Citation:

PANGAEA.923124

Name: Wave and tidal currents, sediment and anthropogenic impact from Swansea Bay, Wales, UK, 2014
Published: 2020-09-28
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Benthic community structure; Benthos; Heavily modified waterbody; Swansea Bay UK; tidal currents; Urban coast; Wave model

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Published: 2020-09-28 • DOI registered: 2021-04-08

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Keyword(s):

Benthic community structure; Benthos; Heavily modified waterbody; Swansea Bay UK; tidal currents; Urban coast; Wave model

Supplement to:

Callaway, Ruth; Fairley, Iain; Horrillo-Caraballo, Jose (2020): Natural dynamics overshadow anthropogenic impact on marine fauna at an urbanised coastal embayment. Science of the Total Environment, 716, 137009, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137009

Related to:

Callaway, Ruth (2016): Historical data reveal 30-year persistence of benthic fauna associations in heavily modified waterbody. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00141 (more comprehensive infauna survey)

Callaway, Ruth; Bertelli, Chiara; Mendzil, Anouska; Lock, Gill (2016): Benthic subtidal infauna and sediment particle-size distribution in the Swansea Bay, Wales, UK, 2014 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867478

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 51.568345 * Median Longitude: -3.889827 * South-bound Latitude: 51.528183 * West-bound Longitude: -3.982567 * North-bound Latitude: 51.601950 * East-bound Longitude: -3.778500

Date/Time Start: 2014-07-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-08-04T00:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, water: 1.49 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 28.65 m

Event(s):

Swansea_9_beam (1) * Latitude: 51.600083 * Longitude: -3.954500 * Date/Time: 2014-07-31T00:00:00 * Location: Wales * Method/Device: Beamtrawl, width 2 m, meshsize 0.5 cm * Comment: beamtrawl area cover = 400 m**2

Swansea_13_beam (2) * Latitude: 51.601033 * Longitude: -3.896767 * Date/Time: 2014-07-31T00:00:00 * Location: Wales * Method/Device: Beamtrawl, width 2 m, meshsize 0.5 cm * Comment: beamtrawl area cover = 400 m**2

Swansea_15_beam (3) * Latitude: 51.601483 * Longitude: -3.867900 * Date/Time: 2014-07-31T00:00:00 * Location: Wales * Method/Device: Beamtrawl, width 2 m, meshsize 0.5 cm * Comment: beamtrawl area cover = 400 m**2

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Callaway, Ruth
2	Other event	Other event		Callaway, Ruth
3	Station label	Station		Callaway, Ruth
4	Latitude of event	Latitude		Callaway, Ruth
5	Longitude of event	Longitude		Callaway, Ruth
6	Date/Time of event	Date/Time		Callaway, Ruth
7	DEPTH, water	Depth water	m	Callaway, Ruth		Geocode
8	Grain size, mean	Grain size mean	µm	Callaway, Ruth	Measured
9	Sorting	Sort		Callaway, Ruth	Measured
10	Skewness	Skew		Callaway, Ruth	Measured
11	Kurtosis	Kurt		Callaway, Ruth	Measured
12	Distance	Distance	km	Callaway, Ruth	Measured	River Taw distance
13	Distance	Distance	km	Callaway, Ruth	Measured	River Neath distance
14	Distance	Distance	km	Callaway, Ruth	Measured	River Afon distance
15	Distance	Distance	km	Callaway, Ruth	Measured	Distance from wastewater outfall
16	Distance	Distance	km	Callaway, Ruth	Measured	Distance from dredge spoil disposal site
17	Wave height, maximum	Wave h max	m	Callaway, Ruth	modelled
18	Wave height, significant	H(sig)	m	Callaway, Ruth	modelled
19	Wave peak period	TP	s	Callaway, Ruth	modelled
20	Wave period, mean	T2	s	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	max
21	Seabed orbital velocity, horizontal component	uw	m/s	Callaway, Ruth	modelled
22	Seabed orbital velocity, horizontal component, standard deviation	uw sd	±	Callaway, Ruth	modelled
23	Load	Load	g/l	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	total sediment load
24	Seabed level, rate of change	SBL rate of change	m/day	Callaway, Ruth	modelled
25	Current velocity, magnitude	Cur vel mag	cm/s	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	maximum tidal flow velocity (magnitude)
26	Current direction	DIR	deg	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	maximum tidal flow velocity (direction)
27	Current velocity, magnitude	Cur vel mag	cm/s	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	mean tidal flow velocity (magnitude)
28	Current direction	DIR	deg	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	mean tidal flowvelocity (direction)
29	Current velocity, magnitude	Cur vel mag	cm/s	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	mean tidal residual flow velocity (magnitude)
30	Current direction	DIR	deg	Callaway, Ruth	modelled	mean tidal residual flow velocity (direction)
31	Comment	Comment		Callaway, Ruth

