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Ruffey St Templestowe RUF0010

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	19-12-2007
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	15
Taxa count ALT	15
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.8	2.6	1.6
Weighted SIGNAL	2.2		2.6

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	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	32.57%	90,704,432,412m²
	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, 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.0 Transport and communication, 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	26.42%	73,566,539,653m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	16.68%	46,434,209,435m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 2.2.1 Wood production forestry, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	15.85%	44,121,473,907m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.5 Shrub berries and fruits, 3.4.6 Perennial flowers and bulbs, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	6.46%	17,988,387,437m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.70%	1,952,487,782m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	0.52%	1,444,740,959m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.3.0 River, 6.4.1 Supply channel/aqueduct	0.25%	691,245,674m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses	0.21%	582,496,355m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.3.1 General purpose factory, 5.3.2 Food processing factory, 5.3.5 Abattoirs, 5.3.7 Sawmill, 5.5.1 Commercial services	0.13%	355,247,777m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.09%	252,248,422m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.06%	173,498,914m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.06%	163,748,975m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.01%	24,249,848m²
Show minor land uses 9
				2,784,550,076m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 December 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	51	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	51
Gastropoda KG	67	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	19
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	46
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	2
Hirudinea LH	23	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	23
Oligochaeta LO	24	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	24
Diptera QD	103	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	30

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	34
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	35
Hemiptera QH	2	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	8	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Zygoptera (Unident.) QO999997	6
Trichoptera QT	10	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	10

SIGNALT	2.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

Sampled on 1 March 1995

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Cura pinguis IF610101	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	2
Gastropoda KG	7	1
Physa acuta KG080101	7
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Hirudinea EPA sp.2 LH9999A2	2
Oligochaeta LO	15	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	6
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	9
Acarina MM	1	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	1

Unknown OT	14
Paratya australiensis OT010101	12

Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	2

Coleoptera QC	9	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Diptera QD	151	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Simulium ornatipes QD100202	2

Empididae EPA sp.1 QD3599A5	2
Muscidae (Unident.) QD899999	1
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	3
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAF999I	1
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	47
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	40

Cryptochironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI1999	2

Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	47
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	3
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I	1
Ephemeroptera QE	2	9
Edmundsiops sp.(Unident.) QE020799	2
Hemiptera QH	11	2
Hydrometridae (Unident.) QH549999	1
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	4
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	4
Odonata QO	3	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	3

SIGNALT	3.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

Sampled on 27 October 1994

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	15	2
Cura pinguis IF610101	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	13
Gastropoda KG	39	1
Physa acuta KG080101	10
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	1
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	28
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea EPA sp.4 LH9999A4	1
Oligochaeta LO	61	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	28
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	33
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	36	3
Talitridae sp.(Unident.) OP019999	30

Talitridae EPA sp.1 OP0199A1	6

Unknown QA	5
Collembola (Unident.) QA999999	5
Coleoptera QC	42	5
Necterosoma EPA sp.L2 QC0920A2	3

Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	9
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	12

Simsonia EPA sp.A4 QC3402A3	6

Notriolus quadriplagiatus QC340310	4

Notriolus victoriae QC340316	6

Sclerocyphon striatus QC370104	2

Diptera QD	193	3
Tipulidae EPA sp.1 QD0199B2	2
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Psychodidae (Unident.) QD129999	1

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Cardiocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF1499	5
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	67
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	26

Dicrotendipes sp.(Unident.) QDAI0699	4
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	76
Chironomidae (Unident.) (Pupa) QDAZ999I	7
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	4
Odonata QO	1	3
Megapodagrionidae (Unident.) QO079999	1
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Asmicridea sp.AV1 QT0602A1	1

SIGNALT	3.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.7