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Level 2 Detail of experimental conditions (what might be found in a journal paper or project brief in Hydstra)
Description of study
What?
The study monitored nutrient infiltration under a commercial banana plantation.
When and Where?
From 2004-2005 as study was undertaken on a commercial banana plantation in the Tully Catchment. The banana plantation resides on a brown Dermosol.
How?
Lysimeters to collect leachate from below the root zone were installed at a depth of 1 m. The system was set at a low and constant vacuum (150 mbar) to simulate natural drainage. Samples from the lysimeters were collected and analysed for ammonium – N, nitrate- and nitrite- N (NOX) and filtered reactive phosphorus (FRP). Lysimeters were installed on 31/3/2004 and after a settling period with 710 mm of rain, samples were collected on 21 occasions between 6/7/2004 and 21/9/2005. The monitoring period included 2 dry and 1 wet season.
Project administration
Site identifier code: na
Principal investigator: Armour J.D
Principal data manager: -na
Principal organizations: Queensland Department of Natural resources Mines and Water.
Data custodian: Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM)
Key co-operators: -na
Data access policy: Research has not been published. Government document
Planned pathway for data: completed study (there is no evidence of formal database records)
Data warehousing: for ongoing studies -na
Planned data upload frequency: for ongoing studies –na
Key references and sources of this data synthesis
Armour JD, Rasiah V, Whiteing T, Brodie J, Cogle AL. 2006. Nitrogen loss in sub-surface drainage from bananas in tropical north Queendland.
Keywords:
Horticulture, bananas, north Queensland, nutrients