Hildebrandt, Nina; Sander, Lasse: Plant growth and biomass measurements from a mesocosm experiment on the effects of sediment properties and warming on the salt-marsh pioneer Salicornia, Sylt, Germany [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995619 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
This dataset contains plant growth and biomass measurements collected during a controlled mesocosm experiment conducted at the AWI Sylt Outdoor Mesocosm facility, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Germany, between June and September 2025. The experiment investigated the effects of sediment grain size, microtopography and climate warming on the salt marsh pioneer Salicornia. Plants were grown in PVC tubes filled with sandy, mixed or muddy sediments and exposed to four different climate treatments (ambient, warming, warming-drought, heatwave-drought). Climate treatments were implemented through active control of the water temperature. Experimental microtopographies simulated small-scale elevation differences. Plant height was measured repeatedly to quantify growth dynamics. Above ground biomass was measured at the end of the experiment. The experiment was conducted under controlled mesocosm conditions to quantify the relative importance of sediment properties, topographic variation and warming for pioneer marsh vegetation performance.
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Dummermuth, Angelika; Wiltshire, Karen Helen; Kirstein, Inga Vanessa; Brodte, Eva-Maria; Wichels, Antje; Shama, Lisa N S; Bergmann, A; Hofmann, Claudia; Fischer, Philipp; Mölter, Kerstin; Strasser, Matthias (2023): Marine Stations Helgoland and Sylt operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Journal of large-scale research facilities JLSRF, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-8-184
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Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_BAH_o10: SALTGARDEN Mesocosm at Marine Stations Helgoland and Sylt
Coverage:
Latitude: 55.022083 * Longitude: 8.438167
Date/Time Start: 2025-06-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-09-10T12:00:00
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SALTex2025 * Latitude Start: 55.022083 * Longitude Start: 8.438167 * Latitude End: 55.022083 * Longitude End: 8.438167 * Date/Time Start: 2025-06-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-09-10T12:00:00 * Location Start: List/Sylt, Germany * Location End: List/Sylt, Germany * Method/Device: Mesocosm experiment (MESO)
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
22717 data points
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