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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
Inappropriate farm management activities such as stock access to creeks, and poor fertiliser and effluent management can negatively impact riparian zones and waterways, contributing to increased in-stream nutrient, sediment and microbiological loads and loss of riparian biodiversity, amongst other impacts. Nutrient budgets for dairy systems indicate that on-farm nutrient accumulation and redistribution is common (Gourley 2004), which in large part is due to the uneven distribution of dairy cow dung and the nutrients they contain (Aarons et al., 2004). The 'Gippsland Dairy Riparian Project Environmental Monitoring module' was established in Jan. 2003 to monitor the impact of dairy farm management and changed riparian zone management on the riparian zone and water quality.
Citation
Aarons, S. R.; Melland, A.; and Gourley, C. J. P., "Grazing Management Impacts on the Riparian Zone and Water Quality" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 134.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeB/134)
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Grazing Management Impacts on the Riparian Zone and Water Quality
Dublin Ireland
Inappropriate farm management activities such as stock access to creeks, and poor fertiliser and effluent management can negatively impact riparian zones and waterways, contributing to increased in-stream nutrient, sediment and microbiological loads and loss of riparian biodiversity, amongst other impacts. Nutrient budgets for dairy systems indicate that on-farm nutrient accumulation and redistribution is common (Gourley 2004), which in large part is due to the uneven distribution of dairy cow dung and the nutrients they contain (Aarons et al., 2004). The 'Gippsland Dairy Riparian Project Environmental Monitoring module' was established in Jan. 2003 to monitor the impact of dairy farm management and changed riparian zone management on the riparian zone and water quality.
