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Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Soil Properties, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1991+
- Citation
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Keith, D (): Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Soil Properties, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1991+. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern3.104.11/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- ltern3.104.11
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Professor David Keith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
- Abstract
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The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Soil Properties data package for Royal National Park contains soil properties data obtained from samples taken 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+). 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 publications: [1] 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 [2] Keith, D. A. and Bradstock, R. A. (1994). Fire and competition in Australian heath: a conceptual model and field investigations. Journal of Vegetation Science 5, 347-354. [3] Keith, D. A. (1995a). Mosaics in Sydney heathland vegetation: the roles of fire, competition and soils. CALMScience Supplement 4, 199-206. [4] Keith, D. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lowe, A.,Russell-Smith, J.,Barrett, S.,Enright N. J., Fox, B. J.,Guerin, G.,Paton, D. C., Tozer, M. G. and Yates, C. J. (2014). Heathlands. In: Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. Lindenmayer, D., Burns, E., Thurgate, N., and Lowe, A. Editors, pp215-285. CSIRO, Melbourne.
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Professor David Keith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
- Address
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University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
Australia
- Phone
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- 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
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PO Box 1967
Hurstville. NSW 2220
Australia
- Phone
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- 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
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University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
Australia
- Email Address
- andrewletten@gmail.com
- Project Information and Data Owners
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- Title
- Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network
- Personnel
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- Role
- Data Owner
- Individual
- Professor David Keith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
- Funding
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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
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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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). Soil samples were collected in the immediate vicinity of each plot on seven occasions (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2014).
- Instrument
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- Steel pickets, measuring tape, GPS
Method Step 2- Description
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Soil survey
At each plot, 5-10 soil cores (diameter: 27 mm; length = 100 mm) were sampled randomly within 10cm of the plot boundary. Surface litter was removed from samples prior to collection. In each given sampling year, the cores from each plot were collected on the same day, homogenised and stored in sealed clip-lock plastic bags for transport to the laboratory for analysis for a range of variables, including organic carbon (all years), ammonium nitrogen (NH4) (all years excluding 1991, 1999 and 2014), nitrate nitrogen (NO3) (all years excluding 1991), total iron (all years excluding 1991, 1995 and 2002), phosphorus (all years excluding 1991, 1995 and 2002), conductivity (all years), pH (all years), cation-exchange capacity (CEC) (all years) and various exchangeable cations (Na, K, Ca, Mg & Al) (all years)
- Instrument
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- 2.7 cm pipe auger, plastic bags, soil analytical laboratory
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- LTERN Monitoring Themes
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- Soil
- GCMD
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- Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils
- Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil pH
- Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Chemistry
- Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Electrical Conductivity
- ANZSRC-FOR
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- 0503
- 0602
- Keywords List
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- Soil pH
- Soil chemistry
- Soil conductivity
- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 150.935 degrees
- East
- 151.17 degrees
- North
- -34.044 degrees
- South
- -34.262 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date Begin
- 1991
- Date End
- 2014
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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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
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- Name
- kuhs_rnp_soil_properties_1991-2014_p611t1042.csv
- Attribute Information
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trans_quad
- Name
- trans_quad
- Definition
- Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1)
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
-
- Definition
- Character
year- Name
- year
- Definition
- Year
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- YYYY
phh2o- Name
- phh2o
- Definition
- pH in water
- Measurement Type
- interval
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- real
phca- Name
- phca
- Definition
- pH (CaCl2)
- Measurement Type
- interval
- Measurement Domain
-
- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- real
org- Name
- org
- Definition
- Organic carbon (% dry weight)
