Soil Health and fertility

Key Sites Publications

Over recent years the Key Sites project has generated a large number of publications and communications activities including:

Nine journal papers with a further four in preparation,
Sixteen conference papers,
Seven reports (not including six monthly reporting against project milestones) and,
More than fifteen seminars and sixteen field days to a large and diverse audience that includes Catchment Management Authority staff, researchers, extension staff, private farm advisers and farmers.

Following are lists of these publications. Where possible a link to the report is provided. If a link is not provided and you would like to access a copy, please contact the author or David Mitchell (see link to contact list).

Journal papers

Title	Author/s	Publication	Site
Contrasting mechanisms of salt delivery to the stream from three different landforms in South Eastern Australia	G. K. Summerell, N.K. Tuteja, R.B. Grayson^C, P.B. Hairsine, F Leaney.	Journal of Hydrology, Volume 330, Issues 3-4, 15 November 2006, Pages 681-697	Livingstone Creek
Delineating the major landforms of catchments using an objective hydrological terrain analysis method	Summerell, G. Vaze, Tuteja, N. Grayson, R. Beale, G. Dowling, T. (2005)	Water Resources Research. 41: 12,	Livingstone Creek
FLAG UPNESS and its application for mapping seasonally wet to waterlogged soils	Summerell, G. K. Dowling, T. I. Wild, J. A. Beale, G	Australian Journal of Soil Research. CSIRO Publishing, 2004. 42: 2, 155-162.	Livingstone Creek
Exploring mechanisms of salt delivery to streams within the Kyeamba Valley Catchment, New South Wales, Australia	Summerell, G.K. (2001)	MODSIM, edited by F. Ghasseemi et al., pp. 627–630, Modell. and Simul. of Aust. and N. Z, Canberra	Livingstone Creek
Seasonal responses of xylem sap velocity to VPD and solar radiation during drought in a stand of native trees in temperate Australia.	Zeppel, M. J. B. Murray, B. R. Barton, C. Eamus, D. (2004)	Functional Plant Biology. 31: 5, 461-470	Paringa
Daily, seasonal and annual patterns of transpiration from a stand of remnant vegetation dominated by a coniferous Callitris species and a broad-leaved Eucalyptus species	Zeppel M, Yunusa I, Eamus D [2006]	Physiologia Plantarum July 2006 - Vol. 127 Issue 3,	Paringa
Monitoring the Hydrological Impact of Land Use Change in a Small Agricultural Catchment Affected by Dryland Salinity in Central NSW, Australia	Crosbie R, Hughes J, Friend J, Baldwin B	Agricultural Water Management Volume 88, Issues 1-3 pp. 1-276 (16 March 2007)	Boorowa
Macquarie catchment pilot project: a cost-effective, market based approach to reducing salinity through tree planting	Walsh P, Barton C, Montagu K	Unasylva212 vol 54: 37-39, 2003	Baldry

