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Pesticide and nutrient monitoring in the Roper River region during the 2015 dry season

Details:

Title

Pesticide and nutrient monitoring in the Roper River region during the 2015 dry season,

Creator

Schult, Julia, Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Report 20/2016,

Date

2016-11-01,

Location

Roper River Region,

Description

This study examined some springs and streams in the Roper River catchment to investigate whether any chemical contamination is currently present in dry season flows in this region. Samples were tested for the standard laboratory suite of contaminants which includes herbicides, insecticides and also a range of other common contaminants, as well as nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients. - Introduction,

Notes

Thanks to James Wyatt and Lachlan Hetherington who did the field work for this project and to Simon Townsend for helpful comments on drafts of this document., Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Language

English,

Subject

Pesticides, Water quality, Sediment transport, Roper River Region, Northern Territory, Marine polution - Northern Territory -- Roper River Region, Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Northern Territory -- Roper River Region, Sediment transport -- Northern Territory -- Roper River Region, Environmental aspects, Marine polution - Northern Territory, Water quality -- Northern Territory -- Roper River Region,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Report 20/2016,

Format

ii, 19 pages : colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501184,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/265100,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/461258