Nutrient Management

for Farming in Tasmania - Bill Cotching

14. REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

Chapters

Introduction

  • Albrecht WA (1941) Plants and the Exchangeable Calcium of the Soil. American Journal of Botany 28, 394-402.

Cotching WE, Taylor L, Findlay S, Davies P, Bennett S, Brown R (2017) Soil nutrient concentrations and farm gate nutrient balances for dairy farm management in Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 60, 216-221.

Fertiliser Australia (2022) Fertcare - What’s it all about?

Available at: https://fertilizer.org.au/Fertcare/Fertcare-Whats-It-All-about

  • Gourley C, Melland A, Waller R, Awty I, Smith A, Peverill K, Hannah M (2007) Making better fertiliser decisions for grazed pastures in Australia. Victorian Government, Department of Primary Industries, Melbourne.
  • Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (2021) Custom Blends. Available at:

https://www.incitecpivotfertilisers.com.au

  • Kelling KA, Schulte EE, Peters JB (1996) One hundred years of Ca:Mg ratio research. New Horizons in Soil Science, Dept. of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin 8, 10p.
  • Kopittke PM, Menzies NW (2007) A Review of the Use of the Basic Cation Saturation Ratio and the “Ideal” Soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 71, 259-265.
  • Menasha S (2011) Growing Potatoes with Slow-release Nitrogen Fertiliser. Cornell Cooperative Extension, NY. Available at: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/expo/proceedings/2012/Potato/Potato%20Menasha.pdf
  • Mokany K, Friend D, Kirkpatrick J, Gilfedder L (2006) Managing Tasmanian Native Pastures - a technical guide for graziers. Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research. Hobart.
  • North Central Catchment Management Authority (2016) Soil Health Guide, North Central Victoria. Available at: https://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/landcare_soils_guide_june_2016_web.pdf
  • Palombi N, Blaesing DT (2023) Soil Test Interpretation Guide for Dryland Pastures in Tasmania. Tasmanian NRMs Soil Extension Program, delivered by NRM North, NRM South and Cradle Coast Authority through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
  • RMCG (2014) A Protocol for Monitoring Soil Condition and Soil Health in North Central Victoria. North Central Catchment Management Authority. Available at: file:///C:/Users/bill/Downloads/RMCG_Soil%20Condition%20Monitoring%20Protocol_NCCMA%20format.pdf
  • Roberts TL (2007) Right Product, Right Rate, Right Time, and Right Place…the Foundation of BMPs for Fertilizer. Better Crops 91, 14-15.
  • Rowlings D, Grace P, Armstrong R, Harris R, Wallace A, Schwenke G, Poole N (2016) Nitrogen fertiliser just where does it all go? Available at: https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers/tab-content/grdc-update-papers/2016/08/nitrogen-fertiliser-just-where-does-it-all-go
  • Schonbeck M (2000) Balancing soil nutrients in organic vegetable production systems: Testing Albrecht’s base saturation theory in southeastern soils. Organic Farming Res. Found. Inf. Bull. 10:17
  • Sinclair TR (1998) Limits to Crop Yield. NAS Colloquium Plants and Population: is there time? 5- 6 December 1998, University of California, Irvine.
  • Watson C, Walker R, Stockdale E (2008) Research in organic production systems – past, present and future. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 146(1) 1-19.

Nutrient budgets

  • Australian Soil Fertility Manual (2006) 3rd edition, edited by FIFA. DOI:

10.1071/9780643100725 https://ebooks.publish.csiro.au/content/australian-soil-fertility-manual

https://fertilizer.org.au/Portals/0/Documents/COPs/National%20Code%20of%20Practice%20for%20Fertilizer%20Description%20and%20Labelling.pdf?ver=2017-06-23-114549-300

  • Gourley CJP (2020) Fertcare technical standards for nutrient management planning on Australian dairy farms, Fertilizer Australia, Canberra, Australia. Available at:

https://cdn-prod.dairyaustralia.com.au/dairynsw/-/media/project/dairy-australia-sites/national-home/resources/2022/04/20/fertcare-dairy-supplement/fertcare-dairy-supplement

