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Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation Soil Characteristic Data 2006 - 2015

This data contains soil physico-chemical characteristics collected at the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site between 2007 - 2015.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2006-06-01
Date (Publication)
2024-08-14
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/f9t5-mg10
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
1 James Cook Drive
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment

Extent

Description
The Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site is located about 120 km north of Cairns, Queensland. Vegetation within the site is classified as Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest (CMVF).
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Temporal extent

Time period
2006-06-01 2015-12-02
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • SOILS
  • SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE
  • SOIL CHEMISTRY
  • SOIL TEMPERATURE
  • CONDUCTIVITY
  • MINERALS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Soil sciences
  • Soil biology
  • Landscape ecology
  • Geochemistry
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation
  • Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, core1ha
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Campbell Scientific CS616
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • soil depth
  • Metre
  • soil volumetric water content
  • Cubic Centimetre per Cubic Centimetre
  • soil potassium
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • soil electrical conductivity
  • Decisiemens per Metre
  • soil pH
  • Unitless
  • soil copper content
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • soil iron content
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • soil manganese content
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • soil zinc content
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • soil total nitrogen content
  • Percent
  • soil carbon content
  • Percent
  • soil temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • soil phosphorus content
  • Milligram per Kilogram
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Metre
  • Cubic Centimetre per Cubic Centimetre
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • Decisiemens per Metre
  • Unitless
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • Milligram per Kilogram
  • Percent
  • Percent
  • Degree Celsius
  • Milligram per Kilogram
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 meter - < 30 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Annual
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Soil physico-chemical
  • Soil pit
  • Far North Queensland
  • FNQ Rainforest
  • Cape Tribulation

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Linkage
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Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
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Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Cape_Tribulation_soil_data_dictionary

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Cape_Tribulation_soil_characteristics_data

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Cape_Tribulation_soil_pit_data

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Statement
The collection of physico-chemical characteristics of soil from the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site was conducted between 2006 and 2015. In 2006, a pit was dug and soil samples were collected from the face of the pit for each layer :0.0-0.1 m, 0.1-0.2 m, 0.2-0.4 m, 0.4-0.6 m, 0.6-0.8 m, 1.45-1.55 m. Samples were air-dried to constant mass, sieved to 2 mm, roots and rocks removed and weighed. The samples were homogenised and sent off for analysis within 5 days. Sieved (<2mm) samples were analysed, using methods described by Rayment and Higginson (1992) for exchangeable Ca, Mg, K and Na (Method 15A1), exchangeable acidity and Al (Method 15G1), Colwell extractible P (Method 9B2), total C (Method 6B4), total N (Method 7A7), electrical conductivity (EC) and pH (both in 1:5 soil:water extract) and particle size distribution. As the soil has a high content of stones, the volumetric proportion of soil and rock was determined at several depths. The total volume of each depth increment was determined by pouring measured volumes of sand into a pit as it was excavated. The excavated soil was sieved (2 mm); and material passing through the sieve was called soil. Material that was retained on the sieve was mechanically tumbled for 45 minutes in order to break apart aggregates of soil and to separate soil from the rocks. The tumbled material was sieved again through a 2mm sieve and the material retained was separated into roots and rocks. All materials were weighed and the water content of the soil was determined. Using a calibrated 20L bucket, the volume of rocks (pre-wet to prevent loss of water by absorption) was measured. The volume of soil in each layer was calculated by subtracting rock volume from the volume of the excavated hole. A different soil pit was dug to 1.5 m depth in July 2007 and monitoring probes were installed at 0.1, 0.75 and 1.5 m depths in three columns. At each depth there were 3 time domain reflectometry probes (Campbell Scientific CS616) to measure volumetric water content, 3 gypsum blocks (Measurement Engineering Australia GBHeavy, except at 0.1 m depth were there were only 2) to measure water potential over the range -30 to -600 kPa. In addition one TCAV thermocouple probe to record soil temperature was located in the centre of the soil pit at 0.10m. In each column the time domain reflectometry and gypsum blocks were separated laterally by 20cm, each column was separated from the next by 100cm. At each depth the time domain reflectometry and gypsum blocks were separated laterally by 1 m. Sensors were installed in layers maintaining the vertical configuration of 3 columns. The pit was backfilled by hand, layer by layer, to the original bulk density. Sieved soil was packed around each probe to ensure good contact and a layer of rock-free soil of at least 3 cm around the sensors.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Title
Rayment, G.E. and Higginson, F.R. (1992) Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Method. Reed International Books Australia P/L, Trading as Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, 330 p.
Website
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/685915

Method documentation

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/8078d1ba-7360-4d58-998e-b501ae94cac4

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/8078d1ba-7360-4d58-998e-b501ae94cac4

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-03-29T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T09:59:43.741126+00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Geochemistry Landscape ecology Soil biology Soil sciences
GCMD Science Keywords
CONDUCTIVITY MINERALS SOIL CHEMISTRY SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE SOIL TEMPERATURE SOILS

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