Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) total organic carbon in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats

Wood, C.L.; Hawkins, S.J.; Godbold, J.A.; Solan, M.;

2015 || British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)

The dataset details organic carbon content of sediments across 6 intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. The data provide a quantitative measure of the organic carbon present within surface sediments (up to a depth of 2 cm). Three sites were located in Essex, South East England and the other 3 in Morecambe Bay, North West England. Each site consisted of a saltmarsh habitat and adjacent mudflat habitat. 22 sampling quadrats were placed in each habitat covering 4 spatial scales. 3 replicate samples of surface sediment were collected at each quadrat. They were then processed for organic carbon content using the Loss on Ignition method (detailed below) Values are expressed as a percentage of the total sample collected.
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.

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  • geochemistry
  • analogue modelling of geologic processes
Source http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/d4e9f0f7-637a-4aa4-b9df-2a4ca5bfaded
Source publisher British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)
DOI 10.5285/d4e9f0f7-637a-4aa4-b9df-2a4ca5bfaded
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  • Wood, C.L.
  • University of Southampton;
  • Hawkins, S.J.
  • University of Southampton;
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  • University of Southampton;
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Citation Wood, C. L., Hawkins, S. J., Godbold, J. A., & Solan, M. (2015). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) total organic carbon in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats [Data set]. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/D4E9F0F7-637A-4AA4-B9DF-2A4CA5BFADED
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