Seasonal variation in groundwater levels and quality under intensively drained and grazed pastures in the Montagu catchment, NW Tasmania

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-266

  Holz, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dairy; Drainage; Groundwater; Hump and hollow; Nitrate; Watertable

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SODIUM; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ANALYTES; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATIONS; BASE FLOWS; COLIFORMS; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHOROUS; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUSES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GROUND LEVELS; GROUNDWATER LEVELS; GROUNDWATER QUALITIES; HUMP AND HOLLOW; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATIONS; NATIVE FORESTS; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; PASTURE PRODUCTIONS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SURFACE DRAINAGES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL NITROGENS; UNDRAINED; UNSATURATED ZONES; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TABLES; WATERTABLE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DISSOLVING; DRAINAGE; DRINKING WATER; DROUGHT; GROUND WATER; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; RESISTIVITY; RIVERS; SOLIDS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MONTAGU RIVER; TASMANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 56249123226     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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