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SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.
Upstream of Blind Creek confluence (Racecourse Rd) Sunbury
KIS0009
Source
Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date
18-04-2007
Taxa count
ORDER
8
Taxa count
FAMILY
12
Taxa count
ALT
13
Mayflies present?
0
ORDER
FAMILY
ALT
SIGNAL
2.8
3.1
1.5
Weighted
SIGNAL
3.8
5
2.7
Layers
Waterbug Sites
GA Regional Surface Hydrology (Major)
GA Regional Surface Hydrology (Minor)
Catchment Scale Land Use
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, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads
49.47%
351,769,228m
2
Pastoral Farming
3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures
43.53%
309,546,927m
2
Arable Farming
3.3.0 Cropping
3.94%
27,981,643m
2
Water
6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams
3.06%
21,735,741m
2
7,110,335m
2
Waterbug sample history
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Sampled on 18 April 2007
Taxa
Abundance
SIGNALT
Grade
Turbellaria
IF
1
2
Dugesiidae
IF610000
1
Gastropoda
KG
23
1
Physidae
KG080000
23
Hirudinea
LH
7
1
Glossiphoniidae
LH010000
7
Oligochaeta
LO
8
2
OLIGOCHAETA
LO000000
8
Acarina
MM
4
6
MITES
MM000000
4
Coleoptera
QC
52
5
Dytiscidae
QC090000
17
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva)
QC09999I
4
Hydrophilidae
QC110000
1
Scirtidae
QC200000
30
Diptera
QD
58
3
Culicidae
QD070000
34
Chironominae
QDAJ0000
24
Hemiptera
QH
2
2
Veliidae
QH560000
1
Notonectidae
QH670000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT
2.8
Weighted
SIGNALT
2.8
Sampled on 6 December 2006
Taxa
Abundance
SIGNALT
Grade
Turbellaria
IF
8
2
Dugesiidae
IF610000
8
Gastropoda
KG
31
1
Hydrobiidae
KG020000
1
Physidae
KG080000
30
Oligochaeta
LO
16
2
OLIGOCHAETA
LO000000
16
Acarina
MM
1
6
MITES
MM000000
1
Coleoptera
QC
11
5
Dytiscidae
QC090000
4
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva)
QC09999I
6
Hydrophilidae
QC110000
1
Diptera
QD
26
3
Chironominae
QDAJ0000
26
Hemiptera
QH
2
2
Veliidae
QH560000
1
Notonectidae
QH670000
1
Odonata
QO
1
3
Lestidae
QO050000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT
3.0
Weighted
SIGNALT
2.7