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Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia

Citation

Keith, D (): Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.317.4/html

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Identifier
docid
ltern6.317.4
Data Creators
Individual
Professor David Keith
Position
Plot Leader
Organization
Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
Abstract

This dataset contains spatial information for plots established in the Dharawal National Park. Sampling of soil is stratified along the soil moisture gradient and across the range of structural variability in the vegetation. Thus three categories of soil moisture and three categories of vegetation structure (based on the height and form of shrubs) are sampled in a factorial design at 60 sites in upland swamps scattered throughout the study area (Keith and Myerscough 1993). Each permanent swamp monitoring site consists of a belt transect of 30 contiguous 0.5x0.5 metre quadrats. Quadrats 1 and 30 are marked with steel star pickets, extending approximately 1.5 m above ground surface. This spatial data complements data collected from soil moisture, soil properties, vegetation and hydrological climate surveys conducted at these sites. 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.

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

Originally each sample site was a belt transect of 60 contiguous 0.5x0.5 m quadrats. The sites were first sampled in 1983, marked in the field by two wooden stakes at either end of the transect, and plotted on a 1:10 000 aerial photograph. By 2004, it was possible to relocate 54 of the 60 original transects and of these, at least one of the original markers was found for 20 transects. During the intervening years, some of the wooden markers had been consumed by fires, but based on the annotated aerial photograph, field notes and detailed recollections of the original observer (David Keith), transects were confidently reestablished within approximately 10 m of their original location. These formed the basis for establishing permanent swamp monitoring sites, which are now marked in the field at the positions of quadrats 1 and 30 with steel star pickets, extending approximately 1.5 m above ground surface.

Instrument
  • •Steel star pickets
  • •measuring tape
  • •GPS
Keywords and Subject Categories
  • Geographic
  • Plot details
  • Plot setup
  • Spatial coordinates
ANZSRC-FOR
  • 0501
Geographic Coverage
Geographic Description
Dharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia
Bounding Coordinates
West
150.84554 degrees
 
East
150.93563 degrees
 
North
-34.2008 degrees
 
South
-34.26344 degrees
 
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. Data users must request permission from the data provider (David Keith) before access to spatial data is granted.

Data Table
kuhs_dharawal_hydrological_spatial_data_p175t413.csv
Name
kuhs_dharawal_hydrological_spatial_data_p175t413.csv
Attribute Information
location
Name
location
Definition
Swamp label
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
longitude
Name
longitude
Definition
Longitude (GDA)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
degree
Number Type
real
latitude
Name
latitude
Definition
Longitude (GDA)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
degree
Number Type
real
Number Of Records
3
Physical Structure Description
Object Name
kuhs_dharawal_hydrological_spatial_data_p175t413.csv
Size
134 byte
Text Format
Number of Header Lines
1
Record Delimiter
#x0A
Attribute Orientation
column
Simple Delimited
Field Delimiter
,
Distribution
Online
URL
ltern6.318.1
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
kuhs_dharawal_transect_spatial_data_p175t1305.csv
Name
kuhs_dharawal_transect_spatial_data_p175t1305.csv
Attribute Information
site_no
Name
site_no
Definition
Transect site number
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
gda_zone
Name
gda_zone
Definition
GDA zone
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
number
Number Type
natural
gda_easting
Name
gda_easting
Definition
Easting (GDA)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
meter
Number Type
natural
gda_northing
Name
gda_northing
Definition
Northing (GDA)
Measurement Type
ratio
Measurement Domain
Standard Unit
meter
Number Type
natural
plant_community
Name
plant_community
Definition
Plant community
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Enumerated Domain
Code Definition
CH
Cyperoid Heath
SL
Sedgeland
BT
Banksia Thicket
RH
Restioid Heath
TT
Ti-tree Thicket
date_first_surveyed
Name
date_first_surveyed
Definition
Date of first survey
Measurement Type
dateTime
Measurement Domain
Format
YYYY
date_of_second_survey
Name
date_of_second_survey
Definition
Date of second survey
Measurement Type
dateTime
Measurement Domain
Format
YYYY-MM-DD
access_to_site
Name
access_to_site
Definition
Access to site
Measurement Type
nominal
Measurement Domain
Text Domain
Definition
Character
Number Of Records
54
Physical Structure Description
Object Name
kuhs_dharawal_transect_spatial_data_p175t1305.csv
Size
5564 byte
Text Format
Number of Header Lines
1
Record Delimiter
#x0A
Attribute Orientation
column
Simple Delimited
Field Delimiter
,
Distribution
Online
URL
ltern6.320.1
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
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