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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

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/h4wh-j068
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

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
  • Biota

Extent

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
  • LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • RESPIRATION RATE
  • ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Tree nutrition and physiology
  • Ecological physiology
  • Plant physiology
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Robson Creek Rainforest
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • LI-COR LI-6400
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • 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
  • Gram
  • Gram per Square Metre
  • Degree Celsius
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Millimole per Square Metre Second
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Milligram per Gram
  • Milligram per Gram
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 250 meters - < 500 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Daily - < Weekly
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Ecophysiology
  • Robson Creek
  • Far North Queensland
  • leaf chemistry

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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/

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

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
FarNorthQueensland_RobsonCreekSite_LeafPhysiology_DataDictionary

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
FarNorthQueensland_RobsonCreekSite_LeafLevelPhysiology_2012_AciCurves_updatedMay16_2023

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
FarNorthQueensland_RobsonCreek_LeaflevelPhysiologyChemistryStructuralTraits_Alight_updated16May2023

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
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.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/9a9deeab-d039-41a9-a23e-9fb3f7b1561a

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/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

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
Ecological physiology Plant physiology Tree nutrition and physiology
GCMD Science Keywords
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS LEAF CHARACTERISTICS PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESPIRATION RATE

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