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Smeaton, C. et al

Spatial mapping of surficial soil organic carbon storage and stocks across Great British saltmarshes

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https://doi.org/10.5285/cb8840f2-c630-4a86-9bba-d0e070d56f04
The geospatial dataset maps organic carbon (OC) storage (kg OC m-2) and OC stocks (tonnes OC) of surficial soils across 438 Great British saltmarshes. The OC density for the surficial soils (top 10 cm) is mapped across 451.65 km2 of saltmarshes, identified from current saltmarsh maps of Great Britain’s three constituent countries; Scotland, England and Wales The spatial maps are built upon surficial (top 10 cm) soil bulk density and carbon data produced by the NERC C-Side project and Marine Scotland data combined with existing saltmarsh vegetation maps.

The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1.
Publication date: 2022-07-07
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Format

Shapefile

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2018-01-01    to    2020-12-31

Provenance & quality

OC storage (kg OC m2) were calculated for each class of saltmarsh vegetation and marsh zone found in Great Britain using the OC content (% wt.) and dry bulk density (kg m-3) for saltmarsh soils were provide by the NERC C-Side project and Marine Scotland data. This data resource contains maps OC densities across 438 Great British saltmarshes. The mean OC storage of each NVC class/marsh zone was combined with the saltmarsh mapping of English, Scottish and Welsh saltmarshes to produce a bespoke GIS layers mapping the OC storage across Great British saltmarsh soils to a depth of 10 cm. Results were exported as shapefiles (.shp) for ingestion into the EIDC.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Smeaton, C.; Burden, A.; Ruranska, P.; Ladd, C.J.T.; Garbutt, A.; Jones, L.; McMahon, L.; Miller, L.C. ; Norris, D.A. ; Skov, M.W. ; Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Spatial mapping of surficial soil organic carbon storage and stocks across Great British saltmarshes. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cb8840f2-c630-4a86-9bba-d0e070d56f04

Citations

Smeaton, C., Burden, A., Ruranska, P., Ladd, C.J.T., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., McMahon, L., Miller, L.C., Skov, M.W., & Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Using citizen science to estimate surficial soil Blue Carbon stocks in Great British saltmarshes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.959459

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Correspondence/contact details

Smeaton, C.
University of Saint Andrews
 cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk

Authors

Smeaton, C.
University of Saint Andrews
Burden, A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ruranska, P.
University of Saint Andrews
Ladd, C.J.T.
University of Glasgow
Garbutt, A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Jones, L.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
McMahon, L.
University of York
Miller, L.C.
University of Saint Andrews
Norris, D.A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Skov, M.W.
Bangor University
Austin, W.E.N.
University of Saint Andrews

Other contacts

Rights holder
The University Court of the University of St Andrews
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
geoscientificInformation
INSPIRE theme
Habitats and Biotopes
Keywords
blue carbon , carbon , coastal area , cores , C-SIDE , dry bulk density , England , intertidal zone , Mapping , organic carbon , organic matter , salt marsh , Scotland , sediment , soil , stock , storage , substrate , United Kingdom , Wales , wetland
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R010846/1
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:22