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Ford below Gorge LER0230

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 26-10-2004
Taxa count ORDER 10
Taxa count FAMILY 20
Taxa count ALT 21
Mayflies present? 22
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 5 4.3 3.2
Weighted SIGNAL 4.3 5 5.7

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests 47.73% 11,345,478,384m2
  Natural 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 42.17% 10,023,713,905m2
  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 5.21% 1,238,029,399m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 3.57% 847,598,969m2
Show minor land uses 6
237,722,641m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 7 1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
7
Acarina MM 9 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
9
Mites (Unident.)
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 6 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
6
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 57 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
8
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
37
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999
12
Elmidae (Unident.)
Elmidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 28 3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999
1
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
8
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
1
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Dolichopodidae (Unident.) QD369999
4
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999
1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
6
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
5
Ephemeroptera QE 22 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
22
Hemiptera QH 6 2
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
3
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
3
Odonata QO 2 3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
2
Plecoptera QP 51 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
51
Trichoptera QT 5 8
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) QT029999
1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
4
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.0
Weighted SIGNALT 5.4