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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 effect of land use types (sugarcane, grazing and forestry) on water quality were determined by a three year sampling study.
When and Where?
The study commenced in October 1992 and concluded in May 1995. 37 sites were chosen, each within the Herbert River. Figure 1 and Table 1 provide further details on site location and physical characteristics.
How?
Surface grab samples of river water were taken at each sampling site on a monthly basis and after intense rainfall events. Samples were then filtered through 0.7 µm Whatman GF/F filters. pH and EC were determined from a subsample of unfiltered water and the remaining filtrate was frozen prior to further chemical analysis. Concentrations of orthophosphate, nitrate and ammonium were determined using an Alpkem segmented flow analyser.
Project administration
Site identifier code: N/A
Principal investigator: Bramley RGV and Roth CH
Principal data manager: N/A
Principal organizations: CSIRO and Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Sugar Production (CRC Sugar)
Data custodian: CSIRO
Key co-operators: N/A
Data access policy: Research has been published but base data is not archived
Planned pathway for data: completed study, no evidence of formal database records.
Data warehousing: for ongoing studies N/A
Planned data upload frequency: for ongoing studies N/A
Key references and sources of this data synthesis
These data summaries have been extracted from:
- Bramley RGV and Roth CH. (2002). Land-use effects on water quality in an intensively managed catchment in the Australian humid tropics. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 931-940.
Keywords:
Agricultural runoff, sugarcane, grazing, forestry, riverine, freshwater, sediment load