Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sediment stability by Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM) in salt marsh and mud flat habitats

The dataset comprises the surface stability of sediments as determined by a Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM). Between 3 and 5 replicate measurements were taken from each of the 22 designated experiment quadrats at each of the Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sites. At each CBESS site, a salt marsh site and a mud flat site was examined and three locations were selected in Morecambe Bay, North West England and three locations in Essex, South East England. The Morecambe Bay samples were taken during the winter and summer of 2013. The Essex samples were taken during the winter, early spring and summer of 2013.

This data were collected as part of Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS): NE/J015644/1. The project was funded with support from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. BESS is a six-year programme (2011-2017) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as part of the UK's Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/64d64b2c-5f80-4dd5-b778-41c048f96caf

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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2015-12-31

Dataset Reference Date (): 2013-08-31

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/64d64b2c-5f80-4dd5-b778-41c048f96caf

Identifier: doi: / 10.5285/64d64b2c-5f80-4dd5-b778-41c048f96caf

Other citation details: Paterson, D.M., Hope, J.A., Wade, K., Kenworthy, J., Defew, E.C., Weeks, R.J., Wyness, A. (2015). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sediment stability by Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM) in salt marsh and mud flat habitats. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/64d64b2c-5f80-4dd5-b778-41c048f96caf

University of St Andrews - Professor David Maxwell Paterson

University of St Andrews - Paterson, D.M.

University of St Andrews - Hope, J.A.

University of St Andrews - Wade, K.

University of St Andrews - Kenworthy, J.

University of St Andrews - Defew, E.C.

Scottish Association for Marine Science - Weeks, R.J.

The James Hutton Institute - Wyness, A.

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

University of St Andrews

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Sedimentology
sediment stability
critical erosion threshold
saltmarsh
mudflat
Cohesive Strength Meter
CBESS
BESS

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Paterson, D.M., Hope, J.A., Wade, K., Kenworthy, J., Defew, E.C., Weeks, R.J., Wyness, A. (2015). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sediment stability by Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM) in salt marsh and mud flat habitats. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/64d64b2c-5f80-4dd5-b778-41c048f96caf

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Oceans

Begin date: 2013-01-01

End date: 2013-08-31

Code: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Each site consisted of a polygon of roughly 400 x 500 m to 1000 x 1000 m in size, dependent upon site length (parallel to shore) and width (perpendicular to shore). Twenty two 1 x 1 m quadrats were randomly placed within to each site polygon using R (R Development Core Team, 2014) to specify placement at four different spatial scales (A = 1 quadrat only, B = 3 quadrats at 1 m to 10 m apart, C = 6 quadrats at 10 m to 100 m apart, D = 12 quadrats at 100 m to 1000 m or site maximum). In each quadrat, the CSM was deployed and the erosion threshold of the sediment determined. 3- 5 replicates measurement stations were randomly placed within the quadrat, according to the quadrat-sampling plan.

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Metadata Date: 2022-05-20T10:40:05

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