Soil condition monitoring MER 2008: final result matrix

Final results of the NSW soil condition monitoring 2008 baseline establishment for NSW. Soil Condition is the soil's ability to deliver ecosystem services and is rated for each of eight indicators from 5 (at or better than reference, natural or pristine condition) to 1 (very degraded) from a network of permanent sites, which are often paired across land uses. Intermediate ratings are based on functional thresholds for each indicator and are averaged from sites into soil monitoring units. Results are delivered for 124 soil monitoring units which are located in every catchment management region and collectively cover approximately one third of NSW. Indicators include sheet, wind and gully erosion, soil pH, soil carbon, soil structure, soil salinity and acid sulfate soils. The minimal spatial reporting entity is soil monitoring unit to protect site representativeness. These results are also presented and discussed in the Technical Report: OEH (2014), Soil condition and land management in NSW: final results from the 2008-09 monitoring evaluation and reporting program. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/soil-condition-and-land-management-in-new-south-wales

新南威尔士州（NSW）2008年土壤状况监测基线建立的最终结果。土壤状况指土壤提供生态系统服务（ecosystem services）的能力，基于永久站点（permanent sites）网络对八个指标逐一评分——评分范围从5分（达到或优于参考、自然或原始状态）至1分（严重退化），这些站点通常跨土地利用类型配对。中间评分依据各指标的功能阈值（functional thresholds）确定，并从站点层面平均至土壤监测单元（soil monitoring units）。结果覆盖124个土壤监测单元，它们分布于所有集水区管理区域（catchment management region），合计覆盖新南威尔士州约三分之一的面积。指标包括片蚀（sheet erosion）、风蚀（wind erosion）、沟蚀（gully erosion）、土壤pH值（soil pH）、土壤碳（soil carbon）、土壤结构（soil structure）、土壤盐度（soil salinity）及酸性硫酸盐土壤（acid sulfate soils）。最小空间报告实体为土壤监测单元，以保障站点代表性（site representativeness）。这些结果亦在技术报告《新南威尔士州土壤状况与土地管理：2008-09年监测评估与报告项目最终结果》（OEH，2014）中呈现并讨论，报告链接：http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/soil-condition-and-land-management-in-new-south-wales