TY - DATA T1 - Data associated with the article "Effect of upscaling nature-based coastal protection on estuarine biodiversity using foreshores and transitional polders" PY - 2025/02/27 AU - Xuerong Wu AU - Tjeerd J. Bouma AU - Francesco Cozzoli AU - Johan van de Koppel AU - Jim van Belzen UR - DO - 10.4121/fbcd9a70-92be-47aa-8c49-cb469188e9a2.v1 KW - nature-based solution KW - coastal protection KW - biodiversity KW - sea level rise KW - sediment availability KW - coastal management N2 - <p>This dataset contains the data and R code used in the manuscript: <em>Effect of Upscaling Nature-Based Coastal Protection on Estuarine Biodiversity Using Foreshores and Transitional Polders</em>.</p><p>The study presents an integrated modeling approach to predict the long-term biodiversity outcomes of nature-based coastal protection schemes in estuarine environments. We employ a Bayesian hierarchical model as a species distribution model to estimate the distributions of plants and benthic animals under varying environmental conditions.</p><p>The dataset includes:</p><ul><li>Species distribution data: Observations of benthos and plant species collected from the Western Scheldt estuary, located in the southwestern Netherlands.</li><li>Environmental variables: Corresponding abiotic factors influencing species distributions.</li><li>R code: Scripts used for data processing, model implementation, and result visualization.</li></ul> ER -