  • Gourley CJP, Powell JM, Dougherty WJ, Weaver DM (2007) Nutrient budgeting as an approach to improving nutrient management on Australian dairy farms. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47, 1064–1074.
  • Gourley CJP, Dougherty WJ, Weaver D, Aarons SR, Awty I, Gibson D, Hannah M, Smith A and LandWISE (2023) http://www.archive.landwise.org.nz/resources/tools/landwise-nutrient-budgeting-template/
  • NRM North (2009) The Salinity Glovebox Guide, Available at:

https://vdocuments.mx/download/salinity-glove-box-guide-tasmania.html

  • Peverill K (2012) Farm-scale nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur balances and use efficiencies on Australian dairy farms. Animal Production Science 52, 929–944.
  • Havilah E, Helena Warren H, Lawrie R, Senn A, Milham P (2005) Fertilisers for Pastures. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Available at:

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/166562/Fertilisers-for-pastures.pdf

  • LandWISE nutrient budget templates. Available at:

https://www.landwise.org.nz/projects/nutrient-budgeting-made-easy/

  • OVERSEER (2023) https://support.overseer.org.nz/hc/en-us
  • Rugoho I, Gourley CJP, Hannah MC (2016). Nutritive characteristics, mineral concentrations and dietary cation-anion difference of feeds used within grazing-based dairy farms in Australia. Animal Production Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN15761
  • Suter H, Pandey A, Lam S, Davies R, Hassan R, Riches D, Chen D (2021) Opportunities to improve nitrogen use efficiency in an intensive vegetable system without compromising yield. Journal of Environmental Quality 50. 10.1002/jeq2.20225.
  • Soil Wealth & Integrated Crop Protection (2022). Available at: www.soilwealth.com.au

Sampling and testing

  • Blaesing D (2017) Soil Testing and Interpretation for Vegetable Crops. Horticulture
  • Innovation Australia Limited.
  • Cotching W, Taylor L, Corkrey SR (2019) Spatial variation of soil nutrients in dairy pasture paddocks. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 2019, 1-13.
  • Cotching WE, Taylor L, Findlay S, Davies P, Bennett S, Brown R (2017) Soil nutrient concentrations and farm gate nutrient balances for dairy farm management in Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 60, 216-221.
  • Gourley CJP, Weaver DM (2019) A guide for fit for purpose soil sampling, Fertilizer Australia, Canberra, Australia. Available at:

https://fertilizer.org.au/Portals/0/Documents/Fertcare/Fertcare%20Soil%20Sampling%20Guide.pdf?ver=2019-06-17-095413-863

  • Hazelton P and Murphy B (2016) Interpreting Soil Test Results: What Do All the Numbers Mean? CSIRO Publishing.
  • Peverill KI, Sparrow LA, Reuter DJ (1999) Soil Analysis: An Interpretation Manual. CSIRO Publishing 1999.
  • Rayment GE, Lyons DJ (2011) Soil Chemical Methods – Australasia; CSIRO Publishing.
  • Smith R, Cotching B, Dolby B (2012) Nutrient Budgeting in Extensive Grazing Systems. Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture. Available at: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1382410419/view
  • Sparrow LA (2012) Potato Nutrient Management in Tasmania, Australia. In: He Z, Larkin R, Honeycutt W (eds) Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4104-1_17

Soil pH and lime

  • Bolland M, Gazey C, Miller A, Gartner D and Roche J (2004) Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia Bulletin 4602. Available at:

https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins/187/

  • Cotching WE, Cooper J, Sparrow LA, McCorkell BE, Rowley W (2001) Effects of agricultural management on sodosols in northern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Soil Research 39, 711–735.
  • Cotching WE 2012. Soil Acidity – Tasmania factsheet. Available at:

https://soilquality.org.au/factsheets/soil-acidity-tas

  • Lime Comparison Calculator, www.soilquality.org.au/calculator
  • NLWRA (2001) ‘Australian Agriculture Assessment 2001, Volume 1’ (National Land and Water Resources Audit).
  • Sparrow LA, Cotching WE, Cooper J, Rowley W (1999) Attributes of Tasmanian Ferrosols under different agricultural management. Australian Journal of Soil Research 37, 603–622.
  • Sparrow LA, Salardini (1997) Effects of residues of lime and phosphorus fertilizer on cadmium uptake and yield of potatoes and carrots. Journal of Plant Nutrition 20, 1333-1349.