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Size:

739 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Other event	3 Station	4 Latitude	5 Longitude	6 Date/Time	7 Depth water [m]	8 Grain size mean [µm] (Measured)	9 Sort (Measured)	10 Skew (Measured)	11 Kurt (Measured)	12 Distance [km] (River Taw distance, Measured)	13 Distance [km] (River Neath distance, Measured)	14 Distance [km] (River Afon distance, Measured)	15 Distance [km] (Distance from wastewater outf...)	16 Distance [km] (Distance from dredge spoil di...)	17 Wave h max [m] (modelled)	18 H(sig) [m] (modelled)	19 TP [s] (modelled)	20 T2 [s] (max, modelled)	21 uw [m/s] (modelled)	22 uw sd [±] (modelled)	23 Load [g/l] (total sediment load, modelled)	24 SBL rate of change [m/day] (modelled)	25 Cur vel mag [cm/s] (maximum tidal flow velocity (...)	26 DIR [deg] (maximum tidal flow velocity (...)	27 Cur vel mag [cm/s] (mean tidal flow velocity (mag...)	28 DIR [deg] (mean tidal flowvelocity (dire...)	29 Cur vel mag [cm/s] (mean tidal residual flow velo...)	30 DIR [deg] (mean tidal residual flow velo...)	31 Comment
Swansea_9_beam	Swansea_9	1	51.6001	-3.9545	2014-07-31	4.74	226.8177111	147.6232401	4.936521032	39.671803140	2.30	7.52	10.34	3.78	8.264	1.669702967	0.3144900	12.965970450	11.08880	0.470953534	0.1437090	0.000007860	0.000101173	0.284955	194.9060	0.094935773	173.9088005	0.02391630	198.127000
Swansea_13_beam	Swansea_13	2	51.6010	-3.8968	2014-07-31	5.79	294.2235053	266.0775029	2.717518194	12.510006590	2.16	3.71	6.44	1.56	8.308	2.486959970	0.3549110	12.588162820	9.31996	0.611293048	0.1623190	0.000012600	0.000467427	0.340946	186.6230	0.119866812	140.1981527	0.01967440	176.983000
Swansea_15_beam	Swansea_15	3	51.6015	-3.8679	2014-07-31	3.72	367.2547244	120.0440734	4.227624963	41.382171120	4.13	2.20	4.60	2.90	8.966	2.215515336	0.7474000	12.024112020	11.23410	0.734057774	0.5454660	0.000024000	0.007498741	0.317493	265.7760	0.124528279	155.6259591	0.00837685	263.355000
Swansea_17_beam	Swansea_17	4	51.6020	-3.8390	2014-07-31	1.49	309.0823417	182.3198796	3.365050935	22.182423340	6.00	1.78	2.99	4.73	10.000	1.604465443	0.7297840	9.757868101	11.41290	0.739571409	1.0050000	0.000161075	-0.011585991	0.285000	90.0000	0.033835896	108.9847896	0.00993616	173.152000
Swansea_19_beam	Swansea_19	5	51.5909	-3.9685	2014-07-31	5.27	315.7805318	147.0278869	3.640836280	30.432849280	3.50	8.71	11.14	4.50	7.573	1.494885925	0.3009590	12.962573650	11.64620	0.393661969	0.1192610	0.000011400	-0.000011000	0.313357	264.2280	0.134441639	182.4445030	0.03695300	222.750000
Swansea_23_beam	Swansea_23	6	51.5918	-3.9108	2014-07-31	8.28	795.1399355	542.7118667	0.243736742	1.501254362	2.08	5.10	7.15	0.70	7.070	2.776781176	0.3697370	12.752193230	9.41252	0.516989950	0.1328150	0.000011800	0.000033600	0.449262	185.5620	0.152700731	143.2773923	0.04567970	180.418000
Swansea_25_beam	Swansea_25	7	51.5923	-3.8820	2014-07-31	9.07	390.3841455	356.4182185	2.214039827	7.270216539	3.56	3.63	5.34	1.60	7.650	3.076129072	0.3721930	12.866104750	9.46935	0.546873599	0.1262980	0.000010300	-0.000240569	0.380297	198.0780	0.129500858	133.1545129	0.03132060	160.947000
Swansea_27_beam	Swansea_27	8	51.5927	-3.8531	2014-07-31	9.25	345.2496411	346.0556170	2.196849120	7.769545132	5.34	2.75	3.31	3.54	8.594	3.207594871	0.3672020	12.900062370	9.48766	0.569417135	0.1221720	0.000010100	-0.000119172	0.219961	187.9590	0.082798067	135.6353590	0.01268140	81.321600
