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South Gippsland Hwy YAL0010

Source	Melbourne Water
Latest Sample Date	17-03-2003
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	9
Taxa count ALT	9
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.3	3.6	2
Weighted SIGNAL	4		3.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	48.34%	58,163,644,121m²
	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, 5.7.3 Railways, 5.7.5 Navigation and communication	17.85%	21,477,591,642m²
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area	15.30%	18,403,150,097m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	12.39%	14,908,216,547m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.1 Cereals, 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture, 3.4.9 Grapes, 3.5.3 Seasonal vegetables and herbs, 4.3.4 Irrigated oilseeds, 4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs	3.97%	4,776,159,190m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms, 5.2.4 Piggeries, 5.2.6 Horse studs	1.03%	1,236,976,481m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal, 5.9.5 Sewage/sewerage	0.27%	319,743,921m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover	0.23%	278,744,700m²
	Unknown	3.6.4 No defined use, 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use	0.20%	241,745,404m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.16%	195,996,273m²
	Water	6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams	0.15%	185,996,464m²
	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	0.08%	97,998,137m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	0.02%	18,749,644m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.00%	749,986m²
Show minor land uses 9
				1,203,102,125m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 March 2003

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Gastropoda KG	1	1
Physidae KG080000	1
Acarina MM	5	6
MITES MM000000	5

Amphipoda OP	108	3
Ceinidae OP020000	108

Coleoptera QC	26	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	10
Hydrophilidae QC110000	7
Scirtidae QC200000	9

Diptera QD	4	3
Culicidae QD070000	4

Hemiptera QH	5	2
Veliidae QH560000	1
Corixidae QH650000	4

SIGNALT	3.3
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.7

Sampled on 2 December 2002

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	1	2
Dugesiidae IF610000	1
Amphipoda OP	39	3
Ceinidae OP020000	33

Paramelitidae OP060000	6

Coleoptera QC	34	5
Dytiscidae QC090000	8
Hydrophilidae QC110000	9
Scirtidae QC200000	17

Diptera QD	13	3
Chironominae QDAJ0000	13

SIGNALT	3.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.6

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