Phosphorus

  • Blaesing D (2017) Soil Testing and Interpretation for Vegetable Crops. Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited.
  • Broad ST and Corkrey R (2011) Estimating annual generation rates of total P and total N for different land uses in Tasmania, Australia. Journal of Environmental Management 92, 1609-1617.
  • Burkitt LL, Moody PW, Gourley CJP, Hannah MC (2002) A simple phosphorus buffering index for Australian soils. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40, 1-18.
  • Coad J, Burkitt L, Dougherty W, Sparrow L (2014) Decrease in phosphorus concentrations when P fertiliser application is reduced or omitted from grazed pasture soils. Soil Research 52, 282-293.
  • Cotching WE and Burkitt LL (2011) Soil phosphorus effects on ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) production on a Hydrosol in Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 54 (3) pp. 193-202.
  • Glendinning JS (2000) Australian Soil Fertility Manual. Fertiliser Industry Federation of Australia Inc. (CSIRO Publishing).
  • Hinsinger P (2001) Bioavailability of soil inorganic P in the rhizosphere as affected by root-induced chemical changes: a review. Plant and soil. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands 237, 173-195.
  • Holz GK (2010 Sources and processes of contaminant loss from an intensively grazed catchment inferred from patterns in discharge and concentration of thirteen analytes using high intensity sampling. Journal of Hydrology 383, 194–208.
  • Hue NV, Silva JA (2000) Organic Soil Amendments for Sustainable Agriculture: Organic Sources of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. Chapter 15, In: (JA Silva, R Uchida (Eds) Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii’s Soils, Approaches for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 133- 144.
  • Moody P W (2011) Environmental risk indicators for soil phosphorus status. Soil Research 49, 247-252.
  • Peverill KI, Sparrow LA and Reuter DJ (1995) Soil Analysis an Interpretation Manual. (CSIRO Publishing).
  • Quinlan R, Wherrett A, Cotching WE (2012) Phosphorus – Tasmania. Available at: https://soilquality.org.au/factsheets/phosphorus-tas
  • Sawyer JE, Mallarino AP (1999) Differentiating and Understanding the Mehlich 3, Bray, and Olsen Soil Phosphorus Tests. Presented at the 19th Annual Crop Pest Management Short Course, University of Minnesota, November 22, 1999, St. Paul, MN.
  • Snowball K and Robson AD (1988) Symptoms of Nutrient Deficiencies in Subterranean Clover and Wheat. (The University of Western Australia).
  • Turner, R, Will G, Dawes L, Gardner E, Lyons D (2013) Phosphorus as a limiting factor on sustainable greywater irrigation. The Science of the total environment. 456-457C, 287-298.

Potassium

  • Amtmann A, Troufflard S, Armengaud P (2008) The effect of potassium nutrition on pest and disease resistance in plants. Physologica Plantarum, Volume133 (4) Special Issue: Special Topics in Potassium and Magnesium Research. August 2008, 682-691.
  • Brennan RF, Jayasena KW (2007) Increasing applications of potassium fertiliser to barley crops grown on deficient sandy soils increased grain yields while decreasing some foliar diseases. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 58, 680-689.
  • Chapman KSR, Sparrow LA, Hardman PR, Wright DN and Thorp JRA (1992) Potassium nutrition of Kennebec and Russet Burbank potatoes in Tasmania: effect of soil and fertilizer potassium on yield, petiole and tuber potassium concentrations, and tuber quality. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 32: 521–7.
  • Cotching WE (2000) Nutrient runoff from a dairy pasture on a hump and hollow drainage system at Togari, northwest Tasmania. Natural Resource Management 3(2) 18-24.
  • Cotching WE, Sparrow LA (2012) Potassium – Tasmania fact sheet. Available at:

