Identification

Title

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sedimentation and erosion monitoring over saltmarsh and mudflat habitats

Abstract

The dataset details surface elevation and sedimentation measurements across five UK saltmarsh sites. Two of the sites were in Morecambe Bay, North West England and three of the sites were in Essex, South East England, each of these sites consisted of a saltmarsh area and adjacent mudflat area. Rod Sedimentation-Erosion Tables (rSETs) were installed at different distances from the vegetated margin. Three rSETs were deployed for each Essex site and four for the Morecambe sites. rSET benchmarks were installed with associated marker horizons to evaluate surface elevation changes and surface accretion respectively. 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/b71f1244-3bc2-4b52-bf64-f3e479860e28

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b71f1244-3bc2-4b52-bf64-f3e479860e28

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b71f1244-3bc2-4b52-bf64-f3e479860e28.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/b71f1244-3bc2-4b52-bf64-f3e479860e28

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

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

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

CBESS

BESS

Surface elevation

rod sedimentation-erosion table

rSET

sedimentation

accretion

shallow subsidence

saltmarsh

mudflat

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3

East bounding longitude

-2.75

North bounding latitude

54.25

South bounding latitude

54.15

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-10-23

End position

2013-11-28

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-02-29

date type

creation

effective date

2013-11-28

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

At each site a number of rSET benchmarks were installed by driving stainless steel rods into the substrate to refusal and mounting rSET receivers on top of them. Feldspar marker horizons were deployed adjacent to the rSET benchmarks. Surface elevation was measured using an rSET instrument and a steel tape measure to the nearest millimetre. Cores were taken to find the depth of the marker horizons which was measured using vernier callipers to the nearest millimetre. Data were recorded manually with no subsequent transformation applied.

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Spencer, T., Evans, B.R., Möller, I. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sedimentation and erosion monitoring over saltmarsh and mudflat habitats. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b71f1244-3bc2-4b52-bf64-f3e479860e28

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

2021-10-06T14:49:57

Metadata language

eng