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Bickley Brook Catchment - Eva St DS BICKBKEDS

Source	Department of Water and Environment Regulation
Latest Sample Date	01-10-2009
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	14
Taxa count ALT	14
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2.5	2.6	1.8
Weighted SIGNAL	2.6		2.2

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	60.63%	4,095,000,125m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests	18.50%	1,249,292,422m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.5.2 Public services, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads	7.34%	495,568,488m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	6.25%	421,845,491m²
	Industrial	5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial, 5.5.1 Commercial services	3.27%	221,168,992m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes, 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture	2.22%	149,945,080m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.1 Reservoir, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	1.05%	70,974,004m²
	Unknown	3.6.1 Degraded land, 4.6.0 Irrigated land in transition, 4.6.2 Abandoned irrigated land	0.52%	34,987,185m²
	Intensive Arable Farming	5.1.1 Production nurseries	0.09%	6,247,712m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	0.08%	5,497,986m²
	Intensive Pastoral Farming	5.2.3 Poultry farms	0.06%	3,998,535m²
Show minor land uses 6
				67,545,260m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 1 October 2009

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	63	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	63
Nematoda II	3	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	3
Gastropoda KG	63	1
Lymnaeidae (Unident.) KG059999	2
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	57
Gastropoda (Unident.) KG999999	4
Hirudinea LH	2	1
Glossiphoniidae (Unident.) LH019999	2
Oligochaeta LO	113	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	113
Coleoptera QC	7	5
Dytiscidae (Unident.) QC099999	1
Hydrophilidae (Unident.) QC119999	6

Diptera QD	5	3
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	1
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	2
Odonata QO	3	3
Orthetrum sp.(Unident.) QO171699	2
Oxygastridae (Unident.) QO299999	1

SIGNALT	2.5
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.4

Sampled on 14 October 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Turbellaria IF	4	2
Turbellaria (Unident.) IF999999	4
Nematoda II	8	3
Nematoda (Unident.) II999999	8
Gastropoda KG	3	1
Physidae (Unident.) KG089999	3
Oligochaeta LO	180	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	180
Unknown OV	2
Parastacidae (Unident.) OV019999	2

Diptera QD	8	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	2
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	2
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	4
Odonata QO	2	3
Hemicordulia sp.(Unident.) QO300199	1
Hemicorduliidae (Unident.) QO309999	1

SIGNALT	2.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.2

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