https://soilquality.org.au/factsheets/potassium-tas

  • Edwards NK (1993) Distribution of Potassium in the soil profile of a sandplain soil under pasture species. In “Plant Nutrition - From Genetic Engineering to Field Practice”. (ed. NJ Barrow) pp 609-12. (Kluwer Academic: The Netherlands).
  • Gourley CJP, Melland A, Waller R, Awty ID, Smith A, Peverill K, Hannah M (2007) Making better fertiliser decisions for grazed pastures in Australia. Victorian Government, Department of Primary Industries, Melbourne.
  • Hosking WJ (1986) Potassium for Victorian Pastures - A Review, Department of Agricutlure and Rural Affairs, Victoria, Victoria.
  • Judson GJ and McFarlane JD (1998) Mineral disorders in grazing livestock and the usefulness of soil and plant analysis in the assessment of these disorders. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 38, 707-723.
  • Sparrow LA, Cotching WE, Hawkins K (2003) Fertiliser practices of Tasmanian potato and poppy growers: do they show any relation to pre-plant soil test information? In ‘Tools for nutrient and pollutant management: Applications to agriculture and environmental quality.’ pp. 205-212.(Eds LD Currie, JA Hanly) Occasional Report No. 17. (Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre, Massey University: Palmerston North, New Zealand).
  • Wong MTF, Edwards NK, Barrow NJ (2000) Accessibility of subsoil potassium to wheat grown on duplex soils in the south-west of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38, 745-751.
  • Yeates J (2006) Potassium deficiency in pasture legumes. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia Farmnote 77/86.

Sulfur

Nitrogen

  • Broad ST and Corkrey R (2011) Estimating annual generation rates of total P and total N for different land uses in Tasmania, Australia. Journal of Environmental Management 92, 1609-1617.
  • Eckard R (2007) Best Management Practices for nitrogen (N) fertiliser use on dairy pastures. Available at: https://www.dairyingfortomorrow.com.au/wp-content/uploads/BMPs-for-N-use-on-dairy-pastures-MPfN-2018-.pdf
  • Lisson SN, Cotching WE (2011) Modelling the fate of water and nitrogen in the mixed vegetable farming systems of northern Tasmania, Australia. Agricultural Systems 104 (8) 600-608.
  • Sherriff L (2005) A summary of testing and management recommendations based on work by the Upper Brumby Catchment Group.
  • Queensland Government (2022) Reef Protection Regulations. Available at: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/agriculture/sustainable-farming/reef/reef-regulations
  • Sparrow LA (2012) Potato Nutrient Management in Tasmania, Australia. In: He Z, Larkin R, Honeycutt W (eds) Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4104-1_17
  • Sparrow LA, Chapman KSR (2003a) Effects of nitrogen fertiliser on potato (Solanum tuberosum L., cv. Russet Burbank) in Tasmania. 1. Yield and quality. Aust J Exp Agric 43:631–641.
  • Sparrow LA, Chapman KSR (2003b) Effects of nitrogen fertiliser on potato (Solanum tuberosum L., cv. Russet Burbank) in Tasmania. 2. Petiole and soil analysis. Aust J Exp Agric 43:643–650.

Cations and cation exchange capacity

  • Blaesing D (2017) Soil Testing and Interpretation for Vegetable Crops. Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited.
  • Cornell University Cooperative Extension (CUCE) (2007) Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC). Agronomy Fact Sheet Series # 22. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.
  • Hazelton PA, Murphy BW (2007) ‘Interpreting Soil Test Results What Do All the Numbers Mean?’ CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
  • McKenzie NJ, Jacquier DJ, Isbell RF, Brown KL (2004) ‘Australian Soils and Landscapes. An Illustrated Compendium’ CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood, Victoria.
  • McLaren RG, Cameron KC (1996) Soil Science. An introduction to the properties and management of New Zealand soils. Oxford University Press, Auckland.
  • Rayment GE, Higginson FR (1992) Electrical Conductivity. In ‘Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods’ Inkata Press: Melbourne.
  • Rengasamy P, Churchman GJ (1999) Cation Exchange Capacity, Exchangeable Cations and Sodicity. In ‘Soil Analysis an Interpretation Manual’ (Eds KI Peverill, LA Sparrow and DJ Reuter). CSIRO: Melbourne.
  • Cotching WE 2012. Cations and Cation Exchange Capacity factsheet. Available at: https://soilquality.org.au/factsheets/cations-and-cec-tas

