ACIAR ANNUAL REPORT 1997-1998

1. Water Balance Modeling Sub-Task:

1. (ADL_01): Cox, J.W., Davies, P.J. and Spouncer, L.R. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 1. Seasonal changes in water levels in the regolith overlying fractured rock. CSIRO Land and Water Report 39/99. October 1999 pp17.

2. (ADL_02): Cox, J.W., Davies, P.J. and Spouncer, L.R. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 5. Changes in soil water status of texture-contrast soils along two toposequences. CSIRO Land and Water Report 43/99. October 1999. pp10.

3. (ADL_03): Cox, J.W., Davies, P. and Spouncer, L.R. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 6. Variability in the duration of perched watertables. CSIRO Land and Water Report 44/99. October 1999. pp15.

4. (SIAM_01): Wang Hui-xiao, Liu Chang-ming, 1999, Supply and demand of water resources and analysis of crop water use efficiency in the North China Plain, Eco-agricultural Research, 7(3): 11-15 (in Chinese).

5. (SIAM_02): Wang Hui-xiao, Liu Chang-ming, 2000, Advances in crop water use efficiency research, Advances in Water Science, 11(1):99-104 (in Chinese)

6. (SIAM_03): Zhang Xiying, Pei Dong, You Maozheng, 1999, Ways for increasing water use efficiency in farmland of Taihang Piedmont, Eco-agricultural Research, 7(3): 22-26 (in Chinese).

7. (SIAM_04): Zhang Xiying, Zhang Lu, Liu Changming, 2000, On describing the hydraulic properties of unsaturated soil in Piedmont of Mt.Taihang, ACTA Agricultural Boreali-Sinica, (in press)

8. (SIAM_05): Zhang Yongqian, Liu Changming, Shen Yaniun,2000, Analysis of the groundwater level change in the shallow stratum in plain in front of the Taihang Mountain, Eco-agricultural Research, (in press, in Chinese).

9. (CBR_01): Wang, H.X., Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Liu, C.M., Improving water use efficiency of irrigated crops in the North China Plain measurements and modelling, Agricultural Water Management (in press), 2000.

10. (CBR_02): Shao, M.A., Huang, M.B., Zhang, L., Li, Y.S., Simulation of field-scale water balance in the Loess Plateau of China using WAVES, Agricultural Water Management (submitted), 2000.

11. (CBR_03): Kang, S.Z., Zhang, L., Liang, Y.L., Cai, H.J., Effects of limited irrigation on yield and water-use efficiency of winter wheat in Loess Plateau of China, Field Crops Research (submitted), 2000.

12. (ISWC_09): Liang Y .L. and S.Z. Kang, Effect of no-full irrigation on physiological characters of wheat on Loess Plateau. 1999. 11, Publisher-CRC Press. USA.

13. (ISWC_10): Liang Y. L. and S.Z. Kang, Effect of irrigation-limited on seedling vigour of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum. L) On Loess Plateau in China. 1999. 11. Publisher-CRC Press. USA.

14. (ISWC_11): Liang Y.L., R.A. Richards. Seedling vigour characteristics Among Chinese and Australian Wheat, Communications in Soil science and plant analysis, 1999. Vol 30(1+2). 159-165.

15. (ISWC_12): Liang Y.L. and B.C. Xu. Simulated Carbon and Nitrogen content in Arid Farmland Ecosystem in China Using Denitrification Decomposition Model. Commun. Soil Sci and plant analysis, 2000 (15+16).

16. (ISWC_13): Liang Y.L., S.Z. Kang, and L. Shan. The Effects of soil moisture and nitrogen and phosphorus supplied on carbon isotope discrimination and water use efficiency in wheat. Acta phytoecologica sinica, 2000.2.

17. (ISWC_14): Liang Y.L. C.E. Zhang and D.W. Guo. The Benefit and prospect Analysis of Cropland Mulch On Loess Plateau. Eco-agronomy Research. 2001 No1.

18. (ISWC_15): Mao M.C. D.W. Guo and Y.L. Liang. Effects of Soil Moisture on Photosynthetic Rate, Transpiration Rate and Water Use Efficient in Different Leaf Position of Rape. Eco-agronomy Research. 2001 No1.

