BASE Contextual, Soil Physico-Chemical Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Cape Tribulation, Tower Soil Pit Site, 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.

为给澳大利亚土壤环境生物群系（Biomes of Australian Soil Environments, BASE）土壤微生物多样性项目（http://www.bioplatforms.com/soil-biodiversity/）提供背景数据，本研究开展了土壤样品采集与理化属性分析工作。
本次采样从25 m × 25 m的样方（0~10cm土层）中获取9份独立土壤样品，其中8份采集自该样方四条边的角点与中点，剩余1份采集自样方中心。将这9份亚样混合均匀，得到该样方对应的单份复合土壤样品。用于理化分析的土壤样品经风干处理后，被运送至澳大利亚珀斯的CSBP实验室。