Trace elements

  • Bell M, Barry G, Pu G, Want P, Harch G, Jeffrey A (2006) Fate of nutrients and heavy metal contaminants in biosolids applied to contrasting soils and cropping systems in southest Queensland. In ‘“Ground-breaking stuff.” Proceedings of the 13th Australian Agronomy Conference’. Perth, Western Australia. (Eds NC Turner, T Acuna and RC Johnson). (Australian Society of Agronomy)
  • Blaesing D (2017) Soil Testing and Interpretation for Vegetable Crops. Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited.
  • Botta C (2015) Understanding your soil test, step by step. Yea River Catchment Landcare Group.
  • Cotching WE, Coad JR (2011) Metal element uptake in vegetables and wheat after biosolids application. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 37 (2) pp. 75-82.
  • Incitec Pivot (2022a) Copper factsheet. Available at:

https://www.incitecpivotfertilisers.com.au/~/media/Files/IPF/Documents/Fact%20Sheets/22%20Copper%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

  • Incitec Pivot (2022b) Copper factsheet. Available at: https://www.incitecpivotfertilisers.com.au/~/media/Files/IPF/Documents/Fact%20Sheets/26%20 Zinc%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
  • McLaughlin MJ, Parker DR, Clarke JM (1999) Metals and micronutrients – food safety issues. Field Crops Research 60, 143-163.
  • McLaughlin MJ, Whatmuff M, Warne M, Heemsbergen D, Barry G, Bell M, Nash D, Pritchard D (2006) “A field investigation of solubility and food chain accumulation of biosolid-cadium across diverse soil types.” Environmental Chemistry 3, 428-432.
  • Nicolls KD, Honeysett JL (1964) The cobalt status of Tasmanian soils. I. Total cobalt in soils, and cobalt content of subterranean clover grown in pots. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 15, 368-376.
  • Rayment GE (2005) Cadmium in sugarcane and vegetable systems of northeast Australia. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 36, 597-208.
  • Salardini A, Sparrow L (2001) The Trace Element Requirements of Vegetables and Poppies in Tasmania. Final Report of Project PT320 to Horticulture Australia Limited. Horticulture Australia, Sydney.
  • Sparrow LA (2000) Excess P fertiliser does not increase tuber cadmium concentrations in potato. In: Adams JA, Metherell AK (eds) Soil 2000: new horizons for a new century. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Second Joint Soils Conference 3–8 December 2000, Lincoln University, NZ, vol 2 oral papers. NZ Society of Soil Science, Lincoln.
  • Sparrow LA, Chapman KSR, Parsley D, Hardman PR, Cullen B (1992) Response of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum cv. Russet Burbank) to band-placed and broadcast high cadmium phosphorus fertiliser on heavily cropped krasnozems in north-western Tasmania. Aust J Exp Agric 32, 113–119.
  • Warne M, Rayment GE, Brent P, Drew N, Klim E, McLaughlan MJ, Milham P, Shelley B, Stevens D, Sparrow LA (2007) Final report of the national cadmium management committee (NCMC) (2000 - 2006).