Swansea_30_beam	Swansea_30	9	51.5816	-3.9826	2014-07-29	3.31	400.6589811	442.8014671	1.727550725	4.682348143	4.88	10.07	12.07	5.52	7.196	0.753347063	0.2402068	10.738027240	10.80470	0.238030046	0.4565460	0.000005150	-0.000143889	0.314775	165.3670	0.110703919	205.7364344	0.06007900	253.504000
Swansea_32_beam	Swansea_32	10	51.5821	-3.9537	2014-07-29	7.53	308.4499503	166.1024960	3.527911043	26.713811570	3.43	8.16	10.12	3.53	6.298	2.243226719	0.3555540	12.786274570	10.60530	0.442039073	0.1268080	0.000025500	0.000052700	0.562114	255.2800	0.230391006	174.4476382	0.06079120	216.198000
Swansea_36_beam	Swansea_36	11	51.5831	-3.8960	2014-07-29	12.36	306.3968192	315.5304212	2.545437278	9.971399212	3.48	4.98	6.17	0.70	6.398	3.267819963	0.3810400	12.572642020	9.01882	0.456812678	0.0960066	0.000015300	-0.000348716	0.500150	203.8030	0.173801795	135.1626447	0.04909110	164.360000
Swansea_38_beam	Swansea_38	12	51.5835	-3.8672	2014-07-29	12.06	591.3944155	543.8427783	0.823565581	2.054877636	4.94	3.96	4.00	2.56	7.226	3.452447801	0.3762000	12.659330800	9.22673	0.503032941	0.0979610	0.000014500	0.000215293	0.371092	188.5680	0.134084711	135.3374738	0.02723560	126.798000
Swansea_40_beam	Swansea_40	13	51.5840	-3.8383	2014-07-29	11.15	318.2853336	313.1510056	2.456317251	9.340364894	6.62	3.66	1.98	4.56	8.532	3.394206926	0.3673100	13.003235930	9.65885	0.524334790	0.1003970	0.000005590	-0.000496522	0.196268	348.7040	0.075133773	163.0782454	0.01772180	35.782400
Swansea_69_beam	Swansea_69	14	51.5641	-3.9529	2014-07-30	18.00	291.1628058	306.6730173	2.518997914	10.751462060	5.19	9.25	10.12	4.31	4.500	3.645184010	0.4126200	12.373072280	8.29408	0.376481811	0.0614000	0.000029000	-0.003137332	0.899224	244.2670	0.351191910	151.8027285	0.06557340	252.628000
Swansea_71_beam	Swansea_71	15	51.5646	-3.9241	2014-07-30	14.36	608.6813650	651.4409949	0.443926420	1.444508728	4.77	7.74	8.19	2.95	3.981	3.967137227	0.3964000	12.810086770	8.82125	0.536715596	0.0897558	0.000038600	0.004990874	1.069400	24.2255	0.337922241	126.6869992	0.01913500	124.349000
Swansea_75_beam	Swansea_75	16	51.5655	-3.8664	2014-08-04	15.33	696.7376597	559.2434560	0.509654944	1.596411634	6.26	5.86	4.39	3.55	5.661	3.911813424	0.3891700	12.939823180	9.32897	0.489468755	0.0721066	0.000021600	-0.000443635	0.578900	8.3420	0.201727204	135.8837898	0.03973490	91.207400
Swansea_77_beam	Swansea_77	17	51.5660	-3.8376	2014-08-04	14.81	273.3795103	285.4510371	3.351507813	14.277781190	7.68	5.70	2.69	5.15	7.247	3.840491941	0.3795100	13.061874690	9.74263	0.509224834	0.0749678	0.000014700	-0.000000587	0.436515	335.4090	0.157880553	191.5206821	0.01735910	97.682600
Swansea_79_beam	Swansea_79	18	51.5665	-3.8087	2014-08-04	11.11	195.3332394	146.7378179	4.030394923	31.415869820	9.33	6.24	1.76	6.96	8.953	3.783199638	0.3526690	13.431693890	10.31320	0.638980469	0.0987360	0.000019500	-0.000894669	0.253739	167.7960	0.079572585	198.6359166	0.00603139	109.166000
Swansea_123_beam	Swansea_123	19	51.5461	-3.9522	2014-08-04	28.65	596.2776526	530.2844581	0.815555518	2.103977183	7.11	10.65	10.78	5.73	2.852	4.514966459	0.4120800	12.567511220	9.21150	0.333163076	0.0551690	0.000038400	-0.000771185	3.839800	356.2520	0.631700154	206.7540409	0.40035000	345.783000
