Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) global positioning system (GPS) locations of survey quadrats in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats

The dataset details global positioning system (GPS) locations recorded for survey quadrats at six UK saltmarsh sites. Three 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 salt marsh area and adjacent mudflat area. Each site comprised 22 quadrats on the unvegetated mudflat and 22 quadrats on the salt marsh. The locations indicated by this dataset correspond to the south-east corner of the quadrats which were 1m square and oriented with their sides aligned North-South and East-West. 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/e07386ba-f7a8-490d-99f7-1ce1ae14e95d

Date (Publication): 2016-02-29

Date (Creation): 2013-08-31

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e07386ba-f7a8-490d-99f7-1ce1ae14e95d

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/e07386ba-f7a8-490d-99f7-1ce1ae14e95d

Other citation details: Evans, B.R., Spencer, T., Möller, I. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) global positioning system (GPS) locations of survey quadrats in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e07386ba-f7a8-490d-99f7-1ce1ae14e95d

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Cambridge	Spencer, T.	ts111@cam.ac.uk	Point of contact
University of Cambridge	Evans, B.R.	ben.evans@geog.cam.ac.uk	Author
University of Cambridge	Spencer, T.	ts111@cam.ac.uk	Author
University of Cambridge	Möller, I.	im10003@cam.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
University of Cambridge		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Maintenance note: Dataset is complete.

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CBESS
BESS
Surface elevation
geopositioning
dGPS
GPS
GNSS
geolocation
salt marsh
mudflat
quadrat

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Evans, B.R., Spencer, T., Möller, I. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) global positioning system (GPS) locations of survey quadrats in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e07386ba-f7a8-490d-99f7-1ce1ae14e95d

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Language: English

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Begin date: 2013-01-01

End date: 2013-08-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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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: GPS locations and elevations were recorded using a Leica GS08 GNSS system with n-board 3D coordinate quality check of 50mm (above which points were rejected). Surveys were conducted within two weeks prior to, or during, the main CBESS sampling campaigns in Winter and Summer of 2013. Data were recorded in OSGB1936(2), Northings, Eastings and elevation relative to Ordnance Datum Newlyn. No subsequent processing has been undertaken.

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Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:20:49

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

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