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Acknowledgements

Taxonomic assistance has been gratefully received from the following:
Dan Bickel (Australian Museum, Sydney) - Diptera
John Bradbury (Adelaide University, SA) - Amphipoda
David Cartwright (Geelong, Vic) - Trichoptera
John Dean (Victoria EPA) - Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera
Alena Glaister (University of Melbourne, Vic) - Elmidae
Penny Greenslade ( Canberra, ACT) - Collembola
Lars Hendrich (Zoologische Staatssammlung, Germany) - Coleoptera
Pierre Horwitz (Edith Cowan University, WA) - Decapoda
Adrian Pinder (CALM, WA) - Annelida
Winston Ponder (Australian Museum, Sydney) - Gastropoda
Ros St Clair (Victoria EPA) - Trichoptera
Phil Suter (La Trobe University, Vic) - Ephemeroptera
Chris Watts (South Australian Museum, Adelaide) - Coleoptera
Tom Weir (CSIRO Div Entomology, ACT) - Hemiptera, Coleoptera
Buz Wilson (Australian Museum, NSW) - Isopoda
Specimens have been gratefully received from the following:
Colin Besley (Sydney Water, NSW) - Crustacea
Tom Sloane (Fresh Water Systems, Tas) - Ephemeroptera, Isopoda, Trichoptera, Anaspidacea
Phil Suter (La Trobe University, Vic) - Ephemeroptera
Gunther Theischinger (EPA, NSW ) - Odonata
Tom Weir (CSIRO Div Entomology, ACT) - Hemiptera
Images have been gratefully received from the following:
Mike Bell (Bell Commercial Photography, NSW) - Odonata
John Dean (Victoria EPA) - Trichoptera
Karlie Hawking (Albury Regional Museum, NSW) - various live images
Mike Hodda (CSIRO Entomology, ACT) - Nematoda
Simon Josey (Ecowise) - Nematomorpha
David Paul (Museum of Victoria) - Anaspidacea
Adrian Pinder (CALM, WA) - Aphanoneura
David Seamer (freelance) - Protozoa, Gastrotrichia
Peter Serov (DLWC, NSW) - Syncarida, habitat
Ros St Clair (Victoria EPA) - Trichoptera
Phil Suter (La Trobe University, Vic) - Ephemeroptera
Brian Timms (Uni. Newcastle) - habitat
Additional assistance from MDFRC staff :
Chris Davey - digital imagery
Dee Street - ecological information
Karla Williams - glossary definitions
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Funding for this project has been provided by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. The MDFRC Bug Guide team of John Hawking, Lyn Smith and Kathie Le Busque would like to express their thanks to the Staff and Regional Co-ordinators of Waterwatch Victoria for their on-going support. MDFRC is a joint venture between CSIRO Land and Water, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, La Trobe University and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry managed by MDFRC Pty Ltd