BASE Contextual, Soil Physico-Chemical Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Cape Tribulation, Drought Plot, 2013

Soil collection and analysis of chemical and physical attributes was carried out to provide contextual data for the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments (BASE) soil microbial diversity project (http://www.bioplatforms.com/soil-biodiversity/). Nine discrete soil samples from a 25 m x 25 m quadrat (0 – 10cm). Eight samples were taken at the corners and mid-points of the 25 m x 25m sides of the quadrat, with a sample taken at the centre. The nine subsamples were combined to return a single soil sample per quadrat. Samples for chemical and physical analysis were air-dried and transported to CSBP laboratories, Perth, Australia.