Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Examining climate-driven shifts in the ecological structure and functioning of Northeast Atlantic kelp forests"

Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Examining climate-driven shifts in the ecological structure and functioning of Northeast Atlantic kelp forests".

The data is presented in Excel files:
SallandNora_PhD2024_Chapter2.xlsx
SallandNora_PhD2024_Chapter3.xlsx
SallandNora_PhD2024_Chapter4.xlsx
SallandNora_PhD2024_Chapter5.xlsx

The data is available on request. Please see attached request form for further details.

Data related to Chapter 2 includes contemporary densities, cover, biometric measurements, and standing stock of seven kelp species in SW England, and historical records to previous collected kelp densities.

Data related to Chapter 3 includes densities, biometric measurement and standing stock of the kelp Saccorhiza polyschides in Plymouth Sound. This chapter led to the publication of:
Salland, Nora; Wilding, Catherine; Jensen, Antony; Smale, Dan A. (2023): Spatiotemporal variability in population demography and morphology of the habitat-forming macroalga Saccorhiza polyschides in the Western English Channel. Annals of Botany, 133, 117-130, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad181

Data related to Chapter 4 includes densities and biometric measurements of remnant Saccorhiza polyschides holdfasts and associated assemblages in Plymouth Sound. This chapter led to the publication of:
Salland, Nora; Smale, Dan A. (2021): Spatial variation in the structure of overwintering, remnant Saccorhiza polyschides sporophytes and their associated assemblages. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 101, 639-648. doi: 10.1017/S0025315421000692

Data related to Chapter 5 includes living space provided by Saccorhiza polyschides, and the abundance, biomass and richness of invertebrate assemblages associated with the kelp in Plymouth Sound. This chapter led to the publication of:
Salland, Nora; Jensen, Antony; Smale, Dan A. (2024): The structure and diversity of macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with the understudied pseudo-kelp Saccorhiza polyschides in the Western English Channel (UK). Marine Environmental Research, 198, 106519. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106519