19. (ISWC_16): Huang Mingbin, Shao Ming'an and Li Yushan. A modified stochastic-dynamic water balance model and its application I. Model. Journal of Water Resources. 2000, no6:20-26

20. (ISWC_17): Huang Mingbin, Shao Ming'an and Li Yushan. A modified stochastic-dynamic water balance model and its application II. Application. Journal of Water Resources. 2000, no 6: 27- 33

2. Soil Environment Impacts Sub-Task:

21. (ADL_04): Cox, J.W. and Ashley, R. (2000). Water quality of gully drainage from texture-contrast soils in the Adelaide Hills in low rainfall years. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38 (5) (in press).

22. (ADL_05): Cox, J.W., Davies, P.J. and Spouncer, L.R. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 2. Electrical conductivity, pH and chloride concentrations of the regolith. CSIRO Land and Water Report 40/99. October 1999 pp19.

23. (ADL_06): Cox, J.W., Davies, P.J. and Spouncer, L.R. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 3. Water quality in a gully draining acid-sulfate soils. CSIRO Land and Water Report 41/99. October 1999 pp26.

24. (ADL_07): Cox, J.W., Davies, P.J. and Spouncer, L.R. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 4. Variability in pore water chemistry of texture-contrast soils. CSIRO Land and Water Report 42/99. October 1999. pp34.

25. (ADL_08): Cox, J.W., Spouncer, L.R. and Davies, P.J. (1999). Water and soil degradation in the Keynes Catchment, South Australia 7. Seasonal changes in groundwater quality. CSIRO Land and Water Report 45/99. October 1999. pp20.

26. (ADL_09): Fitzpatrick R.W. and Merry R.H. (1999). Pedogenic Carbonate Pools and Climate Change in Australia p.105-119. In: R. Lal, J.M. Kimble, H. Eswaran and B.A. Stewart (eds.). "Global Climate Change and Pedogenic Carbonates". CRC Press Lewis Publishers. Boco Raton. FL Proceedings of the International Workshop on Global Climate Change and Pedogenic Carbonates. Tunis, Tunisia. 13-17 October, 1997.

27. (ADL_10): Fitzpatrick, R.W. (1999). Development of acid sulfate soils and other toxic environments in saline and waterlogged areas. Book of abstracts for the 1999 National Conference on: "Productive use and rehabilitation of saline lands (PURSL)". Naracoorte, South Australia, November 1-5, 1999. p.58.

28. (ADL_11): Fitzpatrick R.W., Raven M., Self P.G. and McClure S.M. (2000). The first occurrence of sideronatrite in soils: a hazard or promise for environs in the Mt. Lofty Ranges? Paper presented at the 17th Biennial conference of the Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 9-14th April, 2000 Adelaide. Book of Abstracts, p 80-81.

29. (ADL_12): Fitzpatrick R.W., Self P.G. and Fritsch E. (2000). Iron oxide transformation in a strongly weathered Tertiary soil with pallid zone and ferricrete: 17th Biennial conference of the Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 9-14th April, 2000 Adelaide. Mid Conference field guide, p 28-29.

30. (ADL_13): Fitzpatrick R.W. (2000). Soil-water-landscape processes: Layer silicates. 17th Biennial conference of the Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 9-14th April, 2000 Adelaide. Mid Conference field guide, p 30-32.

31. (ADL_14): Fitzpatrick R.W., Merry R.H. and Cox J.W. (2000). What are saline soils? What happens when they are drained? Journal of the Australian Association of Natural Resource Management (AANRM). Special Issue (June 2000), 26-30.

32. (ADL_15): Merry R.H. Fitzpatrick R.W. and Davies P.J. (2000). Redox measurements at Herrmann's wetland. 17th Biennial conference of the Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 9-14th April, 2000 Adelaide. Mid Conference field guide, p 33-35a.

33. (SIAM_06): Hu Chunsheng, 1999, Physical and chemical indicators of soil health diagnostics and its application, Eco-agricultural Research, 7(3):16-18 (in Chinese).

