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Bibby Creek - Bibby Rd NR-06

Source	Department of Water and Environment Regulation
Latest Sample Date	07-10-2008
Taxa count ORDER	6
Taxa count FAMILY	8
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	15
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.2	4.6	2.2
Weighted SIGNAL	3		3.5

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.3 National park	45.02%	4,821,292,789m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping	34.53%	3,697,974,572m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover, 1.3.4 Rehabilitation	10.15%	1,087,316,031m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.2 Woody fodder plants	8.94%	957,558,151m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	0.62%	66,754,054m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry, 3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.37%	39,252,384m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture, 5.7.2 Roads	0.30%	32,001,943m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.07%	7,250,440m²
Show minor land uses 4
				107,094,004m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 7 October 2008

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	2	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	2
Acarina MM	2	6
Hydracarina (Unident.) MM9999A8	2

Amphipoda OP	336	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	336

Diptera QD	36	3
Tanypodinae (Unident.) QDAE9999	8
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	16
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	12
Ephemeroptera QE	15	9
Tasmanocoenis sp.(Unident.) QE080199	15
Trichoptera QT	1	8
Oxyethira sp.(Unident.) QT031099	1

SIGNALT	5.2
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	4.8

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