Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) macrofaunal biomass in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats

The dataset details macrofaunal biomass across 6 intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. The data provide a quantitative measure of the biomass of individual invertebrate species present within the top 10cm of sediment. Three sites were located in Essex, South East England and the other 3 in Morecambe Bay, North West England. Each site consisted of a saltmarsh habitat and adjacent mudflat habitat. 22 sampling quadrats were placed in each habitat covering 4 spatial scales. 3 replicate cores of sediment were collected at each quadrat. They were sieved on a 0.5mm mesh and the macrofauna was removed, identified to species (or appropriate taxon) and individuals of each species weighed. Values for macrofaunal biomass are expressed as grams per square metre of sediment. Biomass data for mudflat habitats across Essex and Morecambe are complete, however, saltmarsh data is only available for one full Essex site (Tillingham Marsh), in one season (winter) and across all sites, at the 1m scale. This 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0990858a-facc-47c5-bfbe-58fa30431db8

本数据集详尽地记录了2013年冬季和夏季，六个潮间带地区的宏观生物生物量。数据提供了位于沉积物表层10厘米内各无脊椎动物物种生物量的定量测量。其中三个采样点位于英格兰东南部的埃塞克斯，另外三个位于英格兰西北部的莫克姆湾。每个采样点均包含盐沼生境及其相邻的泥滩生境。在每个生境中设置了22个采样方格，覆盖了四个空间尺度。在每个方格内采集了三个重复的沉积物柱状样品。样品经过0.5毫米网筛处理，去除了宏观生物，并对每种物种（或相应的分类群）进行了鉴定，并称重。宏观生物生物量的数值以每平方米沉积物的克数表示。埃塞克斯和莫克姆湾的泥滩生境生物量数据完整，然而，盐沼数据仅限于一个完整的埃塞克斯站点（蒂林厄姆湿地）的冬季数据，且仅在所有站点和1米尺度上提供。此数据收集作为海岸生物多样性及生态系统服务可持续性（CBESS）项目的一部分：NE/J015644/1。该项目得到了生物多样性及生态系统服务可持续性（BESS）计划的支持。BESS是一个为期六年的项目（2011-2017），由英国自然环境研究理事会（NERC）和生物技术与生物科学研究中心（BBSRC）作为英国“与环境共处”（LWEC）计划的一部分提供资金。关于此数据集的详细信息可在https://doi.org/10.5285/0990858a-facc-47c5-bfbe-58fa30431db8找到。