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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_996141</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Ecological monitoring data of restored seagrass planted in North Wales between 2023–2025 by Project Seagrass</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Thomas, Oliver Robert; Unsworth, Richard K F</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Ecological monitoring data of restored seagrass planted in North Wales between 2023–2025 by Project Seagrass</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-07-24</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996141</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Richard K F</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Unsworth</Last_Name>
<Email>r.k.f.unsworth@swansea.ac.uk</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Latitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Longitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Date/Time of event</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Date/Time of event 2</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Type of study</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, water</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Principal investigator</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Identification</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Project</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Site</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Site index code</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Planting method</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Planted (yes/no)</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Monitoring identification</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Month</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Year of observation</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Monitoring method</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sampling strategy</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Monitoring area</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Condition</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Experimental plot</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zostera marina, shoots</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zostera marina, shoots</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Depth, redox</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Worm casts</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Worm casts</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Canopy height</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Epiphytes, cover</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Algae, cover</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Blackening</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bleaching</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oxidation reduction (RedOx) potential</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>pH</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sediment surface temperature</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lithology/composition/facies</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sea level, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Accuracy, vertical</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Comment</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Monitoring reference database</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Carreg y Defaid (CYD)</Keyword>
<Keyword>Field experiment</Keyword>
<Keyword>In-situ</Keyword>
<Keyword>Monitoring</Keyword>
<Keyword>NWMHWOTRU2026_CYD_monitoring</Keyword>
<Keyword>NWMHWOTRU2026_PHD_monitoring</Keyword>
<Keyword>NWMHWOTRU2026_PYC_monitoring</Keyword>
<Keyword>NWMHWOTRU2026_PYN_monitoring</Keyword>
<Keyword>Penrhos Headland (PHD)</Keyword>
<Keyword>Penrhyn (PYN)</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pen-y-Chain (PYC)</Keyword>
<Keyword>restoration</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Manual quadrat count</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Ruler stick</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Visual estimation</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Multiparameter probe, HANNA Instruments, HI-98191</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Global Positioning System (GPS), Garmin, GPSmap 60 CSx</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2023-06-04</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2025-10-08</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>52.866446</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>53.320517</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>-4.587140999999974</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>-4.3208230000000185</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Project>
<Short_Name>SORNW</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Seagrass Ocean Rescue North Wales</Long_Name>
</Project>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>6936 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Reference>Thomas, Oliver Robert; Patterson, Bridget M; Rowland, Caroline; Berthou, Ségolène; Worsfold, Mark; Yates, Emily; Keen, Charlotte; den Haan, Stijn; Unsworth, Richard K F (2026): Marine heat waves endanger the rebuilding of marine life. Environmental Research Letters, 21(10), 104019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6d17</Reference>
<Summary>This dataset was collected in support of a study on the resilience of restored seagrass (Zostera marina) meadows to marine heatwave exposure in North Wales, United Kingdom (Thomas et al., 2026). It provides intertidal quadrat survey data recording seagrass shoot and reproductive shoot density, rhizome presence, canopy height, percentage cover of seagrass, epiphytes and algae, and sediment redox potential, pH and temperature, collected during repeated monitoring visits to four restored seagrass sites between June 2023 and October 2025. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996141"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6d17</URL>
<Description>Marine heat waves endanger the rebuilding of marine life</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction_potential</URL>
<Description>Oxidation reduction (RedOx) potential</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/north-wales-seagrass-ocean-rescue</URL>
<Description>SORNW</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_996148</Parent_DIF>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-07-24</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-07-24</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