34. (SIAM_07): Chen Yisong, Hu Chunsheng, 2000, Study of the agricultural environmental bearing capacity in the mid-south of Hebei Province, Eco-agricultural Research, 8(2), (in Chinese).

35. (SIAM_08): Mao Renzhao, Fitzpatrick R.W.,1999, Preliminary study on magnetic susceptibility of saline soil, Eco-agricultural Research, 7(3):19-21 (in Chinese).

36. (ISWC_07): Yang Qinke, Li Rui and Zhang Xiaoping. Study and Practice on Rapid Survey of Regional Soil Erosion, Research of Soil and Water Conservation. 2000, Vol7,No1:53-57.

37. (ISWC_08): Guobin Liu. Soil conservation and sustainable agriculture on the Loess Plateau: challenges and prospective, AMBIO,Vol28(8),1999.

3. Information Systems Sub-Task:

38. (ADL_16): Bruce D.A., Davies P.J. and Fitzpatrick R.W. (1999). Validating soil moisture estimates polarimetric radar using GIS models: further results from the 1993 AIRSAR missions to Australia. Proceedings of the Pacific Rim AIRSAR Significant Results and Planning Workshop; 24-26 August, 1999. pp. 14. http://airsar.jpl.nasa.gov/news/bruce1.pdf

39. (ADL_17): Bruce D.A., Fitzpatrick R.W., Davies P.J., Merry R.H., Spouncer L.R., Langdon A. and Phillips J. (1999). Catchment indicators for the upper Torrens. Spatial Measurement and Information Group (SMIG) - University of South Australia Consulting Report. pp.22.

40. (ADL_18): Fitzpatrick R.W., Bruce D.A., Davies P.J., Spouncer L.R., Merry R.H., Fritsch E. and Maschmedt D. (1999). Soil Landscape Quality Assessment at Catchment and Regional Scale. Mount Lofty Ranges Pilot Project: National Land & Water Resources Audit. CSIRO Land & Water Technical Report. 28/99. pp.69.

http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical99/tr28-99.pdf

41. (ADL_19): Fitzpatrick R.W., Bruce D.A., Davies P.J., Spouncer L.R., Merry R.H., Fritsch E. and Maschmedt D. (2000). Assessment of soil-landscape conditions within catchments and regions in the Mount Lofty Ranges, using soil-landscape models. 17th Biennial conference of the Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 9-14th April, 2000 Adelaide. Mid Conference field guide, p 36.

42. (ADL_20): Salama R.B., Fitzpatrick R.W., Pollock D., Bruce D.A., Davies P.J. and Spouncer L.R. (1999). Mapping soil landscapes using digital elevation data. Extended Abstracts: 3rd Conference of the Working Group on Pedometrics of the International Union of Soil Science. p.27-39.

http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/agric/ACSS/news/Confab_extend_abstracts.pdf

43. (ADL_21): Spouncer L., Davies P., Liu G. and Hu C. (1999). Ground truthing a GIS of the best estimate of profile pH, Mt Torrens, South Australia 1. Preliminary soil sampling and analysis. CSIRO Land and Water Report 48/99. November 1999. pp11.

44. (ISWC_04): Yang Qinke, Li Rui, Zhang Xiaoping and Tim R. McVicar. Evaluation of Cropland Using GIS and Land Survey Data. Acta Agricultrrae Boreali-occidentalis Sinica, 1999, 8(6):194-200.

45. (ISWC_05): Yang Qinke, Li Rui, On Characteristics and Management of Land Data. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation. Vol 19, No 7. 20-25.

46. (ISWC_06): Yang Qinke, Jiao Feng and Lei Huizhu. On the 'Nice Land and Green Mountains' in the Loess Plateau Research of Soil and Water Conservation. 2000, Vol 7, No 2:53-54.

47. (CBR_04): McVicar, T.R. and Jupp, D.L.B. (2000) Using covariates to spatially interpolate moisture availability in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel use of remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing of Environment. (Accepted).

