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&nbsp;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&amp;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: &#34;Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most&#34;"
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