Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) total organic carbon in mudflat and saltmarsh habitats

The dataset details organic carbon content of sediments across 6 intertidal sites in the winter and summer of 2013. The data provide a quantitative measure of the organic carbon present within surface sediments (up to a depth of 2 cm). 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 samples of surface sediment were collected at each quadrat. They were then processed for organic carbon content using the Loss on Ignition method (detailed below) Values are expressed as a percentage of the total sample collected.

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.

本数据集详细记录了2013年冬夏两季6个潮间带站点的沉积物有机碳含量。本次数据定量测定了表层沉积物（深度不超过2厘米）中的有机碳含量。其中3个站点位于英格兰东南部的埃塞克斯（Essex），剩余3个站点位于英格兰西北部的莫克姆湾（Morecambe Bay）。每个站点均包含盐沼生境与邻近的潮滩生境，两类生境各布设22个采样样方，覆盖4种空间尺度。每个样方采集3组表层沉积物平行样本。随后采用灼烧减重法（Loss on Ignition method，详细说明如下）对样本进行有机碳含量分析，检测结果以采集总样本的百分比形式表示。

本数据作为沿海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）的一部分采集所得。该项目获生物多样性与生态系统服务可持续性（Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability, BESS）计划资助。BESS是一项为期6年（2011-2017年）的研究计划，由英国自然环境研究理事会（Natural Environment Research Council, NERC）与英国生物技术与生物科学研究理事会（Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BBSRC）联合资助，隶属于英国“与环境变化共存（Living with Environmental Change, LWEC）”计划。