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Upper Chapman Brook - Bessell Rd UCHAP1

Source	Department of Water and Environment Regulation
Latest Sample Date	25-10-2012
Taxa count ORDER	5
Taxa count FAMILY	8
Taxa count ALT	9
Mayflies present?	4
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	3.6	3.4	2.7
Weighted SIGNAL	3	3	3.4

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Minimal Use	1.3.3 Residual native cover	50.00%	156,977,247m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures	35.77%	112,304,867m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	11.76%	36,935,823m²
	Waste Management	5.9.2 Landfill	1.27%	3,993,062m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.7.2 Roads	0.56%	1,746,965m²
	Water	6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams	0.56%	1,746,965m²
	Arable Farming	4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits	0.08%	249,566m²
Show minor land uses 4
				3,139,545m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 25 October 2012

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Amphipoda OP	36	3
Ceinidae (Unident.) OP029999	3

Perthiidae (Unident.) OP089999	33

Unknown OV	6
Cherax quinquecarinatus OV010116	6

Diptera QD	38	3
Anopheles sp.(Unident.) QD070199	2

Paramerina sp.(Unident.) QDAE1299	3
Chironomus sp.(Unident.) QDAI0499	32

Polypedilum sp.(Unident.) QDAI0899	1
Ephemeroptera QE	4	9
Leptophlebiidae Genus S sp.AV1 QE0699B2	4
Odonata QO	1	3
Archaeosynthemis leachii QO230102	1

SIGNALT	3.6
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	3.2

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