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50m u/s Moonee Ponds Ck- Essendon FVM0002

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 22-04-2002
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 18
Taxa count ALT 27
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 2.8 2.8 1.9
Weighted SIGNAL 3.3 3.6 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, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication 65.74% 9,079,222,336m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 20.41% 2,818,224,216m2
  Natural 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 11.21% 1,548,873,227m2
Show minor land uses 8
138,113,488m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 20 2
Dugesia sp.(Unident.) IF610299
20
Gastropoda KG 40 1
Physa acuta KG080101
40
Bivalvia KP 1 3
Pelecypoda (Unident.) KP999999
1
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999
1
Oligochaeta LO 35 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
35
Acarina MM 2 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
2
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 12 3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199
12
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.)
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.)
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 171 5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001
90
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I
81
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera QD 74 3
Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999
1
Psychodidae (Unident.)
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899
6
Botryocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF3599
1
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
6
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399
2
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499
32
Chironomus sp.(Unident.)
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699
15
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899
1
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999
2
Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.)
Parachironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI2599
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
7
Hemiptera QH 62 2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599
40
Enithares woodwardi QH670101
20
Anisops deanei QH670404
1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499
1
Odonata QO 5 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
2
Hemicordulia tau QO300102
2
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.8
Weighted SIGNALT 2.7
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB 1
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199
1
Turbellaria IF 3 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
3
Gastropoda KG 48 1
Physa acuta KG080101
40
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2
8
Hirudinea LH 4 1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999
4
Oligochaeta LO 33 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
33
Acarina MM 1 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
1
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 108 5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001
87
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I
12
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Rhantus saturalis (Larva) QC09230A
8
Rhantus saturalis (Larva)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I
1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Diptera QD 64 3
Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999
1
Psychodidae (Unident.)
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
18
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699
1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499
40
Chironomus sp.(Unident.)
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
3
Hemiptera QH 25 2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299
1
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599
24
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.5