3
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000
152
Chironominae QDAJ0000
75
Odonata QO 1 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.5
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB 1
Hydridae IB010000
1
Turbellaria IF 8 2
Dugesiidae IF610000
6
Microturbellaria (Unident.) IF999C99
2
Unknown IH 5
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999
5
Nematoda II 3 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
3
Gastropoda KG 11 1
Hydrobiidae KG020000
1
Planorbidae KG070000
4
Physidae KG080000
1
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999
5
Bivalvia KP 3 3
Sphaeriidae/Corbiculidae KP9999A1
3
Oligochaeta LO 22 2
Tubificidae LO040000
3
Naididae LO050000
19
Acarina MM 8 6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8
8
Hydracarina (Unident.)
Unknown OT 2
Atyidae OT010000
2
Atyidae
Atyidae
Diptera QD 9 3
Simuliidae (unident.) QD100000
3
Simuliidae (unident.)
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000
4
Chironominae QDAJ0000
2
Hemiptera QH 4 2
Corixidae QH650000
4
Odonata QO 4 3
Coenagrionidae QO020000
3
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.1
Weighted SIGNALT 2.3