Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) the erosion rate of sediment cores from salt marsh sites at Morecambe Bay and Essex

The dataset comprises the erosion rate (percent mass loss per hour) observed in sediment cores (16 centimetre (cm) diameter, 30cm height) subjected to flume tank flow for three 'waterfall' flows (Low, medium, high). Sampling was conducted at six salt marsh sites at four spatial scales: 1 m (the minimal sampling unit) nested within a hierarchy of increasing scales of 1-10 metre (m), 10-100 m and 100-1000 m. Three of the sites were in Morecambe Bay, North West England and three of the sites were 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 was 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/10.5285/7e3b5549-881f-47ea-b003-08542bf6193e

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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-05-03

Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-04-22

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7e3b5549-881f-47ea-b003-08542bf6193e

Identifier: doi: / 10.5285/7e3b5549-881f-47ea-b003-08542bf6193e

Other citation details: Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Skov, M. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) the erosion rate of sediment cores from salt marsh sites at Morecambe Bay and Essex. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7e3b5549-881f-47ea-b003-08542bf6193e

Bangor University - Dr. Hilary Ford

Bangor University - Ford, H.

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Garbutt, A.

Bangor University - Skov, M.

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

Bangor University

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CBESS (Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability)
BESS (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability)
Grassland
Salt marsh
Sediment erosion rate
Soil stability

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Skov, M. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) the erosion rate of sediment cores from salt marsh sites at Morecambe Bay and Essex. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7e3b5549-881f-47ea-b003-08542bf6193e

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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: Sediment cores (16 centimetre (cm) diameter, 30 cm height) including above ground vegetation were collected in each 1metre (m) x 1m quadrat. Each core was placed horizontally in the 'waterfall force' of the re-circulation flume for 1.5 hours (0.5 hour at low force, 0.5 hour at medium force, 0.5 at high force). Sediment erosion rate was calculated from the amount of mass lost over half an hour with measurements taken time = 0 minutes (mins), 5 mins, 10mins, 15mins and 30mins. Results were recorded onto field sheets. These data were transferred into an Excel file and calculations carried out. Results were exported as comma separated value files for ingestion into the EIDC.The location of the sample sites was determined by randomly allocated quadrats. Each site consisted of a rectangular area of saltmarsh between 400 x 500 m to 1000 x 1000 m in size, dependent upon saltmarsh length (parallel to shore) and width (perpendicular to shore), including part of the low, mid and high marsh zones. Twenty two 1 x 1 m quadrats were randomly allocated to each site rectangle 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).

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Metadata Date: 2022-05-20T10:41:46

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