Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation on downstream water quality and agricultural production in GBR rangelands - data collection (NESP TWQ 2.1.4 & NESP 5.9, CSIRO)

Five paired Control/Treatment gully sites on commercial grazing properties in the Upper Burdekin and Bowen catchments are being monitored as part of NESP Project 2.1.4 (Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation on downstream water quality and agricultural production in GBR rangelands) (Bartley et al., 2018).

The key question being asked is: "Is there measurable improvement in the erosion and water quality leaving remediated gully sites compared to sites left untreated?" The monitoring approach uses a modified BACI (Before after control impact) design.

This record acts as an aggregation point for the datasets produced by NESP TWQ Project 2.1.4. for Gully Remediation at sites Meadowvale, Virginia Park, Strathbogie, Minnievale and Mt Wickham Station. These sites are located in the Burdekin Region of Queensland. The time series established in this project is being extended by NESP TWQ Project 5.9. Updated versions of this dataset will be linked to from this record when they become available.

There are two sites in the Upper Burdekin sites (Virginia Park and Meadowvale) which capitalize on previous research investments looking at rangeland management and water quality response. The Bogie (Strathbogie) and Don (Minnievale) sites are Reef Trust 2 partnership projects. Mt Wickham is a new site that is part of the Burdekin Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project.

Each contributing datasets has been described in specific dataset records linked as child records. Datasets include Key Localities, Loads Runoff, Site Configuration and survey types, TLS Scans and Analysis, Vegetation Survey, Water Quality survey. The data can be downloaded from each of the child records.

作为NESP项目2.1.4（大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef，GBR）牧场流域沟壑修复对下游水质与农业生产的示范与评估，Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation on downstream water quality and agricultural production in GBR rangelands）的研究内容之一，本项目正对上伯德金流域（Upper Burdekin）与鲍恩流域（Bowen）内商业牧场的5对沟壑对照/处理样地开展监测（Bartley等，2018）。
本研究的核心科学问题为：“相较于未修复的沟壑样地，经修复的沟壑样地所产出的侵蚀与水质指标是否存在可量化的改善？” 本次监测方案采用改进后的BACI（对照影响前后，Before-After-Control-Impact）设计。
本记录为NESP TWQ项目2.1.4针对梅多瓦莱（Meadowvale）、弗吉尼亚帕克（Virginia Park）、斯特拉斯博吉（Strathbogie）、明尼瓦莱（Minnievale）以及威克姆山站（Mt Wickham Station）开展的沟壑修复研究所生成的数据集的聚合入口。上述样地均位于昆士兰州伯德金地区（Burdekin Region）。本项目建立的时间序列数据集目前正通过NESP TWQ项目5.9进行扩展。当数据集更新版本正式发布时，本记录将同步更新相关链接。
上伯德金流域的2个样地（弗吉尼亚帕克与梅多瓦莱）依托此前针对牧场管理与水质响应的研究投资搭建。博吉样地（对应斯特拉斯博吉样地）与唐样地（对应明尼瓦莱样地）为“珊瑚礁信托2号（Reef Trust 2）”合作项目。威克姆山站则为新增样地，隶属于伯德金牧场主推动变革项目（Burdekin Landholders Driving Change，LDC）。
所有贡献本数据集的子数据集详情均已在作为子记录的专属数据集记录中说明。本次数据集涵盖关键点位（Key Localities）、径流负荷（Loads Runoff）、样地配置与调查类型、地面激光扫描（TLS Scans，Terrestrial Laser Scanning）与分析、植被调查（Vegetation Survey）以及水质调查（Water Quality Survey）。用户可通过各子记录下载对应数据。