Vegetation Decomposition, Tea Bag Index, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Cape Tribulation, 2017

Plant material decomposition in soil was investigated using two types of tea bags (Green and Rooibos) buried to 8 cm for 80-90 days. Weight loss was determined and contextual data collected. This experiment aligns with, and contributed to a citizen science program (www.teatime4science.org) looking at decomposition rates around the world.

本研究采用两种茶包（Green茶包与Rooibos茶包），将其埋设于土壤8 cm深度处，培养80至90天，以此探究土壤中植物材料的降解过程。实验测定了茶包的重量损失，并收集了相关背景数据。本实验契合并助力了一项旨在探究全球土壤降解速率的公民科学项目（citizen science program，网址：www.teatime4science.org）。