Global positioning system (GPS) locations and elevations of soil sampling sites across UK saltmarshes 2018 to 2021

  • Craig Smeaton (Creator)
  • Cai Ladd (Creator)
  • Glenn Havelock (Creator)
  • Lucy Miller (Creator)
  • Ed Garrett (Creator)
  • William Hiles (Creator)
  • Lucy McMahon (Creator)
  • Robert Mills (Creator)
  • Alan Radbourne (Creator)
  • Paulina Ruranska (Creator)
  • Luis Rees-Hughes (Creator)
  • Simone Riegel (Creator)
  • Natasha Barlow (Creator)
  • Martin Skov (Creator)
  • Roland Gehrels (Creator)
  • William (Bill) Austin (Creator)

Dataset

Description

The dataset details global positioning system (GPS) locations and elevations recorded for 1323 sampling sites across UK saltmarshes. Between 2018 and 2021, soil was sampled at 1323 locations as part of the Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE) project to facilitate the calculation of saltmarsh soil organic carbon stocks and burial rates. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitat types in the UK, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history. The data provides a quantitative measure of soil dry bulk density and organic carbon content across varies substrate and marsh types.

The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1.
Date made available1 Jul 2022
PublisherNERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Temporal coverage1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
Date of data production1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
Geographical coverageUnited Kingdom

Keywords

  • blue carbon
  • carbon
  • coastal
  • cores
  • C-SIDE
  • Elevation
  • England
  • GPS
  • Intertidal
  • Organic carbon
  • organic matter
  • saltmarsh
  • salt marsh
  • Scotland
  • sediment
  • soil
  • Wales
  • wetland
  • United Kingdom

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