Acknowledgements
This applied research on DBs was initiated, and is governed by, the
Phosphorus Mitigation Project Inc. We acknowledge the following funding
agencies: Ministry of Primary Industries Sustainable Farming Fund,
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s Strategic Science
Investment Fund, Dairy NZ, Bay of Plenty, Environment Canterbury,
Waikato and Horizons Regional Councils, Balance AgriNutrients Ltd, Beef
and Lamb NZ, and Deer Industry NZ. The funders had no involvement in
study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in
the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for
publication. Thank you to Wayne McGarth and Andrew Starr at NIWA for
their instrumentation assistance.