IMARES, Monitoring sedimentation and vegetation on saltmarshes in the Dutch Wadden Sea (1993 - )
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Country | Netherlands  |
| Project | WOT-IN Salt marshes of the Dutch Wadden Sea |
| Time period | 1993 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Several sites in the mainland marshes of the Dutch Wadden Sea along the Frisian and Groninger coast |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Land vegetation; Sediment accumulation rate |
| Instruments | Sediment surface markers; sampling extent markers |
| Description | |
| Summary | Monitoring of sedimentation and vegetation on saltmarshes. With special equipment, the SEB(Sediment Erosion Bar) the change in surface level in the saltmarshes is measured twice a year. The vegetation relevees are coupled to the SEB-measurements and are made once a year. The data are used for advice on management. |
| Originators | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Availability | Collection cost charge; distribution cost charge |
| Contact | Jenny Cremer |
| Address | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Telephone | +31 317487076 |
| Facsimile | +31 317487362 |
| jenny.cremer@wur.nl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee |
| Local identifier | IMARES_5720004 |
| Global identifier | 4812 |
| Last revised | 2011-02-24 |
