Dataset for assessing living shorelines nutrient reduction in estuarine systems

Tidal salt marshes provide critical ecosystem services in estuaries including the removal and, storage, and storage transformation of nutrients, improving water quality and aquatic habitat. As tidal marshes drown from sea level rise, this service is lost, impacting estuarine resilience and leading to degradation of water quality. Living shorelines are a strategy to protect shorelines, while restoring some capacity to improve water quality. In this study, we examine the magnitude of different nutrient storage and removal pathways in living shorelines. We sampled in three seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall) at 6 different sites. This dataset contains the raw data from each sampling. Units are indicated in the column headings.