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TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Soil Subsite Sample

Created 01/08/2025

Updated 26/09/2025

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This dataset comprises a comprehensive archive of soil subsite samples collected from TERN Ecosystem Surveillance monitoring plots across Australia. In addition to the 1-meter soil pit, soil subsite samples are taken from nine locations across the 1-hectare monitoring plot from three depths (0-10cm, 10-20cm and 20-30cm). Each of the nine subsites are selected to represent the variation in micro habitats across the monitoring plot. Collected following the standardised Ecosystem Surveillance methodology, the dataset includes over 33,600 soil subsite samples archived in the TERN Australia Soil and Herbarium Collection, located at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus.

Each record includes detailed metadata such as voucher barcode for soil collected from the three depths at each of the nine subsites, site and visit information and sampling details. Soil subsite samples are accessible and available for loan upon request through the EcoPlots Samples portal via an Expression of Interest.

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Field Value
Title TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Soil Subsite Sample
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/84b74e83-8f33-4d8c-914c-fcfb4b19c86f
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
donna.lewis@adelaide.edu.au
Reference Period 16/06/2011
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.675233,
        -44.21371
      ],
      [
        154.335184,
        -44.21371
      ],
      [
        154.335184,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        112.675233,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        112.675233,
        -44.21371
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Soil Subsite Sample". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tern-ecosystem-surveillance-soil-subsite-sample