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Articles 

Smeaton, C., Burden, A., Ruranska, P., Ladd, C.J., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., McMahon, L., Miller, L.C., Skov, M.W. and Austin, W.E., 2022. Using citizen science to estimate surficial soil Blue Carbon stocks in Great British saltmarshes. Frontiers in Marine Science, p.1461.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.95945

Austin, W.E.N., Smeaton, C., Ruranska, P., Paterson, D.M, Skov, M.W., Ladd, J.T., McMahon, L., Havelock, G.M., Gehrels, R., Mills, R., Barlow, N.L.M., Burden, A., Jones, L. and Garbutt, A., 2021, Carbon Storage in UK Intertidal Environments, Challenges in Estuarine and Coastal Science, Pelagic Publishing. 

 

Smeaton, C., Barlow, N.L. and Austin W.E.N., 2020. Coring and compaction: Best practice in blue carbon stock and burial estimations. Geoderma, 364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114180

Harvey, R.J., Garbutt, A., Hawkins, S.J. and Skov, M.W., 2019. No detectable broad-scale effect of livestock grazing on soil blue-carbon stock in salt marshes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, p.151.https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00151

 

Ladd, C.J.T, Duggan-Edwards, M.F, Bouma, T.J, Pagès, J.F, Skov, M.W, 2019, Sediment supply explains long‐term and large‐scale patterns in saltmarsh lateral expansion and erosion, Geophysical Resarch Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083315

 

Marley, A.R.G, Smeaton, C. and  Austin, W.E.N, 2019, An assessment of the tea bag index method as a proxy for organic matter decomposition in intertidal environments, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004957

 

Burden, A, Garburt, A and Evans, C.D, 2019, Effect of restoration on saltmarsh carbon accumulation in Eastern England, Biology Letters, 15: 20180773, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0773

Reports

Austin, W.E.N, Smeaton, C., Houston, A., Balke, T, Scottish inter-tidal wetlands, sea-level rise and the potential  2022 for managed realignment to deliver blue carbon gains,  ClimateXChange –  http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/2370  

 

Austin, W., Smeaton., C., Riegel, S., Ruranska, P and Miller, C. 2021. Blue carbon stock in Scottish saltmarsh soils, Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 13.  https://doi.org/10.7489/12372-1 

 

Burden, A., Smeaton, C., Angus, S. Garbutt, R. A., Jones, L., Lewis, H.D., Rees, S.M., 2020,Impacts of climate change on Coastal Habitats, relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK, Marine Climate Change Impact Partnership Science Review. https://doi.org/10.14465/2020.arc11.chb 

Porter, J, Austin, W, Burrows, M, Clarke, D, Davies, G, Kamenos, N, Riegel, S, Smeaton, C, Page, C & Want, A 2020, Blue carbon audit of Orkney waters. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, no. 3, vol. 11, Marine Scotland Science. https://doi.org/10.7489/12262-1

Data Products

Miller, L.C., Smeaton C., Yang, H., Austin, W.E.N., 2022, Physical and geochemical properties of Scottish saltmarsh soils. Marine Scotland Data. https://doi.org/10.7489/12422

 

Smeaton, C., Burden, A., Ruranska, P., Ladd, C.J.T., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., McMahon, L., Miller, L.C.,Norris, D.A., Skov, M.W.,  Austin, W.E.N., 2022, Spatial mapping of surficial soil organic carbon storage and stocks  across Great British saltmarshes. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cb8840f2-c630-4a86-9bba-d0e070d56f04  

 

Ladd, C.J.T., Miller, L.C., McMahon, L., Havelock, G.M., Smeaton, C., Garbutt, A., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N., 2022, Vegetation composition data from UK saltmarshes, 2018 to 2021. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/7815291a-ee3e-49a7-8ef1e8baa81f4964 

 

