Soil Maps of Cadmium in New Zealand
Contents
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods
- 3. Results and Discussion
- 3.1 National and Regional Topsoil Total-Cadmium Soil Levels
- 3.2 Background Levels of Cadmium in New Zealand
- 3.3 Current Levels of Cadmium in New Zealand
- 3.4 Representiveness of the Data
- 3.5 Future Levels of Cadmium in New Zealand
- 3.6 Discussion of Bulk Density Affects on Soil Cadmium Levels
- 3.7 A National Sampling and Analysis Scheme
- 4. Conclusions
- 5. Specific Recommendations
- 6. General Recommendations
- 7. Acknowledgements
- 8. References
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The findings in this report are specific to this project. Landcare Research and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry accepts no responsibility where information in the report is used for any other purpose, and will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered as a result of such other use.
Matthew Taylor, Robert Gibb, Janice Willoughby, Allan Hewitt and Greg Arnold
Landcare Research
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Date: June 2007
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Approved for release by: Dr Alison Collins
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