Sands of LIFE (SoLIFE) Sand Dune Soil Baseline Monitoring 2023

This survey focuses on baseline, pre-intervention monitoring in relation to two of the planned intervention types: notch creation and dune slack re-profiling. The monitoring covers six sites in Wales: Tywyn Aberffraw, Newborough, and Morfa Harlech in north Wales, and Kenfig, Merthyr Mawr and Pembrey Burrows in south Wales. At each site, baseline monitoring was set up for the planned interventions and for control locations where no intervention will take place, in order to clearly show the effect of the restoration measures. For both intervention types, soil profiles were taken at each monitoring location. Soil profiles were recorded to a depth of 50 cm and soil samples were taken to a depth of 20 cm. In addition, the baseline monitoring for the notches involved setting up sand-rain collectors at transects away from the proposed notch and control locations, downwind in the direction of the prevailing winds. Each transect started at 50 m distance from the inland end of the notch, and then at two further points (100 and 200 m). Soil samples were analysed for bulk density, electrical conductivity, pH, organic matter content by loss on ignition (LOI), calcium carbonate content, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content.

Identifier: NRW_DS125393

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Sand_of_LIFE_Soils_Transects.lyr
Sand_of_LIFE_Soils_Slacks.lyr

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Raw data collected in the field and subsequent laboratory analysis completed following established protocols, as detailed in full in the accompanying report.

Additional Information: Holder, A.J., Fitch, A., Robinson, I., Pinder, A., Brentegani, M., Allender, S., van der Schatte Olivier, A. & Jones, L. (2021). Sands of LIFE Sand dune ecological and physical monitoring: Soils report. NRW Evidence Report Series Report No: 456, [Enter number of printed pages here]pp, Natural Resources Wales, Bangor

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2022-12-21

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End date: 2021-12-21

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)

Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, Wales

http://www.ceh.ac.uk/

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Lineage: Raw data collected in the field and subsequent laboratory analysis completed following established protocols, as detailed in full in the accompanying report.

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sand dunes (sand-dunes) (dunes) (see also specifically named dunes)
restoration

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Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

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Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, Wales

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