Bill Cotching - Soil Scientist & Ceramic Artist

Soil management and research, ceramics, Tasmania, Australia

Published research

Soil quality evaluation and the interaction with land use and soil order in Tasmania, Australia (Tasmania) 
 
Dominant soil orders in Tasmania: distribution and selected properties

Assessment and management of inherent and dynamic soil properties for intensive agriculture in the North Island, New Zealand and Tasmania, Australia (PhD thesis)

Soil health report card for the Cradle Coast Region

Soil health report card for the Northern Region

Soil health report card for the Southern Region 

 

 

 

 

 Attributes of Tasmanian Ferrosols under different agricultural management (Ferrosols)

Effects of agricultural management on Sodosols in northern Tasmania (Sodosols)

Effects of agricultural management on dermosols in northern Tasmania (Dermosols) 

Effects of agricultural management on Vertosols in Tasmania (Vertosols)

Effects of agricultural management on Tenosols in northern Tasmania (Tenosols)

Crop yields and soil properties on eroded slopes of red ferrosols in north-west Tasmania (Ferrosol erosion)

Assessment of the influence of soil structure on soil strength/soil wetness relationships on Red Ferrosols in north-west Tasmania(Ferrosol structure)

Soil microbial indicator tests in northern and north west Tasmania. Technical Report. TIAR, September 2008.

Biosolids reuse in agriculture fact sheet Benefits of biosolids reuse on soils. Technical Report. Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, Hobart, Australia.