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Towts Rd- Glenvale PLW0013

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 17-10-2007
Taxa count ORDER 7
Taxa count FAMILY 13
Taxa count ALT 15
Mayflies present? 34
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 5 4.8 3
Weighted SIGNAL 4.7 4.2 3.7

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 40.58% 2,446,379,213m2
  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, 5.7.2 Roads 30.08% 1,813,354,538m2
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 23.94% 1,443,236,281m2
  Forestry Plantation 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry 3.27% 197,429,725m2
Show minor land uses 4
60,291,039m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 1 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
1
Acarina MM 1 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
1
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 44 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
6
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
27
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
9
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
2
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 110 3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999
2
Dixidae (Unident.)
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
62
Culicidae (Unident.)
Culicidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QD07999I
10
Culicidae (Unident.) (Pupa)
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
5
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
31
Ephemeroptera QE 34 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
34
Hemiptera QH 9 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
9
Trichoptera QT 5 8
Limnephilidae (Unident.) QT109999
2
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
3
ORDER
SIGNALT 5.0
Weighted SIGNALT 5.2