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about 100m u/s Coast Rd TNK0018

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	09-04-2008
Taxa count ORDER	4
Taxa count FAMILY	4
Taxa count ALT	4
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	1.5	1.5	2.8
Weighted SIGNAL			2.9

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	48.71%	2,316,202,256m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	40.81%	1,940,588,373m²
	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	5.09%	242,073,395m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	4.43%	210,813,917m²
				47,546,916m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 9 April 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	10	1
Hydrobiidae (Unident.) KG029999	10
Oligochaeta LO	1	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	1
Amphipoda OP	21	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	21

Unknown OX	1
Hymenostomatidae (Unident.) OX019999	1

SIGNALT	1.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.0

Sampled on 7 December 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Unknown LP	1
Polychaeta (Unident.) LP999999	1
Amphipoda OP	27	3
Paracalliopidae (Unident.) OP049999	3

Corophiidae (Unident.) OP059999	24

Unknown OT	1
Palaemonidae (Unident.) OT029999	1

Diptera QD	3	3
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	3

SIGNALT	1.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.3

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