Identification

Title

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) locations, elevations and proximity metrics of survey quadrats in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats

Abstract

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. We combined spatial data relating to the environs of the study sites from a number of sources (Ordnance Survey Digital Terrain Models, Ordnance Survey Boundary Line, Environment Agency Saltmarsh Extents, Natural England Priority Habitat Inventory). These were rasterised and quadrat values were extracted on a pointwise basis for elevation and proximity (distance to creek, habitat edge and high water mark). Tidal height was calculated with reference to the relevant Tidal Gauge and Admiralty Standard Port information. This data was derived 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/10.5285/78a2cab5-dca5-411b-ac5b-c2c080928b1d

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/78a2cab5-dca5-411b-ac5b-c2c080928b1d

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description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/78a2cab5-dca5-411b-ac5b-c2c080928b1d.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/78a2cab5-dca5-411b-ac5b-c2c080928b1d

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

elevation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Elevation

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Surface elevation

geopositioning

dGPS

GPS

GNSS

geolocation

CBESS

BESS

salt marsh

mudflat

quadrat

BESS

CBESS

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3

East bounding longitude

-2.75

North bounding latitude

54.25

South bounding latitude

54.15

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-01-01

End position

2013-08-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-06-16

date type

creation

effective date

2016-02-29

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Quadrat locations were taken from GPS readings collected during the CBESS survey programme (OSGB coordinates). Rasterised Digital Terrain Model data at 5 and 50 m horizontal resolution was downloaded from Edina Digimap (Edina.ac.uk), and elevation values at quadrat locations were extracted using R (www.r-project.org; Raster/Maptools packages). Tidal range at relevant Admiralty Standard Ports and adjustment applicable at relevant local tidal gauge were identified, and Mean Low Water Springs and Mean High Water Springs were converted to Ordnance Datum. Tidal height (elevation relative to the difference between Mean Low Water Springs and Mean High Water Springs) was computed at each quadrat for GPS and DTM derived elevations. Saltmarsh and mudflat boundary data were downloaded from the Environment Agency and Natural England Priority Habitats Inventory. Mean High Water line was extracted from Ordnance Survey Boundary Line data, and land edge from Ordnance Survey Vector Map data. Line shapefiles were converted to rasters with 5 and 50 m horizontal resolution (matching OS DTM grid) using R. Distance to creek edge and high water line (saltmarsh only), and land edge (mudflat only) was calculated in R using 5 m resolution rasterised shapefiles.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Adams, T. P., Burrows, M. T. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) locations, elevations and proximity metrics of survey quadrats in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/78a2cab5-dca5-411b-ac5b-c2c080928b1d

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:34:40

Metadata language

eng