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Marker Rd d/s Melbourne airport drain MOO0042

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 22-04-2002
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 14
Taxa count ALT 22
Mayflies present? 0
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 2.4 2.5 1.9
Weighted SIGNAL 2.9 3 2.1

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 43.99% 2,101,098,913m2
  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 26.90% 1,284,560,473m2
  Natural 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.7 Other conserved area 24.77% 1,182,805,683m2
Show minor land uses 5
47,759,748m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 40 2
Dugesia sp.(Unident.) IF610299
40
Gastropoda KG 40 1
Physa acuta KG080101
40
Hirudinea LH 2 1
Alboglossiphonia masoni LH010502
1
Helobdella papillornata LH010601
1
Oligochaeta LO 40 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
40
Coleoptera QC 25 5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001
21
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva) QC09209I
3
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Necterosoma sp.(Unident.)(Larva)
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
1
Diptera QD 11 3
Stratiomyidae (Unident.) QD249999
1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499
8
Chironomus sp.(Unident.)
Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Hemiptera QH 7 2
Microvelia oceanica QH560101
1
Sigara sp.(Unident.) QH650299
1
Enithares woodwardi QH670101
1
Anisops deanei QH670404
3
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499
1
Odonata QO 42 3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002
15
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
15
Austrolestes analis QO050101
7
Lestidae (Unident.) QO059999
3
Hemicordulia tau QO300102
2
ORDER
SIGNALT 2.4
Weighted SIGNALT 2.5
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 9 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
9
Gastropoda KG 52 1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
2
Physa acuta KG080101
40
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2
10
Acarina MM 1 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
1
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 3 3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199
3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.)
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.)
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 22 5
Necterosoma penicillatus QC092001
12
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Necterosoma penicillatus
Rhantus saturalis (Larva) QC09230A
6
Rhantus saturalis (Larva)
Onychohydrus scutellaris (Larva) QC09340A
1
Onychohydrus scutellaris (Larva)
Paracymus pygmaeus QC111601
3
Paracymus pygmaeus
Paracymus pygmaeus
Diptera QD 7 3
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899
3
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8
1
Paratanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0699
1
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499
2
Chironomus sp.(Unident.)
Hemiptera QH 18 2
Microvelia oceanica QH560101
1
Gerridae (Unident.) QH579999
1
Enithares woodwardi QH670101
12
Anisops sp.(Unident.) QH670499
4
Odonata QO 21 3
Ischnura heterosticta heterosticta QO021002
13
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999
7
Hemicordulia tau QO300102
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.1
Weighted SIGNALT 2.9