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
-
- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- real
nitnit- Name
- nitnit
- Definition
- Nitrate nitrogen mg/kg
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milligramPerKilogram
- Number Type
- real
k- Name
- k
- Definition
- Potassium meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
-
- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- real
ca- Name
- ca
- Definition
- Calcium meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- real
mg- Name
- mg
- Definition
- Magnesium meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- real
al- Name
- al
- Definition
- Aluminium meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- real
na- Name
- na
- Definition
- Sodium meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- real
ec- Name
- ec
- Definition
- Electrical conductivity dS/m
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- deciSiemenPerMetre
- Number Type
- real
ammnit- Name
- ammnit
- Definition
- Ammonium nitrogen mg/kg
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milligramPerKilogram
- Number Type
- real
tec- Name
- tec
- Definition
- Cation exchange capacity meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- natural
camg- Name
- camg
- Definition
- Calcium/magnesium ratio
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- real
exal- Name
- exal
- Definition
- Exchangeable aluminium dS/m
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- deciSiemenPerMetre
- Number Type
- real
exna- Name
- exna
- Definition
- Exchangeable sodium dS/m
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- deciSiemenPerMetre
- Number Type
- real
asp- Name
- asp
- Definition
- Acid soluble phosphorus (ppm)
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
-
- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- natural
asi- Name
- asi
- Definition
- Acid soluble iron (ppm)
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
-
- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- natural
exmn- Name
- exmn
- Definition
- Exchangeable manganese meq/100g
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- Number Type
- real
tkn- Name
- tkn
- Definition
- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen mg/kg
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milligramPerKilogram
- Number Type
- natural
colp- Name
- colp
- Definition
- Colwell phosphorus mg/kg
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- milligramPerKilogram
- Number Type
- real
- Number Of Records
- 393
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- kuhs_rnp_soil_properties_1991-2014_p611t1042.csv
- Size
- 37595 byte
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Record Delimiter
- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
-
- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern6.224.2
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [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
- Name
- kuhs_rnp_soil_properties_1991-2014_long_format_p611t1237.csv
- Attribute Information
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trans_quad
- Name
- trans_quad
- Definition
- Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1)
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
-
- Definition
- Character
year- Name
- year
- Definition
- Year
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- YYYY
variable- Name
- variable
- Definition
- Soil property variable
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- phh2o
- pH in water
- phca
- pH (CaCl2)
- org
- Organic carbon (% dry weight)
- nitnit
- Nitrate nitrogen mg/kg
- k
- Potassium meq/100g
- ca
- Calcium meq/100g
- mg
- Magnesium meq/100g
- al
- Aluminium meq/100g
- na
- Sodium meq/100g
- ec
- Electrical conductivity dS/m
- ammnit
- Ammonium nitrogen mg/kg
- tec
- Cation exchange capacity meq/100g
- camg
- Calcium/magnesium ratio
- exal
- Exchangeable aluminium dS/m
- exna
- Exchangeable sodium dS/m
- asp
- Acid soluble phosphorus (ppm)
- asi
- Acid soluble iron (ppm)
- exmn
- Exchangeable manganese meq/100g
- tkn
- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen mg/kg
- colp
- Colwell phosphorus mg/kg
value- Name
- value
- Definition
- Measured value (see variable for units)
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- number
- Number Type
- real
- Number Of Records
- 7840
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- kuhs_rnp_soil_properties_1991-2014_long_format_p611t1237.csv
- Size
- 194597 byte
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Record Delimiter
- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern6.225.1
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [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
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additionalLinksAdditional Metadata : additionalLinks
- Metadata
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- additionalLinks
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- url
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- @name
- Upland Health Swamps Plot Network home page
unitListAdditional Metadata : unitList- Metadata
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- unitList
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- unit
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- @id
- deciSiemenPerMetre
- @name
- deciSiemenPerMetre
- @parentSI
- siemen
- @unitType
- conductance
unitListAdditional Metadata : unitList- Metadata
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- unitList
-
- unit
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- @id
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- @name
- milliEquivalentPer100Gram
- @parentSI
- molesPerKilogram
- @unitType
- amountOfSubstanceWeight
unitListAdditional Metadata : unitList- Metadata
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- unitList
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- unit
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- @id
- milligramPerKilogram
- @name
- milligramPerKilogram
- @parentSI
- gramsPerGram
- @unitType
- massPerMass
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [read] public [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
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