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Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Soil Moisture, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 2013-2014

Citation

Keith, D (): Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Soil Moisture, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 2013-2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern3.103.13/html

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Identifier
docid
ltern3.103.13
Data Creators
Individual
Professor David Keith
Position
Plot Leader
Organization
Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
Abstract

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Soil Moisture data package for Royal National Park contains soil moisture data obtained from monitoring tubes for soil moisture probes installed within 10 cm of each of the floristics plots (see Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1990+). Soil moisture sampling commenced in early August 2013 and was repeated at monthly intervals until July 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-health-swamps. This data package is associated with the following publication: Letten, A. D., Keith, D. A., Tozer, M. G., Hui, F. K.C. (2015), Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12428

Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
Individual
Professor David Keith
Position
Plot Leader
Organization
Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
Address
University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
Australia
Phone
voice
02 9385 2111
Email Address
david.keith@unsw.edu.au
Individual
Mark Tozer
Position
Research Scientist
Organization
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Address
PO Box 1967
Hurstville. NSW 2220
Australia
Phone
voice
02 9585 6496
Email Address
mark.tozer@environment.nsw.gov.au
Individual
Dr Andrew Letten
Position
Research Assistant
Organization
Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
Address
University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
Australia
Email Address
andrewletten@gmail.com
Project Information and Data Owners
Title
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network
Personnel
Role
Data Owner
Individual
Professor David Keith
Position
Plot Leader
Organization
Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
Funding

Since 2012 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (www.tern.org.au) – an Australian research infrastructure facility established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

Methods and Sampling Information
Methods
Method Step 1
Description
Plot set-up

In 1990, 56 permanent 0.5 x 0.5 metre plots were established along eight 30 metre transects arranged in pairs, with each transect comprising seven plots spaced 5 metres apart. The four transect pairs are spaced a mean distance of 211 metres apart (min = 104 m; max = 323 m).

Instrument
  • Steel pickets, measuring tape, GPS
Method Step 2
Description
Soil moisture survey

In March-May 2013, 56 100 cm access tubes for a PR2/6 soil moisture profile probe (Delta-T Devices: http://www.delta-t.co.uk) were installed within 10 cm of each plot. The probe is fitted with six sensors allowing for instantaneous soil moisture measurements at six depths (10/20/30/40/60/100 cm). After a two month settling-in period, soil moisture sampling commenced in early August 2013 and was repeated at approximately monthly intervals until July 2014. At each monthly interval, three readings (x six depths) were taken at each plot, with the probe rotated through 120 degrees between each reading. The three replicate readings at each depth were subsequently averaged.

Instrument
  • PR2/6 soil moisture Profile probe, HH2 Moisture Meter
Sampling
Study Extent Description

Sampling occurred monthly from August 2013 to July 2014. Plot T6Q6 was not surveyed.

Sampling Description

NA

Keywords and Subject Categories
GCMD
  • Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils
  • Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
Keywords List
  • Soil moisture
LTERN Monitoring Themes
  • Soil
  • Hydrology
ANZSRC-FOR
  • 0503
  • 0602
Geographic Coverage
Geographic Description
Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia
Bounding Coordinates
West
150.935 degrees
 
East
151.17 degrees
 
North
-34.044 degrees
 
South
-34.262 degrees
 
Temporal Coverage
Date Begin
2013
Date End
2014
Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions

CC-BY-4_0 Special conditions: Prior to publication of research utilising this data, the data provider (David Keith) requests consultation. Spatial coordinates for transects and quadrats (trans_quad) are available at http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.221/html (Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia).

Data Table
kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_p582t849.csv
Name
kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_p582t849.csv
Attribute Information
trans_quad
Name
trans_quad
Definition
Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1)
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
year
Name
year
Definition
Survey year
Measurement Type
dateTime
Measurement Domain
Format
YYYY
month
Name
month
Definition
Survey month
Measurement Type
ordinal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
d100
Name
d100
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture at 100 mm (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
d200
Name
d200
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture at 200 mm (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
d300
Name
d300
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture at 300 mm (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
d400
Name
d400
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture at 400 mm (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
d600
Name
d600
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture at 600 mm (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
d1000
Name
d1000
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture at 1000 mm (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
Number Of Records
660
Physical Structure Description
Object Name
kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_p582t849.csv
Size
51491 byte
Text Format
Number of Header Lines
1
Record Delimiter
#x0A
Attribute Orientation
column
Simple Delimited
Field Delimiter
,
Distribution
Online
URL
ltern6.227.1
Access
Access Control
Auth System
knb
Order
allowFirst
Allow:
PermissionPrincipal
[all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read] cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_long_format_p582t1238.csv
Name
kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_long_format_p582t1238.csv
Attribute Information
trans_quad
Name
trans_quad
Definition
Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1)
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
year
Name
year
Definition
Survey year
Measurement Type
dateTime
Measurement Domain
Format
YYYY
month
Name
month
Definition
Survey month
Measurement Type
ordinal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
depth
Name
depth
Definition
Depth of reading
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Enumerated Domain
Code Definition
d100
100 mm
d200
200 mm
d300
300 mm
d400
400 mm
d600
600 mm
d1000
1000 mm
soil_moisture
Name
soil_moisture
Definition
Volumetric soil moisture (%)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
dimensionless
Number Type
real
Number Of Records
3960
Physical Structure Description
Object Name
kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_long_format_p582t1238.csv
Size
149152 byte
Text Format
Number of Header Lines
1
Record Delimiter
#x0A
Attribute Orientation
column
Simple Delimited
Field Delimiter
,
Distribution
Online
URL
ltern6.228.1
Access
Access Control
Auth System
knb
Order
allowFirst
Allow:
PermissionPrincipal
[all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read] cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
Additional Metadata Links
additionalLinks
Additional Metadata : additionalLinks
Metadata
additionalLinks
url
@name
Upland Health Swamps Plot Network home page
http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-health-swamps
Access
Access Control
Auth System
knb
Order
allowFirst
Allow:
PermissionPrincipal
[read] public
[all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read] cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org