Conference Papers

Title	Contributors	Audience and Date	Site
Tree water use of a young eucalypt plantation in a salt source catchment	C Barton	6th International Workshop on Measuring Xylem Sap Flow and its Application to Plant Sciences	Baldry
Long term analysis of tree and forest transpiration responses to rainfall in a Eucalyptus sideroxylon plantation	H Morgan	6th International Workshop on Measuring Xylem Sap Flow and its Application to Plant Sciences	Paringa
A comparison of the water use of tree belts and pasture in recharge and discharge zones in a saline catchment in the Central West of NSW, Australia.	R Crosbie Wilson McCulloch Hughes	6th International Workshop on Measuring Xylem Sap Flow and its Application to Plant Sciences	Gumble
The upscaling of transpiration from individual trees to areal transpiration in tree belts.	R Crosbie Wilson McCulloch Hughes	6th International Workshop on Measuring Xylem Sap Flow and its Application to Plant Sciences	Gumble
Losing Streams and Groundwater in Northwest NSW	P-J. Derham, D. Berhane, M. Nies, C. Lee and D. Mitchell	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Duri
Perennial pastures reduce runoff from saline discharge areas: a case study	R Crosbie, J Hughes, W King, K Dassanayake, K Broadfoot	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Gumble
Key Sites: A local ground water flow perspective	D Mitchell, R Crosbie, P Derham, M Blasi, C Lee, C McCulloch, L Nies, V Shoemark, B Wilson, J Hughes	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	All
The role of surface hydrology in planning salinity mitigation strategies	J Hughes, S Khan, R Crosbie, S Helliwell, D Michalk	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Gumble
Investigation into the effects of extended dry periods on ground water dynamics and stream salt loads in NSW	C McCulloch, J Hughes, R Crosbie, D Mitchell	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Gumble
Challenging the paradigm: An example of anthropogenic modification to groundwater discharge causing a saline scald rather than an increase in recharge	R Crosbie, J Hughes	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Gumble
Management of a representative flat alluvial landscape generating stream salt loads in the upland Murray–Darling Basin	Gregory Summerell et al	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Livingstone Ck
The changing nature of dryland salinity, central west NSW	Dominis, M. Dragovich, D.	MDBC Groundwater workshop 2006	Baldry
Trial recommendations for the amelioration of a degraded chromosol landscape: Duri District, Northern NSW.	Peta Derham, Pam Welsh	AARES, January 2006	Duri
Is perenniality enough? Investigating landscape water use in central New South Wales.	J. Hughes, J. Friend, B. Wilson and C. McCulloch.	Salinity Solutions Conference, Bendigo 2004 [CRC Salinity]	Sloanes Ck
Intensive catchment hydrology – a different approach is needed for attracting research co-operators.	J Friend, J. Hughes, P. Derham	Salinity Solutions Conference, Bendigo 2004 [CRC Salinity]	Key Sites
A program to evaluate existing agricultural systems in reducing deep drainage in northern and central NSW.	John Friend, Peta Derham, Justin Hughes	Salinity Solutions Conference, Bendigo 2004 [CRC Salinity]	Sloanes Ck and Duri
Effects of tree stands on catchment water balance and adjacent crop and pasture yields.	Justin Hughes, John Friend, Brett Wilson.	Salinity Solutions Conference, Bendigo 2004 [CRC Salinity]	Gumble
Exploring mechanisms of salt delivery to streams within the Kyeamba Valley Catchment, New South Wales, Australia	Summerell, G. K. (2001)	MODSIM, edited by F. Ghasseemi et al., pp. 627–630, Modell. and Simul. of Aust. and N. Z., Canberra	Livingstone Ck
Tree Water use of a young plantation targeted at salinity control.	Barton CVM and Walsh PG.	Forest Management Workshop Proceedings, Canberra 23-25 Mch 2004	Baldry

Reports

Title	Contributors	Audience and Date	Site
NSW Salinity Strategy Action 2.4 Interim report	Barton C, Roberts S, Walsh P, Montagu K, Cowie A	NSW Cabinet Office, July 2003	Paringa
NSW Salinity Strategy Action 7.3 Interim Report	Friend J, Gallagher P, Hughes J, Derham P	NSW Cabinet Office, July 2003	Sloanes Ck, Duri, Paringa, Boorowa
Research into land management practices and establishing model farms	Friend, J Regan P	NSW Salinity Strategy Annual Report 2003/04 [final report]	Sloanes Ck, Duri, Paringa, Boorowa
Key Sites for salinity, hydrology and model validation	Friend J, Littleboy M, Barton C	Independent Review, commissioned by JSC, Feb 2005	All
Hydrogeological study of the Baldry site	Ian Acworth	Site investigation report	Baldry
Engineers Australia. 2006 National Salinity Prize. The Falling Stage Sampler	Chris McCulloch	Engineers Australia	All
Understanding the Processes of salt movement from the landscape to the stream in dryland catchments.	Summerell GK (2004)	PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne.	Livingstone Creek
December 2005 - Update on “Keys sites for Salinity hydrology and model validation” SL 0017 SS	D Mitchell and KS staff	JSC Dec 2005	All
Land use recommendations from integrated hydrology research in the Lachlan Catchment	D Mitchell and KS staff	General, July 2007	Gumble

Key Sites staff were recognised for their innovation, with a Falling Stage Sampler developed by Chris McCulloch being chosen as a finalist in the prestigious 2006 Engineers Australia National Salinity Prize.