Additional monitoring at the Tollesbury site

A project providing additional data about water depth, soils and the movement of sediment as well as how living organisms affect how the saltmarsh develops.

• From: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 12 February 2021

• Category: Understanding risks from all sources of flooding
• Topics: Coast, Coastal erosion, Ecosystem service benefits, Hydrology, Natural capital, Sustainability, Understanding physical processes
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: FD1101
• Date of completion: 31 March 2002

Documents

The final report for this project has been combined with Estuary morphology, survey and modelling for managed set back site (project reference FD1004). Please refer to this report for further information.

Details

This project provided additional data for project FD1004 by monitoring changes in depth, movement of sediment, and character of soils in the managed set-back site at Tollesbury in Essex. It also examined the levels of invertebrates and halophytes at the site and their impact on how the saltmarsh developed.

The project started in 1996 and was completed in 2002 at a cost of £326,487.

Published 12 February 2021