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

Blackburn Lake- Blackburn GRD0003

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 14-11-1995
Taxa count ORDER 9
Taxa count FAMILY 13
Taxa count ALT 18
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 2.2 2.3 2.1
Weighted SIGNAL 2.4 2.4 3

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential 100.00% 4,048,143,114m2
40,481,431m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 1 2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999
1
Nematoda II 2 3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999
2
Gastropoda KG 4 1
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101
1
Ferrissia tasmanica KG060102
1
Physa/Physastra sp. KG9999A1
2
Bivalvia KP 12 3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101
11
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
1
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999
1
Oligochaeta LO 76 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
76
Diptera QD 83 3
Tipulidae EPA sp.2 QD0199B3
1
Tipulidae EPA sp.8 QD0199B9
2
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
52
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699
24
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899
3
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I
1
Hemiptera QH 4 2
Anisops deanei QH670404
1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499
3
Odonata QO 2 3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002
2
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.2
Weighted SIGNALT 2.4
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 1 1
Ferrissia tasmanica KG060102
1
Bivalvia KP 1 3
Pisidium casertanum KP030101
1
Oligochaeta LO 97 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
97
Amphipoda OP 18 3
Pseudomoera gabrieli OP030101
12
Pseudomoera gabrieli
Pseudomoera gabrieli
Pseudomoera gabrieli
Paracalliope sp.(Unident.) OP040199
6
Paracalliope sp.(Unident.)
Paracalliope sp.(Unident.)
Paracalliope sp.(Unident.)
Unknown OV 2
Cherax destructor destructor OV010101
2
Cherax destructor destructor
Cherax destructor destructor
Diptera QD 47 3
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
6
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699
41
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999
1
Hemiptera QH 2 2
Sigara truncatipala QH650204
1
Anisops EPA sp.2 QH6704A2
1
Trichoptera QT 5 8
Ecnomus sp.(Unident.) QT080499
5
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.4
Weighted SIGNALT 3.2
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Unknown IB 9
Hydra sp.(Unident.) IB010199
9
Turbellaria IF 21 2
Temnosewellia chaeropsis IF410401
21
Gastropoda KG 2 1
Ferrissia petterdi KG060101
1
Physa/Physastra sp. KG9999A1
1
Oligochaeta LO 39 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
39
Unknown OV 6
Cherax destructor destructor OV010101
6
Cherax destructor destructor
Cherax destructor destructor
Diptera QD 43 3
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
7
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499
20
Chironomus sp.(Unident.)
Chironomus sp.(Unident.)
Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699
16
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Hemiptera QH 10 2
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299
2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599
1
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499
1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
6
Odonata QO 1 3
Austroargiolestes icteromelas icteromelas QO070202
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.0