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NOTICE: SIGNALT Calculations are currently running through final testing and may be inaccurate until completed.

Spargo Creek Road WER0038

Source Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date 02-12-2014
Taxa count ORDER 8
Taxa count FAMILY 15
Taxa count ALT 17
Mayflies present? 31
ORDER FAMILY ALT
SIGNAL 4.5 4.3 2.8
Weighted SIGNAL 4.1 5 4.4

Waterbug Land Use

Category ALUM Categories Percent of upstream catchment Area
  Forestry 2.2.0 Production native forests 89.53% 3,440,054,269m2
  Residential And Infrastructure 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads 6.35% 244,148,990m2
Show minor land uses 3
38,424,757m2

Waterbug sample history

Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 9 1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
9
Oligochaeta LO 3 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
3
Acarina MM 1 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
1
Mites (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 93 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
17
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
24
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
30
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I
2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Hydraenidae (Unident.) QC139999
1
Hydraenidae (Unident.)
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I
6
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999
13
Hydrochidae (Unident.)
Hydrochidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 23 3
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
4
Culicidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
17
Ephemeroptera QE 31 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
31
Hemiptera QH 4 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
4
Trichoptera QT 34 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
34
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.5
Weighted SIGNALT 5.1
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG 12 1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
9
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2
3
Bivalvia KP 1 3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999
1
Oligochaeta LO 1 2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999
1
Acarina MM 7 6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999
7
Mites (Unident.)
Amphipoda OP 12 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
12
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 19 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
17
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I
1
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999
1
Hydrochidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 42 3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999
2
Dixidae (Unident.)
Culicidae (Unident.) QD079999
8
Culicidae (Unident.)
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999
2
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.)
Sciomyzidae (Unident.) QD459999
5
Sciomyzidae (Unident.)
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999
23
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 32 9
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999
2
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
30
Hemiptera QH 4 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
4
Plecoptera QP 3 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
1
Notonemouridae (Unident.) QP049999
2
Trichoptera QT 10 8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999
7
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
3
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.7
Weighted SIGNALT 4.9
Taxa Abundance SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF 2 2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999
2
Gastropoda KG 23 1
Planorbidae (Unident.) KG079999
23
Amphipoda OP 6 3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999
6
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Ceinidae (Unident.)
Coleoptera QC 30 5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999
8
Dytiscidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC09999I
2
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999
3
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC11999I
1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I
15
Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva)
Hydrochidae (Unident.) QCAO9999
1
Hydrochidae (Unident.)
Diptera QD 3 3
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999
1
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999
1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999
1
Ephemeroptera QE 1 9
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999
1
Hemiptera QH 20 2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999
19
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999
1
Plecoptera QP 47 10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999
47
Trichoptera QT 3 8
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999
3
ORDER
SIGNALT 4.8
Weighted SIGNALT 4.6