Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) population bioturbation potential in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats
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- 2015-12-31
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- 2013-08-01
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- doi: / 10.5285/6d06122c-c856-4127-b7a5-34059d0e48e7
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- Wood, C.L., Hawkins, S.J., Godbold, J.A., Solan, M. (2015). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) population bioturbation potential in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/6d06122c-c856-4127-b7a5-34059d0e48e7
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- BESS
- CBESS
- macrofauna
- biomass
- abundance
- bioturbation
- population bioturbation potential
- BPi
- biodiversity
- mudflat
- salt marsh
- sediment
- benthic
- intertidal
- season
- spatial scale
- species
- Macona balthica
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Wood, C.L., Hawkins, S.J., Godbold, J.A., Solan, M. (2015). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) population bioturbation potential in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6d06122c-c856-4127-b7a5-34059d0e48e7
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The location of the sample sites was determined by randomly allocated quadrats. Twenty two 1 x 1 m quadrats were randomly allocated to each mudflat and saltmarsh site using R (R Development Core Team, 2014) to specify 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). 3 cylindrical cores of sediment (10cm depth and diameter) were taken at each quadrat and fixed in 4 percent buffered formalin in seawater. The cores were then sieved on a 0.5mm mesh and the residue retained and preserved in 70 percent Industrial Methylated Spirit (IMS). Using a stereo microscope, all the animals were picked out of the residue, identified to species level (or appropriate taxon). To obtain the abundance data, each individual of each species was counted and stored in vials containing 70 percent IMS. In cases where specimens had been damaged (any badly damaged specimens or parts of specimens where no head was present were separated into major group debris (annelid, mollusc and crustacea) pots and a YES/NO presence noted. To obtain the biomass data, the individuals of each taxon (from one replicate) were blotted on tissue paper to remove any excess IMS. They were then weighed on a balance and the weight was recorded to 0.0001g. In situations where the animals were too light to register on the balance, a weight of 0.0001g was recorded. (The same method was used to obtain biomass values for major group debris.) The data were then multiplied by 127.323955 to give results in m squared (rounded to the nearest whole individual for abundance and nearest 0.0001g for biomass). The abundance and biomass data was then used to calculate BPp as follows: BPp = BPi x Ai Where Ai = Individual species abundance per m squared and BPi = (square root Bi) x Mi x Ri Where Bi = individual biomass per m squared. Mi = individual species mobility. Ri = individual species reworking.
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