Organic amendments

  • Boersma M, Wrobel-Tobiszewska A, Murphy L, Eyles A (2017) Impact of biochar application on the productivity of a temperate vegetable cropping system. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01140671.2017.1329745
  • Brown R (2015) Effluent as a Fert$mart Fertiliser. Dairy Australia Limited. Available at: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57b655e8e4fcb5e4c5fc28bd/t/5b90ac874fa51a5d0b47cfda/1536208010008/effluent_fertsmart_advice.pdf
  • Chan KY, Van Zwieten L, Meszaros I, Downie A, and Joseph S (2007) Agronomic values of greenwaste biochar as a soil amendment. Australian Journal of Soil Research 45(8) 629-634.
  • Environment Protection Authority (2020) Tasmanian Biosolids Reuse Guidelines, Environment Protection Authority, Hobart, Tasmania.
  • Eyles A, Coghlan G, Hardie M, Hovenden M, Bridle K (2015) Soil carbon sequestration in cool temperate dryland pastures: mechanisms and management options. Soil Research 53, 349-365.
  • Jeffery S, Verheijena FGA, van der Veldea M, Bastos AC (2011) A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 144, 175-187.
  • Hardie M, Clothier B, Bound S, Oliver G, Close D (2014) Does biochar influence soil physical properties and soil water availability? Plant and Soil 376, 347–361.
  • Havilah E, Helena Warren H, Lawrie R, Senn A, Milham P (2005) Fertilisers for Pastures. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Available at:

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/166562/Fertilisers-for-pastures.pdf

  • Hue NV, Silva JA (2000) Organic Soil Amendments for Sustainable Agriculture: Organic Sources of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. Chapter 15, In: (JA Silva, R Uchida (Eds) Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii’s Soils, Approaches for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 133- 144.
  • International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) (2020) Benefits of compost and anaerobic digestate when applied to soil. Available at:https://www.altereko.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Report-2-Benefits-of-Compost-and-Anaerobic-Digestate.pdf
  • Ives, SW (2013) Biological supplement trials ‘Formosa’ – Pasture & ‘Oakdene’ – Cropping, Final Report. Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture.
  • Ives SW, Cotching WE, Sparrow LA, Lisson S, Doyle RB (2011) Plant growth and soil responses to soil applied organic materials in Tasmania, Australia, Soil Research 49, 572-581.
  • Lehmann J, Joseph S (2009) Biochar for environmental management. Science and Technology. Earthscan: London.
  • RMCG (202) Organic Soil Amendments. Soil Wealth Nurturing Crops. Hort Innovation. Available at: https://www.soilwealth.com.au/imagesDB/news/Organicsoilamendments20201215.pdf
  • Soil quality (2022) Biochar for Agronomic Improvement factsheet. Available at:

https://soilquality.org.au/factsheets/biochar-for-agronomic-improvement

  • Broad ST and Corkrey R (2011) Estimating annual generation rates of total P and total N for different land uses in Tasmania, Australia. Journal of Environmental Management 92, 1609-1617.
  • Burkitt LL, Dougherty WJ, Carlson SM, Donaghy DJ (2010) Effect of variable soil phosphorus on phosphorus concentrations in simulated runoff under intensive dairy pastures. Australian Journal of Soil Research 48, 231–237.
  • Cotching WE (2012) Soil Acidity Tasmania. Soil Quality Factsheet available at:

