BASE Contextual, Soil Physico-Chemical Data, Calperum Mallee SuperSite, Woodland Plot 05, 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, sampled at two depth ranges (0 – 10cm and 20 – 30cm). Eight samples were taken at the corners and mid-points of the 25 m x 25m sides of the quadrat, with sample taken at the centre. The nine subsamples were combined for each depth, to return a single surface and deeper soil sample per quadrat. Samples for chemical and physical analysis were air-dried and transported to CSBP laboratories, Perth, Australia.

本研究开展土壤样品采集与理化性质分析工作，旨在为澳大利亚土壤环境生物群系（Biomes of Australian Soil Environments，BASE）土壤微生物多样性研究项目（http://www.bioplatforms.com/soil-biodiversity/）提供背景数据。研究从25米×25米的样方中采集了9份独立土壤样品，采样深度分为两个区间：0–10厘米与20–30厘米。其中8份样品采集自该样方的四角及各边中点，剩余1份采集自样方中心。将每个深度对应的9份子样进行混合，最终每个样方可获得一份表层土壤样品与一份深层土壤样品。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实验室完成检测。