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Purpose

The purpose of the Silver Plains flux tower is to:

• Monitor exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy in a high-altitude grassy peatland ecosystem on the Tasmanian Central Plateau.

• Quantify the carbon balance of the ecosystem, along with the key components of net ecosystem exchange, gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration.

• Identify key environmental and climatic drivers of carbon, water and energy fluxes.

• Utilise measurements alongside manual chamber measurements and ancillary environmental variables to model ecosystem carbon dynamics under a future climate.

• to compare and contrast ecosystem function between unmanaged and irrigated pastures and native woodland vegetation.