Investigating the effects of retaining riparian forest buffer zones of differing width on stream channel geomorphology

<b>Description: </b>To monitor temporal stream shape change over a gradient of RBZ widths, channel cross section measurements were continued at preestablished points that have been present since 2011. The points are marked with 0.4-metre-long PVC pipes that are spray painted yellow for easier identification and surrounding bedrock or roots are also marked at the exact location of the pipes in case a pipe should be eroded away in future. Channel cross sections were calculated using a standardised method. Cross- sectional area (CSA) measurement was repeated for every pre-established cross section point along the stream. These were located 250 m apart and numbered 4- 10, depending on the accessibility of the trails upstream. The stream with a '0 metre' buffer, for instance, had only four measurement points due to a steep waterfall which could not be passed. The CSA of these stream points were re-measured on a yearly basis in 2011 - 2014, 2018 and 2019.<b>Project: </b>This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: <b>Investigating the effects of retaining riparian forest buffer zones of differing width on stream channel geomorphology. </b><b>XML metadata: </b>GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here<b>Files: </b>This consists of 1 file: Template_cross_sections.xlsx<b>Template_cross_sections.xlsx</b>This file contains dataset metadata and 1 data tables:<b>Stream cross section measurements</b> (described in worksheet CrossSections)Description: Cross section measurementsNumber of fields: 7Number of data rows: 8377Fields: <b>Identity</b>: Original site label in field data (Field type: id)<b>Stream</b>: Stream transect (Field type: location)<b>Site</b>: Location of stream cross section (Field type: location)<b>DistanceAcross</b>: Distance across the stream at which the measurement was taken (Field type: numeric)<b>Height</b>: Stream depth (Field type: numeric)<b>BaseMaterial</b>: Ground cover at the measurement point (Field type: categorical)<b>Date</b>: Date cross section was measured (Field type: date)<b>Date range: </b>2011-01-12 to 2019-03-30<b>Latitudinal extent: </b>4.6314 to 4.7345<b>Longitudinal extent: </b>117.4554 to 117.6414