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Bayles Longwarry Road- Modella KPR0068

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	21-05-2003
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	11
Taxa count ALT	11
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.7	3.9	2.1
Weighted SIGNAL	3		3.7

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	89.69%	6,736,765,943m²
	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	8.67%	651,146,525m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	1.14%	85,269,188m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals	0.43%	32,507,315m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	0.07%	5,501,238m²
Show minor land uses 3
				75,111,902m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 21 May 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	12	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	5
Physidae KG080000	7
Coleoptera QC	20	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	13
Hydrophilidae QC110000	7
Diptera QD	54	3
Simuliidae (unident.) QD100000	3

Stratiomyidae QD240000	1
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	8
Chironominae QDAJ0000	42
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae QE020000	1
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Corixidae QH650000	4
Trichoptera QT	4	8
Leptoceridae QT250000	4

SIGNALT	4.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.8

Sampled on 4 December 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	66	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	60
Ancylidae KG060000	1
Physidae KG080000	5
Bivalvia KP	3	3
Corbiculidae KP020000	3
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000	1
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	1
Amphipoda OP	21	3
Ceinidae OP020000	21

Unknown OT	16
Atyidae OT010000	16

Unknown OX	2
Hymenosomatidae OX010000	2

Coleoptera QC	10	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	4
Hydrophilidae QC110000	4
Elmidae QC340000	2

Diptera QD	1	3
Chironominae QDAJ0000	1
Hemiptera QH	7	2
Veliidae QH560000	2
Corixidae QH650000	4
Notonectidae QH670000	1
Lepidoptera QL	3	2
Crambidae QL010000	3

Trichoptera QT	20	8
Leptoceridae QT250000	20

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.8

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