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Table 2—Comparison of pesticide concentrations detected across the two monitoring years undertaken at the sugar sites within the Lower Herbert catchment.
2011-12
Diuron: 1.557ug/Lav, 10.97ug/L max, 0.03ug/L min
Hexazinone: 0.277ug/L av, 2.9ug/L max, 0.01ug/L min
Atrazine: 0.295ug/L av, 2.64ug/L max, 0.01ug/L min
Desethyl Atrazine: 0.071ug/L av 0.23ug/L max, 0.01ug/L min
Desisopropyl Atrazine: 0.037ug/L av, 0.06ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
Imidacloprid: 0.062ug/L av, 0.28ug/L max, 0.01ug/L min
Ametryn: 0.042ug/L av, 0.18ug/L max, 0.01ug/L min
Metolachlor: 0.13ug/L av, 0.39ug/L max, 0.012ug/L min
Metribuzin: 0.212ug/L av, 0.416ug/L max, 0.122ug/L min
Diazinon: 0.157ug/L av, 0.157ug/L max, 0.157ug/L min
Terbutryn: 0.02ug/L av, 0.02ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
2012-13
Diuron: 2.109ug/L av, 34ug/L max, 0.03ug/L min
Hexazinone: 1.011ug/L av, 16ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
Atrazine: 0.426ug/L av, 1.2ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
Desethyl Atrazine: 0.038ug/L av, 0.08ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
Imidacloprid: 0.056ug/L av, 0.14ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
Ametryn: 0.123ug/L av, 0.34ug/L max, 0.02ug/L min
Metolachlor: 0.25ug/L av, 0.54ug/L max, 0.03ug/L min
Diazinon: 0.157ug/L max
Terbutryn
Proc Aust Soc Sugar Cane Technol Vol 36 2014
HERBERT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROJECT: 2011–2013 RESULTS
By DOMINIQUE O’BRIEN1, AARON DAVIS1, MICHAEL NASH2, LAWRENCE DI BELLA3, JON BRODIE1
1Catchment to Reef Research Group, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville 2Terrain – Natural Resource Management in the Wet Tropics, Ingham 3Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited (HCPSL), Ingham