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NOTICE: 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

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% 351,769,228m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 43.53% 309,546,927m2
  Arable Farming 3.3.0 Cropping 3.94% 27,981,643m2
  Water 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams 3.06% 21,735,741m2
7,110,335m2

Waterbug sample history

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
MITES
Coleoptera QC 52 5
Dytiscidae QC090000
17
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
4
Hydrophilidae QC110000
1
Scirtidae QC200000
30
Scirtidae
Diptera QD 58 3
Culicidae QD070000
34
Culicidae
Chironominae QDAJ0000
24
Hemiptera QH 2 2
Veliidae QH560000
1
Notonectidae QH670000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.8
Weighted SIGNALT 2.8
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
MITES
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