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FNQ - FERTILIZERS
• Rivers in FNQ
carry significant loads of N and P from
agricultural fertilizers.
• The banana industry uses 500 kg N / Ha,
60 kg P / Ha and 1000 kg K / Ha per year!
60 kg P / Ha and 1000 kg K / Ha per year!
• Monitoring of the levels of P and N are
carried out by a variety of organisations
including DoE, EPA and DPI.
carried out by a variety of organisations
including DoE, EPA and DPI.
• Monitoring of both nitrate and phosphate
is usually carried out by forming a metal complex and then determining the amount of this complex spectrophotometrically.
is usually carried out by forming a metal complex and then determining the amount of this complex spectrophotometrically.