Smeaton, C., Ladd, C.J.T., Havelock, G.M., Miller, L.C., Garrett, E., Hiles, W., McMahon, L., Mills, R.T.E., Radbourne, A., Rees-Hughes, L., Riegel, S., Barlow, N.L.M., Skov, M.W., Gehrels, R., Austin, W.E.N., 2022, Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/279558cd-20fb-4f19-8077-4400817a4482  

 

Smeaton, C., Ladd, C.J.T., Havelock, G.M.; Miller, L.C., Garrett, E., Hiles, W., McMahon, L., Mills, R.T.E., Radbourne, A., Rees-Hughes, L., Riegel, S., Barlow, N.L.M., Skov, M.W., Gehrels, R., Austin, W.E.N., 2022, Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from narrow diameter gouge cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d301c5f5-77f5-41ba-934e-a80e1293d4cd  

 

Smeaton, C., Ladd, C.J.T., Havelock, G.M., Miller, L.C., Garrett, E., Hiles, W., McMahon, L., Mills, R.T.E., Radbourne, A., Ruranska, P., Rees-Hughes, L., Riegel, S., Barlow, N.L.M., Skov, M.W., Gehrels, R., Austin, W.E.N., 2022 Global positioning system (GPS) locations and elevations of soil sampling sites across UK saltmarshes 2018 to 2021. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d61b6033-be45-4682-b4dc-a2f95feefa7d   

Smeaton, C., Ladd, C.T.J., Miller, L.C., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N. 2022 Physical and biogeochemical measurements of aboveground (vegetation) biomass from across ten saltmarshes, UK, 2019-2020. NERC Environmental Information Data Centrehttps://doi.org/10.5285/f71c9f3e-0ae1-4318-a3ea-1dd30b7af3be

 

Smeaton, C, Houston, H, Balke, T, Austin, W.E.N. 2022 Identification and mapping of potential sites suitable for saltmarsh habitat creation in Scotland through managed realignment under current and future sea levels. Marine Scotland Data - https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/identification-and-mapping-potential-sites-suitable-saltmarsh-habitat-creation-scotland

 

Smeaton, C, Miller, L.C., Ladd, C.J.T., O'Dell, A., Austin, W.E.N. 2022, Bulk elemental and stable isotope composition of organic matter from terrestrial, intertidal, and marine environments, UK, 2016-2021. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre – https://doi.org/10.5285/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367

Miller, L.C.; Smeaton, C.; Garbutt, A.; Austin, W.E.N. 2022. Physical and biogeochemical measurements of belowground biomass and carbon content from Scottish salt marshes, 2021. NERC Environmental Information Data Centrehttps://doi.org/10.5285/032627e0-5780-4601-b9b3-e684403cee70

Ruranska, P.,  Ladd, C.J.T., Smeaton, C., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N., 2022. Dry bulk density, loss on ignition and organic carbon content of surficial soils from English and Welsh salt marshes 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e5554b83-910f-4030-8f4e-81967dc7047c

 

Smeaton, C., Miller, L.C., Ruranska, P and Austin, W.E.N, 2021, Organic carbon density of surficial soils across Scottish saltmarshes, Marine Scotland Data.  https://doi.org/10.7489/12389-1

Smeaton, C., Rees-Hughs, L. Barlow, N.L.M. Austin, W.E.N., 2021, Sedimentological and organic carbon data from the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh, Scotland, 2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centrehttps://doi.org/10.5285/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 

 

Ruranska, P., Miller, L.C.; Hindle, C.; Ladd, C.J.T., Smeaton, C., Skov, M.W., Austin, W.E.N., 2020. Dry bulk density, loss on ignition and organic carbon content of surficial soils from Scottish salt marshes, 2018-2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centrehttps://doi.org/10.5285/81a1301f-e5e2-44f9-afe0-0ea5bb08010f

Ladd, C.J.T.; Duggan-Edwards, M.F.; Bouma, T.J.; Pagès, J.F.; Skov, M.W., 2019. Change in saltmarsh extent for six regions across Great Britain (1846-2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centrehttps://doi.org/10.5285/03b62fd0-41e2-4355-9a06-1697117f0717 

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