cff-version: 1.2.0 abstract: "<p>This dataset contains the data obtained and utilized for the manuscript: Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most.</p><p><br></p><p>This study analyzed 20 years of vegetation and bathymetry maps along the Dutch Wadden Sea coast in combination with detailed process-based measurements at 5 locations during three years in order to understand where salt marshes form and what features determine their contribution to coastal protection value.</p><p><br></p><p>The field data includes wave data collected with OSSI wave loggers in marshes and mudflats fronting dikes, beach wrack elevation points on the dikes after storms, vegetation properties and marsh&mudflat soil elevation.</p>" authors: - family-names: Marin Diaz given-names: B. (Beatriz) - family-names: van der Wal given-names: Daphne - family-names: Kaptein given-names: Leon - family-names: Martinez-Garcia given-names: Pol - family-names: Lashley given-names: Christopher H. - family-names: de Jong given-names: Kornelis - family-names: Nieuwenhuis given-names: Jan Willem - family-names: Govers given-names: L.L. (Laura) orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4532-9419" - family-names: Olff given-names: Han - family-names: Bouma given-names: T.J. (Tjeerd) orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7824-7546" title: "Data underlying the publication: "Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most"" keywords: version: 1 identifiers: - type: doi value: 10.4121/872ad544-c7c7-41c2-8307-3e353c9befd2.v1 license: CC BY 4.0 date-released: 2023-03-31