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rebecca.killalea@canberra.edu.au on 01 Mar 2022
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Study

Citation
Miguntanna, N. P., Goonetilleke, A., Egodowatta, P., & Kokot, S. (2010). Understanding nutrient build-up on urban road surfaces. Journal of Environmental Sciences.
Study description
This study investigates the build up of nutrients on urban road surfaces and details the relationship between particle size and nutrients.

Response

Cause term/trajectory
Sediment quality - other
Cause description
Particle size
Effect term/trajectory
Sediment quality - nutrients (nitrogen)
Effect description
Highest total nitrogen load is associated with the particle size 75 to 150 micrometres for all road surface types.
Response measure type
Mean difference
Response measure description
Performed multivariate analysis. Didn't include test statistics. Have reported the trends from the paper.

Design

Source data
Field
Study type
Observation
Study design
Other
Number of independent control or reference sampling units
3
Sample size used in analysis
15
Design description
3 different road surfaces sampled. Each sampled 5 times.

Context

Climate
Temperate
Country
Australia
Habitat
Artificial
Spatial extent
Other
Temporal extent
Snapshot
Context description
Spatial extent: small segments of road surfaces.