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Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021
[This dataset is embargoed until June 21, 2023]. The dataset comprises of physical and biogeochemical measurements of saltmarsh soils from across 19 UK saltmarshes. The data provides a quantitative measure of soil dry bulk density, organic carbon content, nitrogen content, CN ratio, N/C ratio, δ13Corg and δ15N across varies substrate and marsh types. Between 2018 and 2021, 33 wide diameter gouge cores (60 mm in diameter) were collected as part of the Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE) project to facilitate the calculation of organic carbon burial rates in saltmarsh soils. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitats types in the UK, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history.
The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1.
Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/279558cd-20fb-4f19-8077-4400817a4482
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
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- utf8
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2022-07-04
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/279558cd-20fb-4f19-8077-4400817a4482
- Other citation details
- Smeaton, C., Ladd, C.J.T., Havelock, G.M., Miller, L.C., Garrett, E., Hiles, W., McMahon, L., Mills, R.T.E., Radbourne, A., Rees-Hughes, L., Riegel, S., Barlow, N.L.M., Skov, M.W. , Gehrels, R., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/279558cd-20fb-4f19-8077-4400817a4482
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- Habitats and Biotopes
- Keywords
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- United Kingdom
- soil
- carbon
- organic carbon
- nitrogen
- isotopes
- C/N
- N/C
- organic matter
- salt marsh
- saltmarsh
- intertidal
- sediment
- C-SIDE
- wetland
- coastal
- cores
- dry bulk density
- substrate
- Scotland
- England
- Wales
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smeaton, C., Ladd, C.J.T., Havelock, G.M., Miller, L.C., Garrett, E., Hiles, W., McMahon, L., Mills, R.T.E., Radbourne, A., Rees-Hughes, L., Riegel, S., Barlow, N.L.M., Skov, M.W. , Gehrels, R., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/279558cd-20fb-4f19-8077-4400817a4482
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- Distance
- 15 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 2018-01-01
- End date
- 2020-12-31
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
- Other
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Across 19 UK saltmarshes 33 wide diameter (60mm) soil cores were collected. The location of each coring site was recorded using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS). Prior to analysis the samples were stored at 4 degrees Celsius at the University of St Andrews. Upon return to the laboratory the cores were described following the Troels-Smith scheme. The cores were sub-sampled at 1cm intervals resulting in 1952 samples. Soil dry bulk density, organic carbon content, nitrogen content, δ13Corg and δ15N was measured using standard analytical procedures (detailed in the supporting documentation). All laboratory equipment were calibrated in accordance with the laboratory practises at the University of St Andrews. Results were recorded on to lab sheets and transferred into an Excel file. Results were exported as comma separated value (.csv) files for ingestion into the EIDC.
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- 279558cd-20fb-4f19-8077-4400817a4482 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
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- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-19T15:06:51
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
