Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) population bioturbation potential in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats

The dataset details population bioturbation potential (BPp) across 6 intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. The data provide an index of bioturbation potential of invertebrate species populations 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 were identified to species (or most appropriate taxon), counted and weighed. The resulting abundance and biomass data were then used to calculate BPp of each individual species present within a sample. BPp 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/10.5285/6d06122c-c856-4127-b7a5-34059d0e48e7本数据集详述了2013年冬夏两季，6个潮间带站点的种群生物扰动潜力（bioturbation potential, BPp）分布情况。该数据提供了沉积物表层10厘米范围内现存无脊椎动物种群的生物扰动潜力指数。其中3个站点位于英格兰东南部埃塞克斯（Essex），另外3个位于英格兰西北部莫克姆湾（Morecambe Bay）。每个站点均包含盐沼生境与邻近的潮滩生境。每个生境内布设22个采样样方，涵盖4种空间尺度。每个样方采集3个重复沉积物柱样。将柱样经0.5毫米孔径网筛筛分后，分离出大型底栖动物，鉴定至物种（或合适的分类单元）水平；对个体进行物种（或最适配的分类单元）鉴定、计数与称重。基于得到的丰度与生物量数据，可计算样本内各现存物种的生物扰动潜力（BPp）。埃塞克斯与莫克姆湾潮滩生境的BPp数据均完整，但盐沼生境的数据仅能从埃塞克斯的1个完整站点（蒂林厄姆沼泽，Tillingham Marsh）获取，且仅包含冬季1个季节，同时仅在1米空间尺度下覆盖全部站点。本数据集隶属于《海岸生物多样性与生态系统服务可持续性》（Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability, CBESS）项目（编号NE/J015644/1）。该项目获得了生物多样性与生态系统服务可持续性（Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability, BESS）计划的资助。BESS计划是一项为期6年（2011-2017年）的项目，由英国自然环境研究委员会（Natural Environment Research Council, NERC）与英国生物技术与生物科学研究委员会（Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BBSRC）联合资助，隶属于英国《适应环境变化》（Living with Environmental Change, LWEC）计划。本数据集的完整详细信息可访问：https://doi.org/10.5285/6d06122c-c856-4127-b7a5-34059d0e48e7