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Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia

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TitleUpland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia
Alternate TitleUpland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Spatial data Dharawal National Park
Collection TypeDataset
Access PrivilegesLong Term Ecological Research Network
DOI - Digital Object Identifier10.25911/5c36da3ee4787
Metadata LanguageEnglish
Data LanguageEnglish
Brief DescriptionThis dataset contains spatial information for plots established in the Dharawal National Park. Sampling of soil is stratified along the soil moisture gradient and across the range of structural variability in the vegetation.

A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c1313b2b2644.
Full DescriptionAbstract: This dataset contains spatial information for plots established in the Dharawal National Park. Sampling of soil is stratified along the soil moisture gradient and across the range of structural variability in the vegetation. Thus three categories of soil moisture and three categories of vegetation structure (based on the height and form of shrubs) are sampled in a factorial design at 60 sites in upland swamps scattered throughout the study area (Keith and Myerscough 1993). Each permanent swamp monitoring site consists of a belt transect of 30 contiguous 0.5x0.5 metre quadrats. Quadrats 1 and 30 are marked with steel star pickets, extending approximately 1.5 m above ground surface.

This spatial data complements data collected from soil moisture, soil properties, vegetation and hydrological climate surveys conducted at these sites.

A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c1313b2b2644.

Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of, and funded through the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) a facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
Methods

Number
1
Title
Plot set-up
Description
Originally each sample site was a belt transect of 60 contiguous 0.5x0.5 m quadrats. The sites were first sampled in 1983, marked in the field by two wooden stakes at either end of the transect, and plotted on a 1:10 000 aerial photograph. By 2004, it was possible to relocate 54 of the 60 original transects and of these, at least one of the original markers was found for 20 transects. During the intervening years, some of the wooden markers had been consumed by fires, but based on the annotated aerial photograph, field notes and detailed recollections of the original observer (David Keith), transects were confidently reestablished within approximately 10 m of their original location. These formed the basis for establishing permanent swamp monitoring sites, which are now marked in the field at the positions of quadrats 1 and 30 with steel star pickets, extending approximately 1.5 m above ground surface.
Instrument
•Steel star pickets
•measuring tape
•GPS
File Descriptions

Name
kuhs_dharawal_hydrological_spatial_data_p175t413.csv
Description

latitude
definitionLongitude (GDA)
ratio number typereal
ratio standard unitdegree
location
definitionSwamp label
nominal text definitionCharacter
longitude
definitionLongitude (GDA)
ratio number typereal
ratio standard unitdegree
number of records3


Name
kuhs_dharawal_transect_spatial_data_p175t1305.csv
Description

access_to_site
definitionAccess to site
nominal text definitionCharacter
date_first_surveyed
date time formatYYYY
definitionDate of first survey
date_of_second_survey
date time formatYYYY-MM-DD
definitionDate of second survey
gda_easting
definitionEasting (GDA)
ratio number typenatural
ratio standard unitmeter
gda_northing
definitionNorthing (GDA)
ratio number typenatural
ratio standard unitmeter
gda_zone
definitionGDA zone
ratio number typenatural
ratio standard unitnumber
number of records54
plant_community
definitionPlant community
nominal enumeration codes
BTBanksia Thicket
CHCyperoid Heath
RHRestioid Heath
SLSedgeland
TTTi-tree Thicket
site_no
definitionTransect site number
nominal text definitionCharacter
Contact Emaildavid.keith@environment.nsw.gov.au
christopher.simpson@unsw.edu.au
k.wilkins@unsw.edu.au
mark.tozer@environment.nsw.gov.au
r.woodward@unsw.edu.au
t.mason@unsw.edu.au
david.keith@unsw.edu.au
Contact AddressAustralian Wetlands, Rivers and Landscapes Centre,
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of New South Wales
SYDNEY, NSW, 2052
Australia
Contact Phone Number+61 2 9995 5000
+61 409 159 334
+61 2 9385 8435
+61 2 9585 6496
+61 2 9585 6051
+61 2 9385 8296
+61 2 9385 2111
+62 427 856 498
+61 428 810 214
Principal InvestigatorDavid Keith
SupervisorsDavid Keith
Fields of Research0501 - Ecological Applications
Keywordskeyword:Geographic
keyword:Plot details
keyword:Plot setup
keyword:Spatial coordinates
Upland Heath Swamps
Dharawal National Park
Spatial data
Type of Research ActivityStrategic basic research
Geospatial Location
Location TypeLocation Value
TextDharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia
DCMI Box notation conformant with iso 19139northlimit = -34.2008; southlimit = -34.26344; westlimit = 150.84554; eastLimit = 150.93563
Date of data creation2018-10-26
Year of data publication2018
Creator(s) for Citation
Given NameSurname
DavidKeith
ChrisSimpson
KatyWilkins
MarkTozer
DickWilliams
TanyaMason
Publisher for CitationLong Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), ANU Data Commons, The Australian National University
Related Websites
URLTitle
https://hdl.handle.net/1885/130861ANU Open Research, Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) collection.
Other Related IdentifiersMorphoId:ltern6.317
PackageId:175
Access RightsTo mitigate risks associated with threatened species, LTERN's Policy is to mediate access to spatial data.

Data users must request permission from the Data Provider (David Keith) before access to latitudinal and longitudinal data is granted.

Prior to publication of research utilising this data, the data provider (David Keith) requests consultation.
Access Rights TypeOpen
Rights held in and over the dataAusGoal Restrictive Licence - This licence has been developed specifically for material that may contain personal or other confidential information. It may also be used for other reasons, including material to be licenced under some form of limiting or restrictive condition
Licence TypeAusGoalRestrictive - AusGoal Restrictive Licence
LicenceLTERN Deed: 14
Date of execution: 2014-04-30
Retention PeriodIndefinitely
Data Management PlanNo
Status: Published
Published To:
- Australian National University
- Australian National Data Service
Identifier: anudc:5775
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