0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:51 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Soil biochemical measurements from salt marshes of different ages on the Essex coast, UK (2011) 2018-05-24 publication 2018-04-05 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 10.5285/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 doi: Burden, A., Garbutt, A., Hughes, S., Oakley, S., Tempest, J.A. (2018). Soil biochemical measurements from salt marshes of different ages on the Essex coast, UK (2011). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 The dataset comprises biochemical measurements of salt marsh soil, and samples from fields on former salt marsh, taken using a soil corer. Sampling was conducted at three restored salt marshes and six accidentally breached sites on the Essex coast, UK, providing a chronosequence from 16 to 114 years since restoration of tidal flow. Natural salt marsh at all sites were also sampled, along with adjacent fields on former salt marsh (where access permitted). All salt marsh sampling took place in October 2011. Field sample sites were sampled between July 2010 and April 2017. This data was collected as part of the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Multi-functional land-use options project (C03463) in order to determine the trajectory and timescale of habitat recovery, and provide empirically-based predictions of changes in the rate of carbon sequestration over time following saltmarsh restoration. Data is also represented for fields on former saltmarsh to give a 'before' time point to be able to calculate these changes. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 Burden, A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Burden, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-1638 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Garbutt, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9786 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Hughes, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Oakley, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-7420 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Tempest, J.A. Queen Mary University of London jat74@cam.ac.uk author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication salt marsh wetland blue carbon carbon restoration coastal area GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions © Queen Mary, University of London otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Burden, A., Garbutt, A., Hughes, S., Oakley, S., Tempest, J.A. (2018). Soil biochemical measurements from salt marshes of different ages on the Essex coast, UK (2011). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 textTable 100 English utf8 environment 2010-07-05 2017-04-28 0.615 1.071 51.596 51.871 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/0b1faab4-3539-457f-9169-b0b1fbd59bc2 Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Three soil cores were taken at each sampling location using a soil corer measuring 4 centimetres (cm) in diameter and 30 cm in length. There were four sampling locations per salt marsh site, all taken from permanently vegetated marsh above 1.5 m ordnance datum (OD). The fields on former salt marsh had between 2 and 6 sampling sites situated away from field edges. All data derived from laboratory measurements. For each variable, standards were used and all laboratory equipment were calibrated in accordance with the laboratory practises at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Bangor. Results were recorded on to lab sheets and transferred into an Excel file. Results were exported as comma separated value files for ingestion into the EIDC.