{"accessLimitation":{"value":"noLimitations","availability":"Available","description":"Access to the resource is not subject to any access limitations and is available to all users without restriction.","uri":"http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/N07/current/UNRS/"},"authors":[{"familyName":"Ford","givenName":"H.","organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"author","email":"hilary.ford@bangor.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-6972","address":{"deliveryPoint":"Thoday Building, Deiniol Road","city":"Bangor","administrativeArea":"Gwynedd","postalCode":"LL57 2UW","country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Ford, H."},{"familyName":"Garbutt","givenName":"A.","organisationName":"Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9786","fullName":"Garbutt, A."},{"familyName":"Skov","givenName":"M.","organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"author","email":"mwskov@bangor.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7204-3865","address":{"deliveryPoint":"School of Ocean Sciences","city":"Menai Bridge","administrativeArea":"Anglesey","postalCode":"LL59 5AB","country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Skov, M."}],"availability":"Available","boundingBoxes":[{"westBoundLongitude":-3,"eastBoundLongitude":1.005,"southBoundLatitude":51.687,"northBoundLatitude":54.25,"bounds":"{\"type\": \"Feature\",      \"properties\": {},      \"geometry\": {        \"type\": \"Polygon\",        \"coordinates\": [[[-3, 51.687], [-3, 54.25], [1.005, 54.25], [1.005, 51.687], [-3, 51.687]]]      }}","coordinates":"[[[-3, 51.687], [-3, 54.25], [1.005, 54.25], [1.005, 51.687], [-3, 51.687]]]"}],"citation":{"authors":["Ford, H.","Garbutt, A.","Skov, M."],"bibtex":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5/citation?format=bib","day":29,"doi":"10.5285/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5","month":4,"publisher":"NERC Environmental Information Data Centre","resourceTypeGeneral":"dataset","ris":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5/citation?format=ris","title":"Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) soil organic matter content from three soil depths on saltmarsh sites at Morecambe Bay and Essex","url":"https://doi.org/10.5285/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5","year":2016},"custodians":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"custodian","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"datasetReferenceDate":{"creationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationDate":"2016-04-29","releasedDate":"2018-03-31"},"description":"The dataset comprises the field soil organic matter content as a percentage at three depth zones (roughly 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm), measured from bulk density soil samples taken within each 1metre x 1metre quadrat. Prior to measurement of bulk density all soil samples were dried at 105°C for 72 hours. A sub-sample was then taken and dried at 375°C for 16 hours to determine the percentage organic matter of dry soil. Sampling was conducted at six salt marsh sites at four spatial scales: 1 metre (the minimal sampling unit) nested within a hierarchy of increasing scales of 1-10 metres, 10-100 metres and 100-1000 metres. Three of the sites were in Morecambe Bay, North West England and three of the sites were in Essex, South East England. The Morecambe Bay samples were taken during the winter and summer of 2013. The Essex samples were taken during the winter, early spring and summer of 2013. \n\nThis 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.","distributionFormats":[{"name":"Comma-separated values (CSV)","type":"text/csv","version":"unknown"}],"distributorContacts":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"distributor","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"funding":[{"funderName":"Natural Environment Research Council","funderIdentifier":"https://ror.org/02b5d8509","awardTitle":"A hierarchical approach to the examination of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem service flows across coastal margins","awardNumber":"NE/J015644/1","awardURI":"https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE/J015644/1","orcid":false,"ror":true}],"id":"90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5","incomingCitationCount":1,"incomingCitations":[{"description":"Maxwell, T.L., Rovai, A.S., Adame, M F., Adams, J.B., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Austin, W.E.N., Beasy, K., et al. (2023, November 11). Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes. Scientific Data. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.","url":"http://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x","type":"academic"}],"infoLinks":[{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5.zip","name":"Supporting information","description":"Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset","function":"information","type":"OTHER"}],"inspireThemes":[{"theme":"Habitats and Biotopes","uri":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/hb"}],"keywordsOther":[{"value":"Salt marsh"},{"value":"Soil Organic Matter"},{"value":"SOM"}],"keywordsPlace":[{"value":"Essex","uri":"http://sws.geonames.org/2649889"},{"value":"Morecambe Bay","uri":"http://sws.geonames.org/2642213"}],"keywordsProject":[{"value":"CBESS (Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability)"},{"value":"BESS (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability)"}],"licences":[{"value":"This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence","code":"license","uri":"https://eidc.ac.uk/licences/ogl/plain"}],"lineage":"Field soil organic matter was measured from bulk density samples taken at roughly 0-10cm, 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm depth zones with a 3.1 cm height, and 7.5 cm diameter bulk density ring for each quadrat. Prior to measurement of bulk density all soil samples were dried at 105°C for 72 hours. A sub-sample was then taken and dried at 375°C for 16 hours to determine the percentage organic matter of dry soil. Results were recorded onto field sheets. These data were transferred into an Excel file and calculations carried out. Results were exported as comma separated value files for ingestion into the EIDC. The location of the sample sites was determined by randomly allocated quadrats. Each site consisted of a rectangular area of saltmarsh between 400 x 500 metres (m) to 1000 x 1000 m in size, dependent upon saltmarsh length (parallel to shore) and width (perpendicular to shore), including part of the low, mid and high marsh zones. Twenty two 1 x 1 m quadrats were randomly allocated to each site rectangle using R (R Development Core Team, 2014) to specify four different spatial scales (A = 1 quadrat only, B = 3 quadrats at 1 m to 10 m apart, C = 6 quadrats at 10 m to 100 m apart, D = 12 quadrats at 100 m to 1000 m or site maximum). ","metadataDate":"2026-06-29T17:27:19","notGEMINI":false,"onlineResources":[{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5","name":"Download the data","description":"Download a copy of this data","function":"download","type":"OTHER"},{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5.zip","name":"Supporting information","description":"Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset","function":"information","type":"OTHER"}],"pointsOfContact":[{"honorificPrefix":"Dr","familyName":"Ford","givenName":"Hilary","organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"pointOfContact","email":"hilary.ford@bangor.ac.uk","address":{"deliveryPoint":"Thoday Building, Deiniol Road","city":"Bangor","administrativeArea":"Gwynedd","postalCode":"LL57 2UW"},"fullName":"Ford, H.","pointOfContact":"Bangor University"}],"publicationDate":"2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","publishers":[{"organisationName":"NERC Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"publisher","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"relationships":[{"relation":"http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf","target":"413dc2b2-f38b-4f8a-a198-f78b07534fb8"}],"resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5"},{"code":"10.5285/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5","codeSpace":"doi"}],"resourceMaintenance":[{"frequencyOfUpdate":"notPlanned"}],"resourceType":{"value":"dataset"},"responsibleParties":[{"honorificPrefix":"Dr","familyName":"Ford","givenName":"Hilary","organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"pointOfContact","email":"hilary.ford@bangor.ac.uk","address":{"deliveryPoint":"Thoday Building, Deiniol Road","city":"Bangor","administrativeArea":"Gwynedd","postalCode":"LL57 2UW"},"fullName":"Ford, H.","pointOfContact":"Bangor University"},{"familyName":"Ford","givenName":"H.","organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"author","email":"hilary.ford@bangor.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-6972","address":{"deliveryPoint":"Thoday Building, Deiniol Road","city":"Bangor","administrativeArea":"Gwynedd","postalCode":"LL57 2UW","country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Ford, H."},{"familyName":"Garbutt","givenName":"A.","organisationName":"Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"author","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9786","fullName":"Garbutt, A."},{"familyName":"Skov","givenName":"M.","organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"author","email":"mwskov@bangor.ac.uk","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7204-3865","address":{"deliveryPoint":"School of Ocean Sciences","city":"Menai Bridge","administrativeArea":"Anglesey","postalCode":"LL59 5AB","country":"United Kingdom"},"fullName":"Skov, M."},{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"custodian","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"},{"organisationName":"NERC Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"publisher","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"},{"organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"rightsHolder"}],"rightsHolders":[{"organisationName":"Bangor University","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/006jb1a24","role":"rightsHolder"}],"spatialReferenceSystems":[{"code":"http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700","title":"OSGB 1936 / British National Grid"}],"spatialRepresentationTypes":["textTable"],"temporalExtents":[{"begin":"2013-01-01","end":"2013-08-31"}],"title":"Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) soil organic matter content from three soil depths on saltmarsh sites at Morecambe Bay and Essex","topicCategories":[{"value":"biota","uri":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/biota"}],"type":"dataset","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/90457ba1-f291-4158-82dc-425d7cbb1ac5","useConstraints":[{"value":"© Bangor University","code":"copyright"},{"value":"This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence","code":"license","uri":"https://eidc.ac.uk/licences/ogl/plain"}]}