Physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground biomass and carbon content from Scottish salt marshes, 2021

The dataset comprises of physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground (root) biomass from across four Scottish saltmarshes. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitats types in Scotland, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history. The data provide a quantitative measure of belowground (root) biomass, organic carbon content and belowground (root) carbon. Samples were collected using a wide gauge gouge corer. The samples were processed to determine belowground (root) biomass, the organic carbon was quantified through elemental analysis and these two data sets were combined to calculate the belowground (root) carbon content. The data were collected to help create a detailed picture of saltmarsh carbon storage in surficial soils across Scotland. 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/10.5285/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

Date (Publication): 2022-02-01

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

Other citation details: Miller, L.C., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground biomass and carbon content from Scottish salt marshes, 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of St Andrews	Smeaton, C.	cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk	Point of contact
University of St Andrews	Miller, L.C.	lm283@st-andrews.ac.uk	Author
University of St Andrews	Smeaton, C.	cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Garbutt, A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
University of St Andrews	Austin, W.E.N.	wena@st-andrews.ac.uk	Author
The University Court of the University of St Andrews		court@st-andrews.ac.uk	Owner
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian

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Scotland
United Kingdom
C-SIDE
coastal
wetland

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Miller, L.C., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground biomass and carbon content from Scottish salt marshes, 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

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Begin date: 2021-03-01

End date: 2021-05-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Soil cores were taken at each sampling location using a wide diameter gouge corer. The location of the sample was recorded using GPS. Prior to analysis the samples were stored at 4 degrees Celsius at the University of St Andrews. Belowground (root) biomass, organic carbon content and belowground (root) 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.

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Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:20:30

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