http://www.soilquality.org.au/factsheets/soil-acidity-tas

  • Cotching WE, Kidd DB (2010) Soil quality evaluation and the interaction with land use and soil order in Tasmania, Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 137, 358–366.
  • Cotching WE, Cooper J, Sparrow LA, McCorkell BE, Rowley W (2001) Effects of agricultural management on sodosols in northern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Soil Research 39, 711–735.
  • Cotching WE, Cooper J, Sparrow LA, McCorkell BE, Rowley W (2002a) Effects of agricultural management on Dermosols in northern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40, 65–79.
  • Cotching WE, Cooper J, Sparrow LA, McCorkell BE, Rowley W (2002b) Effects of agricultural management on Tenosols in northern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40, 45–63.
  • Cotching WE, Cooper J, Sparrow LA, McCorkell BE, Rowley W (2002c) Effects of agricultural management on Vertosols in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40, 1267–1286.
  • Lisson SN, Cotching WE (2011) Modelling the fate of water and nitrogen in the mixed vegetable farming systems of northern Tasmania, Australia. Agricultural Systems 104 (8) 600-608.
  • Sparrow L (2009) Crop rotations. In: Kirkwood I (ed) Australian Potato Research Program Final Report to Horticulture Australia for project PT04016. Horticulture Australia, Sydney
  • Sparrow LA, Walker AR, Johnstone J, Chapman KSR (1993c) New fertiliser recommendations for potato growers on sandy soils in Tasmania’s northern midlands. In: DR Baigent (ed) Proc First ASPAC National Workshop on Soil and Plant Analysis, Ballarat, 2–4 March 1993. ASPAC, Tatura
  • Sparrow LA, Cotching WE, Cooper J, Rowley W (1999) Attributes of Tasmanian ferrosols under different agricultural management. Australian Journal of Soil Research 37, 603–22.
  • Sparrow LA, Cotching WE, Hawkins K (2003) Fertiliser practices of Tasmanian potato and poppy grows: do they show any relation to pre-plant soil test information? In: LD Currie and JA Hanly (eds) Tools for Nutrient and Pollutant Management: Applications to Agriculture and Environmental Quality Occasional Report No. 17 Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Massey University, Palmerston North.
  • Sparrow LA, Cotching WE, Parry-Jones J, Oliver G, White E, Doyle RB (2013) Changes in Organic Carbon and Selected Soil Fertility Parameters in Agricultural Soils in Tasmania, Australia. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 44, 166-177.

Nutrients in waterways

  • Broad ST and Cotching WE (2009) Assessing the spatial variation of dairy farm total phosphorus losses in the Duck River, NW Tasmania. 18th World IMAC/MODSIM Congress. 13–17 July 2009, Cairns, Australia. Available at: http://mssanz.org.au/modsim09
  • Broad ST, Corkrey R (2010) End of catchment annual nutrient loads and nutrient generation rates for different land uses in Tasmania. Landscape Logic Fact sheet for managers and policy-makers #9. Available at: https://www.utas.edu.au/environment/publications/landscape-logic-library
  • Cotching B, Broad S, Lisson S, Kelly, R (2012) Modelling the influences of land use and land management on water quality. Landscape Logic: Integrated Science for Landscape Management, CSIRO Publishing, E Lefroy, A Curtis, A Jakeman and J McKee (eds), Melbourne, pp. 9-22.
  • Cotching WE, Lisson S (2010) Managing nutrient loss under intensive cropping in north-west Tasmania. Landscape Logic Fact sheet for managers and policy makers #3. Available at: https://www.utas.edu.au/environment/publications/landscape-logic-library
  • Department of Primary Industry and Water (DPIW) (2009) Estuaries, Tasmania’s Water Resources, URL:http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/RPIO-4Y34MG?open
  • Edgar GJ, Graddon DJ (1999) Conservation Significance using Ecological and Physical
  • Attributes, Population and Land Use, Marine Research Laboratories, October 1999.
  • James RA, Cotching WE (2010) Adoption of nutrient budgeting for sustainable dairy farms and healthy rivers technical report’ Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, Burnie, Tasmania.
  • Magierowski R, Davies, PE, Read S (2010) Impacts of grazing land-use on river ecological conditions. Landscape Logic Fact sheet for managers and policy makers #14. Available at:https://www.utas.edu.au/environment/publications/landscape-logic-library
  • Phillips JD (1989) An evaluation of factors determining the effectiveness of water quality buffer zones. Journal of Hydrology 107, 133–145.
  • Pollino CA (2010) Predicting change in condition of estuaries in Tasmania: A description of the Landscape Logic Bayesian network. Landscape Logic Technical Report No. 27, Hobart. Available at: https://www.utas.edu.au/environment/publications/landscape-logic-library
  • Ross J, Crawford C, Gibson J, Gallagher B, Beard J, McGowan S (2012) Improving the utility and sensitivity of estuarine monitoring. Landscape Logic: Integrated Science for Landscape Management, CSIRO Publishing, E Lefroy, A Curtis, A Jakeman and J McKee (eds), Melbourne, pp. 39-50.
  • Smethurst PJ, Petrone KC (2010) Streamside management zones for water quality protection. Landscape Logic Fact sheet for managers and policy makers #13. Available at: https://www.utas.edu.au/environment/publications/landscape-logic-library