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dc.contributor.authorArthington, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-12T05:29:33Z
dc.date.available2019-12-12T05:29:33Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.issn03432521
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF00222537
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/120900
dc.description.abstractIntensive agricultural development in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, has been achieved at a high cost to the natural environment. This paper assess the hydrological, water quality and ecological changes which have occurred as a result of agricultural land use and particularly, cotton production, in major tributaries of the upper Darling River, using the Namoi Valley, the cradle of the Australian cotton industry, as a case study. Three aspects of cotton production have had detrimental effects in these catchments — extensive vegetation clearing on floodplains and in the riparian zone, water abstraction from regulated and unregulated river flows and intensive chemical use for pest control. The paper outlines the new initiatives in progress to improve the condition of these rivers, including management of pesticide runoff from cotton farms, nutrient reductions in surface waters and restoration of natural patterns of river flow. Constraints on water use off-stream and restrained regional development appear to be inevitable if river health is to be improved.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom115
dc.relation.ispartofpageto125
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGeoJournal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAnthropology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman Geography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1601
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1604
dc.titleThe Effects of Agricultural Land use and Cotton Production on Tributaries of the Darling River, Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Peer Reviewed (HERDC)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorArthington, Angela H.


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