Far North Queensland, Soil Chemistry Data, 2019
The data set contains information on topsoil chemistry for 20, 10 cm deep soil cores sampled along an elevation gradient (40-1550 m a.s.l.) in Far North Queensland. Information on soil C:N, N:P and C:P ratios and soil pH and organic matter content are provided. Soil elemental composition such as calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sulphur, iron, manganese, boron, aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, chromium, and cadmium are also provided. In addition, the data set contains information on soil δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N isotope concentration.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-01-20
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-04-27
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-10
- Edition
- 1
Identifier
Publisher
Author
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network - Singh Ramesh, Arun (Ecology Research Data Analyst)
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
Co-author
James Cook University - Cheesman, Alexander ()
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Co-author
James Cook University - Cernusak, Lucas ()
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- The soil chemistry data was generated as part of the author's PhD project that investigated trends in microclimate and soil chemistry along an elevation gradient in the Australian Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (AWT). This data set was used in conjunction with the FNQ microclimate information <a href="https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/TERN/56be85d3-94fa-4e8b-b249-e4862fa3b5a6 ">Far North Queensland Microclimate Data</a> as part of the author's thesis. <br></br>
- 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
- The field work and analytical costs for this project was funded by The Skyrail Rainforest Foundation, The Wet Tropics Management Authority and the Ian Potter Foundation.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network - Singh Ramesh, Arun (Ecology Research Data Analyst)
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
80 Meiers Road
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Elevation
Extent
- Description
- The topsoil chemistry were studied from five tropical rainforest locations, Daintree Rainforest Observatory (one site), Daintree Discovery Centre (one site), Rex Range (one site), Mt Lewis National Park (16 sites) and Mt Bellenden Ker (one site).
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2019-01-20 2019-09-11
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
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- Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation
- Rex Range site
- Daintree Rainforest, Cow Bay
- Mt Lewis National Park, 600-1
- Mt Lewis National Park, 600-2
- Mt Lewis National Park, 600-4
- Mt Lewis National Park, 800-1
- Mt Lewis National Park, 800-2
- Mt Lewis National Park, 800-3
- Mt Lewis National Park, 800-4
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1000-1
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1000-2
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1000-3
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1000-4
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1200-1
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1200-2
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1200-3
- Mt Lewis National Park, 1200-4
- Mt Bellenden Ker, subsite understory
- Mt Lewis National Park, 600-3
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
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- soil calcium content
- Milligram per Gram
- soil potassium
- Milligram per Gram
- soil sulfur
- Milligram per Gram
- soil copper content
- Milligram per Gram
- soil lead content
- Milligram per Gram
- soil zinc content
- Milligram per Gram
- soil pH
- Unitless
- soil organic matter
- Percent
- soil delta-15N
- Parts per Million
- soil delta-13C
- Parts per Million
- soil iron content
- Milligram per Gram
- soil phosphorus content
- Milligram per Gram
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Soil nutrient composition
- topsoil Chemistry
- Wet tropical rainforest
- Far North Queensland
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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- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
- Other constraints
- <br>The data is currently being used in a manuscript for submission to the <i>Agriculture and Forest Meteorology</i> journal. In the meantime, the authors recommend that those interested in using the data contact the authors to discuss the possibility of co-authorship. </br>
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- FarNorthQueensland_SoilChemistry_DataDictionary
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- FarNorthQueensland_SoilChemistryDataASR_etal_2019
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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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
- Soil Sampling survey: Soil nutrients and isotope composition were measured in composite soil samples collected from the study sites (n=20) where microclimate is being monitored in the AWT. At each site, the authors collected five soil cores using an auger (~10 cm deep) after removing leaf litter consisting of recognizable leaf fragments. Samples were bulked and homogenized for each site prior to analysis. Soil pH in H<sub>2</sub>O and in 0.01 M CaCl<sub>2</sub> were measured on fresh soil using an ISFET pH pen (Model 24006 DeltaTrak). Samples were then oven-dried at ca 105℃ for up to 72 h and powdered using a Benchtop Ring Mill.<br></br> Soil analysis: Total soil elemental analysis was conducted using microwave-assisted acid digestion of the oven dried samples, followed by ionization detection using the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES) at the Advanced Analytical Centre, JCU - Townsville. Soil carbon (%C) and nitrogen (%N) were measured using a Costech elemental analyser (EA) (Milan, Italy) fitted with a zero-blank auto-sampler at the Advanced Analytical Centre, JCU - Cairns. This was used to calculate the C:N ratio. The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio (expressed as δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N) of the samples was measured using acThermoFinnigan Deltaplus XL isotope ratio mass spectrometer (ThermoFinnigan GmbH, Bremen, FRG), linked to the EA via a ConFlo III interface. Stable isotope results are reported as per mil (‰) deviations from the AIR reference standard scale for δ<sup>15</sup>N. Soil organic matter content (OMC) was calculated via loss of mass on ignition (360℃ for 2 h).
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Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e87f7d0b-4666-4f1c-8a8d-17f35cd0f089
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-04-13T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-10T09:55:11.678457+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
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