TY - DATA
T1 - Data presented in the paper “Maintaining Tropical Beaches with Seagrass and Algae: A Promising Alternative to Engineering Solutions”
PY - 2018/11/05
AU - Rebecca James
AU - R. (Rodolfo) Silva Casarín
AU - B.I. (Brigitta) van Tussenbroek
AU - M. (Mireille) Escudero-Castillo
AU - I. (Ismael) Mariño-Tapia
AU - P M J Herman
AU - T.J. (Tjeerd) Bouma
UR - https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Data_presented_in_the_paper_Maintaining_Tropical_Beaches_with_Seagrass_and_Algae_A_Promising_Alternative_to_Engineering_Solutions_/12709883/1
DO - 10.4121/uuid:a5f07774-9a90-4aa2-ae03-690da7d36a77
KW - coastal protection
KW - ecosystem services
KW - seagrass
KW - sediment stabilisation
N2 - The ability of seagrasses and calcifying macroalgae to protect beaches against erosion was investigated with in situ experimental measurements of a lagoon in St Martin, Caribbean and long term monitoring of beach profiles along the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Threshold shear velocity values of different vegetation patches were collected with a portable uni-directional field flume, and the time that stained sediment stayed in place in different patches within the lagoon are used as a measure of sediment stabilisation by the vegetated communities. Sediment grain size of the study areas are also reported. Regular beach profiles of Cancun and Puerto Morelos in Mexico, measured with dGPS, are reported from June 2008 - March 2012.
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