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Tracing nitrogen through wet tropical aquifers

Level 1 General description

Purpose

To identify nitrogen movement, transformation and losses in groundwater.

Method

Groundwater and nitrate movement were traced using chemical and isotopic composition of water and nitrate, while denitrification was measured using stable isotopic tracers, gas emissions, DNA analyses and geographic analyses.

Key findings

Not available

Location

Mulgrave catchment, south of Cairns

Related study

No related studies

Level 2 Details of experimental conditions (what might be found in a journal paper or project brief in Hydstra

None available

Level 3 Detail of experimental conditions and observations (what might be found in field datasheets and links in databases)

No formal datasets available

Level 4 data summaries and links to related documents and reports

Flier describing project

Level 5 – derived model parameters and parameter sets

Not at this stage