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Tooradin Road- Pearcedale PCD0030

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	13-03-2003
Taxa count ORDER	4
Taxa count FAMILY	6
Taxa count ALT	6
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	1.5	1.3	1.8
Weighted SIGNAL	1		2.1

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, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban, 5.6.0 Utilities, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.4 Ports and water transport, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	47.95%	38,985,903,152m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	27.76%	22,568,470,044m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	8.75%	7,112,870,896m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	7.60%	6,182,039,642m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	2.95%	2,401,709,650m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.3 Major industrial complex, 5.3.6 Oil refinery, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	1.59%	1,293,112,878m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.74%	601,302,489m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.71%	580,800,699m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.46%	373,782,628m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.23%	188,766,478m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.20%	163,264,252m²
	Water	6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct, 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation	0.12%	98,258,577m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.11%	86,257,530m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.07%	58,255,085m²
Show minor land uses 10
				813,128,479m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 13 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	3	2
Dugesiidae IF610000	3
Gastropoda KG	48	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	23
Lymnaeidae KG050000	5
Physidae KG080000	20
Hirudinea LH	3	1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000	3
Oligochaeta LO	17	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	17

SIGNALT	1.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.5

Sampled on 2 December 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	8	2
Dugesiidae IF610000	8
Gastropoda KG	81	1
Hydrobiidae KG020000	50
Lymnaeidae KG050000	6
Planorbidae KG070000	1
Physidae KG080000	24
Hirudinea LH	8	1
Glossiphoniidae LH010000	8
Oligochaeta LO	29	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	29
Diptera QD	52	3
Orthocladiinae QDAF0000	13
Chironominae QDAJ0000	39

SIGNALT	1.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	1.9

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