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GOODMANS CREEK AT MCMULLINS ROAD OFF BACCHUS MARSH-GISBOURNE ROAD GDM0037

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	05-05-2009
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	10
Taxa count ALT	10
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4	3.7	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3.1		3.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	78.46%	3,233,040,459m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads	11.57%	476,932,209m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	5.71%	235,466,531m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	1.89%	77,738,950m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	1.49%	61,491,260m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.83%	33,995,168m²
	Water	6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.03%	1,249,822m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping	0.01%	499,929m²
Show minor land uses 5
				41,204,143m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 5 May 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Amphipoda OP	30	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	30

Unknown OT	90
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	90

Coleoptera QC	15	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	9
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	6

Diptera QD	4	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	1
Hemiptera QH	52	2
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	41
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	10

SIGNALT	4.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.9

Sampled on 7 November 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Amphipoda OP	33	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	33

Unknown OT	46
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	46

Coleoptera QC	10	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999	9

Diptera QD	2	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	17	2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	7
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	10

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.6

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