Far North Queensland, Leaf Level Physiology, Chemistry and Structural Traits Data, Robson Creek Site, 2012
This record contains data on the leaf level physiology, chemistry and structural traits from the Robson Creek Site, Far North Queensland measured in 2012. There are two data sets provided: 1) response variables containing parameters associated with photosynthetic light response curves (Al) and 2) response variables containing parameters associated with photosynthesis and intercellular carbon dioxide curves (ACi).
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-08-05
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-08-17
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-11
- Edition
- 1
Identifier
Publisher
Author
Australian National University - Weerasinghe, Lasantha ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Co-author
Australian National University - Atkin, Owen ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Co-author
Macquarie University - Furstenau Togashi, Henrique ()
Balaclava Road, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
Macquarie Park
New South Wales
2109
Australia
Co-author
James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Co-author
Imperial College London - Prentice, Colin ()
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BX, United Kingdom
South Kensington
London
SW7 2BX
United Kingdom
- 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.
- Credit
- <br>JCU/TERN (funded travel, accommodation and equipment hire); ARC DP09 grant (DP0986823) Out of the darkness: predicting rates of respiration of illuminated leaves along nutrient gradients</br>
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Australian National University - Weerasinghe, Lasantha ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10 East Road
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Description
- The Robson Creek 25-ha rainforest site is located in the Danbulla National Park within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2012-08-02 2012-08-17
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
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- leaf fresh mass per leaf area
- Gram
- leaf dry mass per leaf area
- Gram per Square Metre
- mean leaf temperature
- Degree Celsius
- leaf light saturated net photosynthesis
- Micromole per Square Metre Second
- leaf stomatal conductance
- Millimole per Square Metre Second
- intercellular carbon dioxide concentration
- Micromole per Square Metre Second
- leaf dark respiration rate
- Micromole per Square Metre Second
- leaf nitrogen content per leaf area
- Milligram per Gram
- leaf phosphorous content per leaf area
- Milligram per Gram
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Ecophysiology
- Robson Creek
- Far North Queensland
- leaf chemistry
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- 4.0
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- <br>Please note: This data has been migrated “as is” from TERN’s SuperSite data portal. Minimal quality assessment has been applied to this data. Please contact the dataset authors for queries regarding the data.</br>
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- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- FarNorthQueensland_RobsonCreekSite_LeafPhysiology_DataDictionary
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
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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
- 1) Light response curves (AI): The primary measured response variables were AI curves (using a program in LI-COR 6400 gas exchange systems). A series of light levels were used in the light response curves starting from 1800 µmol photon m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> and gradually decreased to 0 via 1500, 100, 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70, 65, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, µmol photon m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> at 400ppm CO<sub>2</sub>. Each light level was applied for minimum of 60 seconds and maximum of 120 seconds using an auto-program. Dark respiration (R<sub>dark</sub>) was measured after turning off the light source for 10 minutes.<br></br> Measurements were made in field on detached branches with the xylem immediately re-cut under water. Leaves were stored with wet tissue and transported to the laboratory in the afternoon where leaf fresh mass and area were determined – thereafter, leaves were oven dried/weighed and then shipped to Canberra for chemical analysis. Measurements were made on species for which were sufficient replicates and for which removal of short branches containing several fully expanded leaves would not have an adverse effect on the growth/health of individual trees. Measurements were made on 1 to 4 trees from each study species. These measurements provided data on A1800 (light saturated photosynthesis), stomatal conductance (g<sub>s</sub>), Internal CO<sub>2</sub> concentration (C<sub>i</sub>), and R<sub>dark</sub>. CO<sub>2</sub> evolution from mitochondria in the light, other than that associated with the PCO cycle (R<sub>light</sub>) was calculated from the Kok method. <br></br> 2) ACi Curves: Our primary measured response variables were AC<sub>i</sub> curves (using a program in Licor 6400 gas exchange systems) setting the mixer CO<sub>2</sub> to 400, 300, 200, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25, 400, 400, 600, 900, 1250, 1500, 1750, 2000 ppm every 3 minutes and the light saturated at 1800 µmol photons m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>. Dark respiration (R<sub>dark</sub>) was measured after turning off the light source for 10 minutes.<br></br> In most cases, measurements were made in field on detached branches with the xylem immediately re-cut under water. Leaves were stored with wet tissue and transported to the laboratory in the afternoon where leaf fresh mass and area were determined; thereafter, leaves were oven dried/weighed and then shipped to Canberra for chemical analysis. In addition to the above work on detached branches, we used an additional 3 days of aerial platform access to allow in-situ measurements of different day temperatures for 9:30AM, 10:30AM, 11:30AM, 12:30PM, 13:30PM, 14:30PM, 15:30PM. Measurements were made on species for which were sufficient replicates and for which removal of short branches containing several fully expanded leaves would not have an adverse effect on the growth/health of individual trees. Measurements were made on 1 to 4 trees from each study species. These measurements provided data on A<sub>sat</sub> (light saturated photosynthesis), A<sub>max</sub> (light saturated photosynthesis and at saturating atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentration), stomatal conductance (g<sub>s</sub>), Internal CO<sub>2</sub> concentration (C<sub>i</sub>), and R<sub>dark</sub>. Maximum velocity of the carboxylase (V<sub>cmax</sub>), maximum rate of carboxylation allowed by the electron transport (J<sub>max</sub>) and CO<sub>2</sub> evolution from mitochondria in the light, other than that associated with the PCO cycle (R<sub>light</sub>) were calculated from Farquhar model and also Bernacchi correction for temperature.
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Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
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- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
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- Resource scope
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- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/9a9deeab-d039-41a9-a23e-9fb3f7b1561a
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-04-21T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-11T22:55:04.166122+00:00
Metadata standard
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- 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
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