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Rushy Creek - Unnamed RRAP10

Source	Department of Water and Environment Regulation
Latest Sample Date	15-10-2012
Taxa count ORDER	4
Taxa count FAMILY	7
Taxa count ALT	8
Mayflies present?	0
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	2	2.4	1.5
Weighted SIGNAL	3	3	2.9

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	44.11%	298,867,445m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	28.42%	192,575,676m²
	Forestry	3.1.0 Plantation forests	13.03%	88,284,693m²
	Arable Farming	4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	6.57%	44,517,494m²
	Water	6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams, 6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct	4.39%	29,761,695m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition	1.66%	11,254,423m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.4 Environmental forest plantation	0.89%	6,002,359m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.7.2 Roads	0.48%	3,251,278m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.44%	3,001,179m²
Show minor land uses 4
				6,775,162m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 15 October 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	4	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	4
Amphipoda OP	6	3
Austrochiltonia sp.(Unident.) OP020199	6

Unknown QA	1
Hypogastruridae (Unident.) QA049999	1
Diptera QD	20	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	1
Thienemanniella sp.(Unident.) QDAF0799	4
Tanytarsus sp.(Unident.) QDAH0499	8
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	2

Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	5

SIGNALT	2.0
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	2.5

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