Swansea_125_beam	Swansea_125	20	51.5466	-3.9234	2014-08-04	23.24	385.1024119	229.1611405	3.427179268	17.217505710	6.84	9.43	8.96	4.77	2.021	4.505776833	0.4050300	12.984376970	9.41666	0.422661993	0.0625580	0.000036200	0.001044700	2.824910	351.6210	0.493454356	200.8055931	0.25902600	346.448000
Swansea_129_beam	Swansea_129	21	51.5473	-3.8801	2014-08-04	18.83	450.4215869	441.9397912	1.629486003	4.251228191	7.92	7.76	5.77	5.16	3.608	4.273684195	0.3951000	13.034284540	9.39039	0.460368394	0.0621670	0.000024700	0.000493614	1.560480	355.6960	0.315325198	176.0996921	0.09357080	0.998429
Swansea_131_beam	Swansea_131	22	51.5478	-3.8513	2014-08-04	16.34	593.9009973	527.8700046	0.869468650	2.150750147	9.18	7.77	4.30	6.38	5.419	4.244450353	0.3819400	13.348325990	9.83242	0.529911321	0.0696760	0.000030800	-0.001340143	0.905265	344.6680	0.249895077	179.4108971	0.05392580	14.173600
Swansea_133_beam	Swansea_133	23	51.5483	-3.8224	2014-08-04	14.57	173.9579137	133.4574501	5.965732325	52.954041430	10.54	8.12	3.79	7.89	7.285	4.114811846	0.3732100	13.391570800	10.20340	0.565719079	0.0715244	0.000022000	-0.000327068	0.591561	321.4520	0.194044643	210.1026462	0.02915300	1.649530
Swansea_187_beam	Swansea_187	24	51.5282	-3.9514	2014-07-30	25.64	216.2909712	158.6961731	5.764046919	42.288443350	9.09	12.16	11.81	7.40	2.000	4.936956010	0.4116000	13.330367090	9.88293	0.423851969	0.0641180	0.000033200	0.002770775	1.087150	291.2190	0.361759060	251.7320167	0.19764200	302.604000
Swansea_189_beam	Swansea_189	25	51.5287	-3.9226	2014-07-30	23.66	384.6214187	203.4422140	3.462120476	18.996547060	8.87	11.07	9.93	6.70	0.000	4.753667052	0.4037400	13.303982700	9.65170	0.444036791	0.0628160	0.000037000	-0.001023740	1.140700	322.5790	0.386107282	212.3603320	0.15384800	320.030000
Swansea_191_beam	Swansea_191	26	51.5291	-3.8938	2014-07-30	21.21	732.4920921	517.8491983	0.461778130	1.761050396	0.07	10.33	8.55	6.55	2.000	4.634725009	0.3945300	13.368955990	9.72534	0.477934129	0.0651590	0.000029900	0.000026600	1.212670	336.9270	0.413680704	189.1770202	0.17590800	337.198000
Swansea_193_beam	Swansea_193	27	51.5296	-3.8650	2014-07-30	18.35	246.2436324	268.9160877	3.449285206	15.576122150	9.70	9.82	7.76	6.99	4.000	4.527342128	0.3850700	13.405263950	9.89007	0.526845452	0.0694950	0.000029900	0.000211821	1.301980	318.8600	0.354048425	184.2015450	0.13646500	335.878000
Swansea_199_beam	Swansea_199	28	51.5309	-3.7785	2014-07-30	11.41	249.0316116	215.9629818	4.307670922	23.732223920	13.36	10.75	6.12	10.76	10.000	3.671838337	0.3552680	13.425798070	10.41290	0.594876453	0.0858170	0.000047200	-0.001969614	0.660048	296.8500	0.219907117	215.1920266	0.07155250	300.554000
Swansea_21_beam		29	51.5913	-3.9397	2014-07-29	7.51					2.48	6.51	9.27	2.60	7.076									0.409825	240.4030	0.151298310	157.5205217	0.04740770	188.429000	no sediment samples were taken at these positions and waves not modelled
Swansea_34_beam		30	51.5826	-3.9249	2014-07-29	8.57					3.17	6.27	8.20	1.63	6.066									0.558964	229.7640	0.213644227	144.5397227	0.06609690	179.112000	no sediment samples were taken at these positions and waves not modelled
Swansea_135_beam		31	51.5489	-3.7792	2014-07-30	12.01					11.56	8.50	3.70	8.81	9.267									0.481529	311.4390	0.149376995	214.8904731	0.03626300	328.650000	no sediment samples were taken at these positions and waves not modelled