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

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• Last updated: 31 May 2023
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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

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-05-30T07:25:50
• Access contraints: 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
• Harvest GUID: 032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70
• Extent: Latitude: 58.99° to 55.74°
• Extent: Longitude: -7.09° to -0.46°
• Dataset reference date: 2022-02-01 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: University of St Andrews (pointOfContact, author); UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author); The University Court of the University of St Andrews (owner); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher, custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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