Level 4 Data summaries and links to related documents and reports

Key findings

• Compared with grazing and forestry, sugarcane production was found to have a significant impact on riverine water quality. Sugarcane lands recorded higher concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and total suspended solids in stream-waters.
• Regardless of land use, concentrations of total N and P were dominated by soluble fractions, particularly in organic combination.
• Median values of TSS for each site were positively correlated (P < 0.001) with the proportion of upstream land under sugarcane and negatively correlated with the proportion of upstream land under grazing.

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