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at works d/s Pickworth Court SLT0005

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	14-12-2007
Taxa count ORDER	7
Taxa count FAMILY	10
Taxa count ALT	10
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.6	2.7	1.2
Weighted SIGNAL	3		1.9

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	31.05%	98,019,058,797m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.0 Residential and farm 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	28.01%	88,400,999,276m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	18.25%	57,593,609,396m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 2.2.1 Wood production forestry, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	14.92%	47,085,567,501m²
	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	5.70%	17,997,143,578m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.66%	2,087,208,664m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	0.50%	1,569,468,918m²
	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	0.29%	921,731,746m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries, 5.1.3 Glasshouses, 5.1.4 Glasshouses (hydroponic)	0.20%	620,987,702m²
	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	0.16%	498,990,118m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.2 Landfill, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.08%	262,994,792m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.07%	231,995,405m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.5 Aquaculture, 5.2.6 Horse studs	0.06%	179,746,440m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.05%	163,746,757m²
Show minor land uses 9
				3,156,332,491m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 14 December 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	1
Gastropoda KG	18	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	18
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Coleoptera QC	1	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I	1
Diptera QD	57	3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999	22

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	4

Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	30
Hemiptera QH	5	2
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	5
Odonata QO	1	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	1

SIGNALT	2.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.3

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