Identification

Title

Dry bulk density, loss on ignition and organic carbon content of surficial soils from English and Welsh salt marshes 2019

Abstract

The data provide a quantitative measure of the dry bulk density, soil texture, organic matter content (LOI) and organic carbon present within surface soils (up to a depth of 10 cm). A total of 212 samples from 49 sites across England and Wales were collected using modified syringe samplers as part of the citizen scientist programme CarbonQuest, part of Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE) project. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitats across England and Wales, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history.The samples were processed for bulk density, soil texture, organic matter content using the Loss on Ignition (LOI) method and the organic carbon was quantified through elemental analysis. The data were collected to help create a detailed picture of saltmarsh carbon storage in surficial soils across England and Wales. 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/e5554b83-910f-4030-8f4e-81967dc7047c

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/e5554b83-910f-4030-8f4e-81967dc7047c

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/e5554b83-910f-4030-8f4e-81967dc7047c.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e5554b83-910f-4030-8f4e-81967dc7047c

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and Biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

United Kingdom

Wales

England

C-SIDE

Blue Carbon

Saltmarsh

Salt marsh

Wetland

Soil

Sediment

bulk density

carbon

organic carbon

organic matter

LOI

soil texture

Citizen Science

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.452

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

55.812

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2021-01-01

End position

2021-08-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-01-07

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Soil cores were taken at each sampling location using a modified syringe corer (50ml). The location of the sample was recorded using GPS. Prior to analysis the samples were stored at -20 degrees Celsius at the University of St Andrews. Dry bulk density, soil texture, organic matter content and organic carbon data was produced using standard analytical procedures (detailed in the supporting documentation). All laboratory equipment were calibrated in accordance with the laboratory practises at the University of St Andrews. Results were recorded on to lab sheets and transferred into an Excel file. Results were exported as comma separated value (.csv) files for ingestion into the EIDC.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-01-10T09:50:34

Metadata language

eng