%0 Generic %A Cao, H. (Haobing) %A Zhu, Z. (Zhenchang) %A Balke, T. (Thorsten) %A Zhang, L. (Liquan) %A Bouma, T.J. (Tjeerd) %D 2017 %T Data presented in the paper 'Effects of sediment disturbance regimes on Spartina seedling establishment: implications for salt marsh creation and restoration' %U https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Data_presented_in_the_paper_Effects_of_sediment_disturbance_regimes_on_Spartina_seedling_establishment_implications_for_salt_marsh_creation_and_restoration_/12693428/1 %R 10.4121/uuid:4a7c2346-3370-4bec-9cc3-7b5bb174811b %K Global change %K Persistence %K Salt marsh restoration %K Sediment disturbance %K Seedling establishment %X The dataset contains seedling survival, critical erosion depth and morphological traits for Spartina alterniflora and Spartina anglica when been exposed to a set of accretion/erosion regimes in the laboratory. The study aims at gaining quantitative insight into how salt marsh seedling survival is affected by short-term sediment dynamics, and to what extent this may be mitigated by morphological adjustments by the plant. %I NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research