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Hall Road- Pakenham South MCD0149

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	19-05-2003
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	12
Taxa count ALT	12
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.3	3.9	1.8
Weighted SIGNAL	3.6		4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	74.27%	2,960,102,017m²
	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, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.7.2 Roads	14.14%	563,673,940m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.6 Horse studs	7.04%	280,710,123m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	3.98%	158,509,820m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	0.34%	13,522,165m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	0.23%	9,265,187m²
Show minor land uses 2
				39,857,833m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 May 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	5	1
Physidae KG080000	5
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	2
Coleoptera QC	8	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	4
Hydrophilidae QC110000	4
Diptera QD	71	3
Simuliidae (unident.) QD100000	2

Stratiomyidae QD240000	1
Tanypodinae QDAE0000	1
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	14
Chironominae QDAJ0000	53
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae QE020000	1
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Corixidae QH650000	4
Trichoptera QT	8	8
Leptoceridae QT250000	8

SIGNALT	4.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.2

Sampled on 4 December 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae IF610000	1
Gastropoda KG	18	1
Physidae KG080000	18
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae KP030000	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000	1
Oligochaeta LO	11	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	11
Acarina MM	1	6
MITES MM000000	1

Amphipoda OP	57	3
Ceinidae OP020000	57

Coleoptera QC	20	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	11
Gyrinidae QC100000	3

Hydrophilidae QC110000	6
Diptera QD	13	3
Dixidae QD060000	1

Stratiomyidae QD240000	1
Tanypodinae QDAE0000	2
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	2
Chironominae QDAJ0000	7
Ephemeroptera QE	45	9
Baetidae QE020000	7
Leptophlebiidae QE060000	23
Caenidae QE080000	15
Hemiptera QH	31	2
Veliidae QH560000	2
Corixidae QH650000	26
Notonectidae QH670000	3
Odonata QO	3	3
Coenagrionidae QO020000	3
Trichoptera QT	21	8
Leptoceridae QT250000	21

SIGNALT	3.7
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.1

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