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Biloela Tillage Experiment - LTSE

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Data Holder: 
Radford, Bruce
Location:
Australia
Latitude: -24.366667
Longitude: 150.516667
Background
Continent: 
Australia
Year LTSE Began: 
1983
On-going or Terminated?: 
On-going
Comments: 
LMB 1 Biloela Q 4715 Site is located on a Queensland Government Research Station
Environment
Annual Precipitation (mm): 
400-800
Mean Annual Soil Temperature (C): 
Thermic: 15 to 22C
Is temperature regime isothermic? ie, do mean monthly temperatures deviate by <6C?: 
No
Soil moisture regime: 
Ustic
Is atmospheric deposition chemistry monitored?: 
No
Landuse: 
Arable
Ecoregion: 
Warm Subtropical
Slope (%): 
0-2%
Elevation (m): 
0-200
Experimental Design
Design (short description): 
4 tillage treatments (traditional tillage, stubble mulch tillage, reduced tillage and zero tillage) split for two fertiliser treatments (control and N+Zn)x 4 replications
Permanent plot area (square meters): 
1000-3000
Soil Classification
soilorder: 
Multiple
Soil taxa (ex, Great Group of Soil Taxonomy): 
Vertisol and Aridisol
Soil/Data Archive
Data Archive: 
Yes
Vegetative samples archived: 
No
Soil solid samples archived: 
Yes
Samples from multiple depths: 
Yes
Year of first sampling for archive: 
1983
Year of last sampling for archive: 
2003
Soil Solid Data
pH and acidity: 
Yes
Organic Carbon: 
Yes
Nitrogen: 
Yes
Other macronutrients: 
Yes
Micronutrients: 
Yes
Chemical Contaminents: 
No
Water holding capacity: 
Yes
Bulk Density: 
Yes
Mineralogy: 
No
Soil Water Data
pH and alkalinity: 
No
Dissolved organic carbon: 
No
Other macronutrients: 
No
Soil Gas Data
Surface Fluxes: 
No
Concentrations belowground: 
No
Vegetation Data
Biomass above ground: 
Yes
Biomass below ground: 
No
Macronutrient contents: 
No
Micronutrient contents: 
No
Harvest mass: 
Yes
Harvest nutrient contents: 
Yes
Soil Biota Data
Macro-invertebrates: Biomass, Densities, Taxonomy: 
Yes
Micro-invertebrates: Biomass, Densities, Taxonomy: 
No
Microorganisms: Biomass, Densities, Taxonomy: 
No
Molecular biology studies: 
No