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d/s Picaninny Creek WTT0231

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	19-03-2004
Taxa count ORDER	10
Taxa count FAMILY	16
Taxa count ALT	16
Mayflies present?	1
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	4.1	4.2	2.9
Weighted SIGNAL	4.1		3.9

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	67.81%	15,127,825,252m²
	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, 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission, 5.7.2 Roads	14.34%	3,199,395,806m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	8.06%	1,797,301,027m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	6.89%	1,536,079,946m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs	2.40%	534,690,806m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use	0.17%	37,245,877m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill	0.15%	33,246,319m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use	0.12%	26,247,094m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.07%	16,248,201m²
Show minor land uses 5
				223,082,803m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 19 March 2004

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	13	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	13
Gastropoda KG	8	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	8
Oligochaeta LO	13	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	13
Acarina MM	21	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	21

Coleoptera QC	3	5
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Diptera QD	66	3
Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	26

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	8
Ephemeroptera QE	1	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Hemiptera QH	35	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	7
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	28
Odonata QO	1	3
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Trichoptera QT	23	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	8
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	14

SIGNALT	4.1
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.9

Sampled on 2 December 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	16	2
Dugesiidae (Unident.) IF619999	16
Unknown IH	1
Nemertea (Unident.) IH999999	1
Gastropoda KG	30	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	28
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	2
Bivalvia KP	1	3
Sphaeriidae (Unident.) KP039999	1
Hirudinea LH	1	1
Hirudinea (Unident.) LH999999	1
Oligochaeta LO	30	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	30
Acarina MM	10	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	10

Amphipoda OP	3	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	3

Unknown OT	28
Atyidae (Unident.) OT019999	28

Coleoptera QC	7	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	3

Scirtidae (Unident.)(Larva) QC20999I	1

Elmidae (Unident.) QC349999	2

Diptera QD	131	3
Dixidae (Unident.) QD069999	2

Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	14

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	30

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	25
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	30
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	30
Ephemeroptera QE	17	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	5
Oniscigastridae (Unident.) QE039999	3
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	9
Hemiptera QH	32	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	1
Corixidae (Unident.) QH659999	29
Notonectidae (Unident.) QH679999	2
Odonata QO	9	3
Coenagrionidae (Unident.) QO029999	8
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	2
Trichoptera QT	39	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	1
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	5
Ecnomidae (Unident.) QT089999	2
Atriplectididae (Unident.) QT239999	1
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	30

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.5

Sampled on 26 February 1997

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	2	1
Planorbidae/Physidae (Unident.) KG9999A2	2
Oligochaeta LO	7	2
OLIGOCHAETA LO000000	7
Acarina MM	5	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	5

Coleoptera QC	10	5
Rhantus saturalis QC092301	8

Austrolimnius sp.(Unident.) QC340199	2

Diptera QD	72	3
Pellucidomyia sp.(Unident.) QD092399	2

Ceratopogonidae SRV sp.20 QD0999C2	4

Austrosimulium furiosum QD100102	1

Apsectrotanypus sp.(Unident.) QDAE0599	27
Procladius sp.(Unident.) QDAE0899	1
Ablabesmyia sp.(Unident.) QDAE1199	4
Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	1
Pentaneurini ST1 QDAE99A6	3
Botryocladius sp.(Unident.) QDAF3599	1
Echinocladius martini QDAF3601	3
Cricotopus/Paratrichocladius QDAF99A8	1
Riethia sp.(Unident.) QDAG0199	8
Cladotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0399	3
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	2
Rheotanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0799	2
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	2

Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	7
Ephemeroptera QE	13	9
Baetis EPA sp.4 QE0201A4	8
Baetidae MV/EPA sp.5 QE0201A5	2
Koorrnonga sp.AV1 QE0609A1	1
Caenidae (Unident.) QE089999	2
Hemiptera QH	4	2
Veliidae (Unident.) QH569999	2
Micronecta sp.(Unident.) QH650599	2
Odonata QO	75	3
Austroaeschna sp.(Unident.) QO210399	75
Plecoptera QP	2	10
Leptoperla neboissi QP030705	2
Trichoptera QT	114	8
Hellyethira sp.(Unident.) QT030499	33
Hydroptilidae (Unident.) QT039999	1
Asmicridea sp.AV1 QT0602A1	46
Ecnomus cygnitus QT080405	6
Lingora sp.(Unident.) QT150599	13
Notalina spira QT250504	1
Triplectides ciuskus ciuskus QT251104	1
Triplectides similis QT251108	5
Triplectides sp.(Unident.) QT251199	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	3
Trichoptera (Unident.) QT999999	2

SIGNALT	4.9
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.0