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Wildwood Rd- Whittlesea PLW0019

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 21-03-2012
Taxa count ORDER 11
Taxa count FAMILY 25
Taxa count ALT 26
Mayflies present? 31
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 3.6 3.7 2.8
Weighted SIGNAL 3.7 5 3.6

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 61.98% 1,293,617,828m2
  Pastoral Farming 3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures 25.24% 526,687,259m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads 10.42% 217,517,592m2
Show minor land uses 2
20,870,201m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 22 1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999
5
Ancylidae (Unident.) KG069999
1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
15
Bivalvia KP 3 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
1
Pelecypoda (Unident.) KP999999
2
Hirudinea LH 3 1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999
3
Oligochaeta LO 3 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
3
Amphipoda OP 27 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
27
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 7 5
Gyrinidae (Unident.) QC109999
3
Gyrinidae (Unident.)
Gyrinidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC10999I
1
Gyrinidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 49 3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999
15
Simuliidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
21
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
11
Ephemeroptera QE 31 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
30
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Hemiptera QH 34 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
30
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
3
Odonata QO 4 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
1
Trichoptera QT 18 8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999
1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
16
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.6
Weighted SIGNALT 3.9
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 1 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
1
Gastropoda KG 11 1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
11
Acarina MM 5 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
5
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 9 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
9
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 8 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
6
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
1
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 8 3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
6
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
2
Ephemeroptera QE 2 9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999
1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Hemiptera QH 34 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
16
Belostomatidae (Unident.) QH629999
1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
16
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
1
Odonata QO 9 3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999
6
Aeshnidae (Unident.) QO129999
1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999
1
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997
1
Trichoptera QT 13 8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
12
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.2
Weighted SIGNALT 3.8
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 4 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
4
Gastropoda KG 32 1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
25
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999
2
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2
5
Hirudinea LH 1 1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999
1
Oligochaeta LO 6 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
6
Acarina MM 4 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
4
Mites (Unident.)
Anaspidacea ON 2 6
Koonungidae (Unident.) ON029999
2
Amphipoda OP 45 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
45
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 49 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
6
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
12
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I
29
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999
1
Elmidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 20 3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999
1
Dixidae (Unident.)
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
6
Culicidae (Unident.)
Sciomyzidae (Unident.) QD459999
7
Sciomyzidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
3
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Hemiptera QH 14 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999
11
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
2
Odonata QO 1 3
Lestidae (Unident.) QO059999
1
Trichoptera QT 10 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
10
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.9
Weighted SIGNALT 3.5
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Nematoda II 1 3
NEMATODA II000000
1
Gastropoda KG 8 1
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2
8
Bivalvia KP 1 3
Sphaeriidae KP030000
1
Oligochaeta LO 1 2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000
1
Acarina MM 2 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
2
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 15 3
Ceinidae OP020000
15
Ceinidae
Ceinidae
Ceinidae
Coleoptera QC 1 5
Dytiscidae QC090000
1
Diptera QD 2 3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
2
Ephemeroptera QE 5 9
Leptophlebiidae QE060000
5
Hemiptera QH 15 2
Veliidae QH560000
3
Corixidae QH650000
12
Odonata QO 1 3
Corduliidae QO160000
1
ORDER
SIGNALT 3.6
Weighted SIGNALT 3.3