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Warra Tall Eucalypt Site, Hydrology Of Small Catchments and Hydrological Effects of Forest Operations

This data set contains information on hydrology of small catchments at Warra Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site also referred to as the Warra Tall Eucalypt site, Tasmania. Data on stream flow daily amounts and averages from three sites, Warra, Swanson and King Creek.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
1998-08-07
Date (Publication)
2009-03-21
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
1

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/xgdz-3k72
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

University of Tasmania - Roberts, Sandra ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
A major hydrology and water quality program has been established at the Warra Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site. Weirs have been constructed on three streams, Warra Creek, Swanson Creek and King Creek, with a further 13 streams within the Warra Site sampled fortnightly. The three objectives of the study are to: characterise the variability of water quality in a pristine stream, determine the impact of logging on stream hydrology and obtain an overview of the water quality within the Warra LTER area. Warra Creek, with a catchment of 442 ha, is to be retained as a pristine (control) catchment. Both Swanson Creek (84 ha) and King Creek (48 ha) catchments have been partially logged and further logging is planned. Initial data on water quality and quantity have now been analysed. The three steams with weirs carry water that is coloured with organic matter. Although base flow turbidity for Warra Creek is low (<1 ntu), average turbidity is high at 11.5 ntu. Storm events in the area are generally associated with cold changes, resulting in drops in stream water temperature. Storm profiles are characterised by a rapid increase in stream flow followed by a gradual return to base levels. Turbidity is highest during initial storm flow, with a seasonal difference occurring in flow and turbidity. Streams in the Warra LTER site vary in their catchment geology and water chemistry. Work is under way to characterise the water colour and to determine the chemistry of the water. For full details see http://www.warra.com/index.php/2012-05-15-18-01-11/2012-05-15-18-09-47/item/49-hydrology-of-pristine-catchments-in-warra
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

University of Tasmania - Roberts, Sandra ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Churchill Avenue
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters

Extent

Description
The Warra Tall Eucalypt site is approximately 60 km west south-west of Hobart, Tasmania. It lies partly within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
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Temporal extent

Time period
1998-08-07 2009-03-18
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • WATER RESOURCES
  • RIVERS/STREAM
  • STREAMFUNCTIONS
  • TURBIDITY
  • WATER QUALITY
  • WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Hydrology
  • Ecohydrology
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Warra Tall Eucalypt
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • streamflow
  • Millimetre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Millimetre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Daily - < Weekly
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Stream flow
  • Catchments

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}.
Other constraints
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.

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
Warra_Tall_Eucalypt_Supersite_HydrologyOfSmallCatchments_data_dictionary_1998-2009

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Warra_Tall_Eucalypt_Supersite_HydrologyOfSmallCatchments_OriginalRawData_1998-2009

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Warra_Tall_Eucalypt_Supersite_HydrologyOfSmallCatchments_OriginalHydroData_1998-2009

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 data set recorded information on the stream flow at three sites (Warra, Swanson and King) on a daily basis starting from 07/8/1998 to 18/03/2009.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/d2fd1bd4-0c52-41ae-a75d-921433e0d019

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/d2fd1bd4-0c52-41ae-a75d-921433e0d019

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-03-07T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T09:52:39.884360+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
Ecohydrology Hydrology
GCMD Science Keywords
RIVERS/STREAM STREAMFUNCTIONS TURBIDITY WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY WATER RESOURCES

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