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Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021
The dataset details vegetation composition of UK saltmarshes measured from quadrats across UK saltmarshes. Between 2018 and 2021, vegetation surveys were carried out at 460 sites across 33 saltmarshes as part of the Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE) project to develop an understanding the linkages between saltmarsh soil organic carbon and vegetation. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitats types in the UK, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history. The dataset comprises of percentage species cover, plant height, plant richness and plant diversity data from 33 UK saltmarshes. 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/10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964
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- Date (Publication)
- 2022-07-05
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- doi: / 10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964
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- Ladd, C.J.T., Miller, L.C., McMahon, L., Havelock, G.M., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ladd, C.J.T., Miller, L.C., McMahon, L., Havelock, G.M., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2018-01-01
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- 2021-12-31
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Across 33 UK saltmarshes 460 vegetation surveys were undertaken using 1m x 1m quadrats. The location of each quadrat was recorded using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS). Within each quadrat percentage cover of each plant species was estimated by eye. Plant height was measured at 10 random points within each quadrat. The mean plant height and standard deviation for each quadrat was calculated and reported. Plant species richness was recorded as the number of species present per quadrat and plant diversity was estimated using the Shannon-Wiener Index. Vegetation data were recorded in the field and transferred into an Excel file. Results were exported as comma separated value (.csv) files for ingestion into the EIDC.
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- 7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964 XML
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- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
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- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T09:24:03
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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