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2009 Reports

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45/09 Identification of areas in Australia where soil loss from hillslope erosion could be reduced. By Peter B. Hairsine, Michele Barson, Lucy Randall and Scott N. Wilkinson. October 2009

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43/09 The Australian Methodology to Derive Ecological Investigation Levels in Contaminated Soils. By Diane Heemsbergen, Michael Warne, Mike McLaughlin and Rai Kookana.

40/09 Laboratory-based Assessment of Acid and Metal Release from Acid-Sulfate Soils Rewetted with Seawater or Freshwater. By Stuart Simpson, Rob Jung, Chad Jarolimek, and Ian Hamilton. August 2009. This report is commercial-in-confidence

39/09 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

37/09 Water quality impacts of pesticide application – a property level assessment tool. III. Grapes Site - Final Report to Grower. By D.P. Oliver, J. Cox, N. Fleming, J.S. Anderson and R.S. Kookana. August 2009

36/09 Water quality impacts of pesticide application – a property level assessment tool. I. Apples Site - Final Report to Grower. By D.P. Oliver, J. Cox, N. Fleming, J.S. Anderson and R.S. Kookana. August 2009

35/09 Water quality impacts of pesticide application – a property level assessment tool. I. Cherries Site - Final Report to Grower. By D.P. Oliver, J. Cox, N. Fleming, J.S. Anderson and R.S. Kookana. August 2009

33/09 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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31/09 Honeysuckle Creek Soil Mapping. By Mark Glover and John Gallant. August 2009. Report to Bureau of Rural Sciences.

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30/09 Simulating the effect of management, site and seasonal conditions on wheat yield using SWAGMAN® destiny. By David J Smith, Elizabeth Humphreys and Doug Godwin.

29/09 Toxicity of the Corrosion Inhibitor VpCI-337 to Marine Biota. By Monique T. Binet. June 2009. This report is commercial-in-confidence

28/09 Acid sulfate soil assessment of the Pike River system. Paul Shand, Richard H Merry, Brett P Thomas, Mark Thomas and Rob W Fitzpatrick. June 2009.

27/09 Tugun bypass acid sulfate soil bore analysis report. By FJ Cook. June 2009. This report is commercial-in-confidence and has restricted access

26/09 Acid Sulfate Soil Assessment in Finniss River, Currency Creek, Black Swamp and Goolwa Channel, South Australia. R.W. Fitzpatrick, G. Grealish, P. Shand, S.L. Simpson, R.H. Merry and M.D. Raven. June 2009.

• (PDF, 4.1 MB) 26/09 Main Report
• (PDF, 4.1 MB) 26/09 Appendices

25/09 Report of Phase 1 Study of Heavy Metals and Mettalloids in the Leichardt River and Surrounding Locations. By MJ McLaughlin. This report is commercial-in-confidence

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24/09 A remote automated water quality stream gauging system design. By Aaron Hawdon, Rex Keen and Jamie Vleeshouwer. April 2009

14/09 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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12/09 Analysing environmental radioactivity in soils and sediments using high-purity germanium gamma detectors at CSIRO Land and Water: Procedures and Protocols. By Christopher Leslie

11/09 Partitioning, Leaching and Adsorption Characteristics of Tailings, Sediment and Bedrock Materials from Olympic Dam. By Stuart Simpson, Ian Hamilton, Rob Jung, Brad Angel and David Spadaro This report is commercial-in-confidence

10/09 Catchment Response to Farm Scale Land Use Change: The Journey. By Saran HP Cresswell, IH Hume, D Race, M Glover, E Wang, TL Nordblom, and JD Finlayson. February 2009

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05/09 Biochar, climate change and soil: A review to guide future research. By Saran Sohi, Elisa Lopez-Capel, Evelyn Krull and Roland Bol. February 2009

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04/09 IrriSatSMS: Irrigation water management by satellite and SMS - A utilisation framework. By John W. Hornbuckle, Nicholas J. Car, Evan W. Christen, Thomas-M. Stein and Bill Williamson. February 2009

03/09 Investigation into the impacts of contaminants in minderal fertilisers, fertiliser ingredients and industrial residues an dthe derivation of guidelines for contaminants. By J Sorvari, MStJ Warne, MJ McLaughlin and R Kookana [commercial-in-confidence] [restricted access]

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01/09 Preliminary Assessment of Acid Sulfate Soil Materials in Currency Creek, Finniss River, Tookayerta Creek and Black Swamp region, South Australia. By Rob Fitzpatrick, Gerard Grealish, Paul Shand, Steve Marvanek, Brett Thomas, Nathan Creeper, Richard Merry and Mark Raven. January 2009

2009 Other reports by Land and Water authors

These reports have been published as part of a series other than Land and Water's Science Report series.

Also see Water for a Healthy Country Flagship reports.

Alexander A, Miller M, Jovanovic T and Moglia M. 2009. Tigum-Aganan Watershed Management Project. Part 2: Developing a Water Needs Index. report to AusAID. CSIRO: Climate Adaptation Flagship Canberra [External link]

Identification of land with a risk of acidification. 2009. By P Wilson J Baldock M Grundy D Jacquier T Griffin P Moody G Chapman J Hall D Maschmedt D Crawford J Hill and D Kidd. Report to the Australian Government - Caring for Our Country. Sustainable Agriculture Flagship. [external link]

Identification of areas within Australia with the potential to enhance soil carbon content. 2009. By J Baldock M Grundy P Wilson D Jacquier T Griffin G Chapman J Hall D Maschmet D Crawford J Hill and D Kidd. Report to Australian Government - Caring for Our Country.Sustainable Agriculture Flagship. [external link]

Fitzpatrick, R.W., Shand, P. & Merry, R.H. (2009) Chapter 3. Acid Sulfate Soils. In: Jennings J.T. (Ed.). ‘Natural History of the Riverland and Murraylands’. Royal Society of South Australia (Inc.) Adelaide, South Australia pp. 65-111 (PDF, 4.8 MB)

Catchment Response to Farm Scale Land Use Change: The Journey. By HP Cresswell, IH Hume, D Race, M Glover, E Wang, TL Nordblom and JD Finlayson. February 2009. CSIRO, NSW Department of Industry and Investment, and Charles Sturt University. Sustainable Agriculture Flagship. (PDF, 722 kB)

Catchment Response to Farm Scale Land Use Change. By HP Cresswell, IH Hume, E Wang, TL Nordblom, JD Finlayson and M Glover. 2009. Sustainable Agriculture Flagship. (PDF, 3.8 MB)

Nelson PN, Webb MJ, Berthelsen S, Curry GN, Yinil D, Fidelis C. 2009. Analysis of nutritional constraints to cocoa production in PNG. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Project FR2009-09. ACIAR, Canberra. 141 pp. ISBN 978 1 921531 62 0. [External link]

Michael Webb, Suzanne Berthelsen, Paul Nelson, Harm van Rees. 2009. Overcoming magnesium deficiency in oil palm crops on volcanic ash soils of Papua new Guinea. Final report for ACIAR project SMCN/2000/046 [External link]

Stoffels, R.J., Richardson, A., Nielsen, D., Vogel, M., 2009. Effects of the decommissioning of Lake Mokoan on fish community structure in the Broken River: One-year progress report. MDFRC report to the Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority. [External link]