48. (CBR_05): McVicar, T.R., and Jupp, D.L.B. (1999). Using AVHRR data and meteorological surfaces as covariates to spatially interpolate moisture availability in the Murray-Darling Basin, CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report 50/99, Canberra, Australia, pp. 45.

4. Technology Transfer Sub-Task:

49. (ADL_22): Cox, J.W. and Pitman, A. (2000). Land Degradation Research at Keyneton: 1. Water usage and dry matter production of perennial pastures on sloping duplex soils. Field guide for Land Care Officers and Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences Students 11th April 2000.

50. (ADL_23): Fitzpatrick R.W. and Chittleborough D.J. (1999). Pedogenic processes: their impact on soil and water quality. Proceedings of the Australian Academy of Science symposium: "Fixing the foundations - the role of soil science in solving Australia's crisis in land and water management." Adelaide: 11-12 November 1999. pp.21-22; http://www.science.org.au/soils.pdf"?http://www.science.org.au/soils.pdf

51. (ADL_24): Fitzpatrick R.W. (1999). Rising saline watertables and acid sulfate soil on Eyre Peninsula - Are you on "acid" or, is it just a case of rotten eggs??? In: The Long Run. Eyre Peninsula's Own Land Management Publication. Issue 14. Spring 1999. p.1-2.

52. (ADL_25): Fitzpatrick R.W. (2000). Why soils knowledge is important in tele-communications, water quality, mining, and greenhouse gas emissions. In: Royal Society of South Australia Inc. The 1999 Verco Medallist Presentation. Thursday 9th March, 2000. Newsletter of the Royal Society Inc. 2000, Vol. 1, 1-2.

53. (ADL_26): Fitzpatrick R.W. (1999). Soils that are costing millions of dollars. They're very thick. They're very deep and very smelly. These are the acid sulfate soils that cover about 40,000 hectares around the Australian coast. Dr Rob Fitzpatrick of CSIRO Land and Water says already about 10 percent of the area has been disturbed and is costing the community millions of dollars. Ed. Nick Goldie. Topical Australian science for mainstream radio replay. CD-ROM Produced by CSIRO and Pegasus Media. Ski Files 99-12. No. 15. (2'11'').

54. (ADL_27): Fitzpatrick R.W. (2000). Presented the "CLW-Adelaide Seminar" on March 1st 2000 entitled " Where do Acid Sulfate Soils exist and why they cost us millions of dollars? (Abstract).

55. (SIAM_09): Mao Renzhao, Liu Xiaojing, 2000, Study on the indicators of agro-environmental quality in saline region, lower Haihe Plain, Eco-agricultural Research, 8(3), (in Chinese).

56. (SIAM_10): Li Huiyin, Ge Yanhui, 1999, Study on framework of transfer system of agricultural technology of China in the situation of market economy, System Sciences and Comprehensive Studies in Agriculture, (15)14:306-309 (in Chinese ).

57. (SIAM_11): Liu Xiaojing, Tian Kuixiang, 2000, Preliminary discussion on the distribution of agricultural resources and sustainable development model of agriculture in low plain with saline soil of Pan Bohai sea, Eco-agricultural Research, (in press, in Chinese).

58. (ISWC_01): Li Rui and Lu Huiming. The Progress of Agricultural Integrate Development Research in Soil and Water Loss Region in Loess Plateau. Research of Soil and Water Conservation. 2000, Vol 7, No 1:1-4.

59. (ISWC_02): Li Rui, Ding Yongjian and Yu Xiaosheng. Pay Attention to ecological development and develop China's west in a rational way. Impact of Science on Society. 2000(2): 45 -- 47.

60. (ISWC_03): Li Rui, Liu Guobin and Mu Xinmin. On the Centre Issues of Eco-environment Rehabilitation of Loess Plateau: Improve Eco-environment and Make Farmer Rich. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2000, 15(3): 193-196.

61. (CBR_06): Walker, J., Thompson, C.H. and D.J.Rapport (2000) Landscape futures : the importance of landscape age and health. In :Brunkhurst, D. and Mouat, D. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Landscape futures, Sept 1999 University of New England, Australia. Published by Inst Bioregional Resource Management, University of New England as a CD ROM..

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