Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021

The dataset details vegetation composition of UK saltmarshes measured from quadrats across UK saltmarshes. Between 2018 and 2021, vegetation surveys were carried out at 460 sites across 33 saltmarshes as part of the Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE) project to develop an understanding the linkages between saltmarsh soil organic carbon and vegetation. Sites were chosen to represent contrasting habitats types in the UK, in particular sediment types, vegetation and sea level history. The dataset comprises of percentage species cover, plant height, plant richness and plant diversity data from 33 UK saltmarshes. 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/10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964

Date (Publication): 2022-07-05

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964

Other citation details: Ladd, C.J.T., Miller, L.C., McMahon, L., Havelock, G.M., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Glasgow	Ladd, C.J.T.	Cai.Ladd@glasgow.ac.uk	Author
University of St Andrews	Miller, L.C.	lm283@st-andrews.ac.uk	Author
University of York	McMahon, L.	lm1536@york.ac.uk	Author
University of York	Havelock, G.M.	Glenn.havelock@york.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
Bangor University	Skov, M.W.	mwskov@bangor.ac.uk	Author
University of St Andrews	Austin, W.E.N.	wena@st-andrews.ac.uk	Author
University of St Andrews	Smeaton, C.	cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk	Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
The University Court of the University of St Andrews		court@st-andrews.ac.uk	Owner

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United Kingdom
plant
richness carbon
C-SIDE
substrate
Scotland
England
Wales

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ladd, C.J.T., Miller, L.C., McMahon, L., Havelock, G.M., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1-e8baa81f4964

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Begin date: 2018-01-01

End date: 2021-12-31

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: Across 33 UK saltmarshes 460 vegetation surveys were undertaken using 1m x 1m quadrats. The location of each quadrat was recorded using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS). Within each quadrat percentage cover of each plant species was estimated by eye. Plant height was measured at 10 random points within each quadrat. The mean plant height and standard deviation for each quadrat was calculated and reported. Plant species richness was recorded as the number of species present per quadrat and plant diversity was estimated using the Shannon-Wiener Index. Vegetation data were recorded in the field 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: 2025-11-13T16:24:09

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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