This repository contains data used in the paper:
J.W.M. Wijsman, T.C. Prins, J.J.S. Moons and P.M.J. Herman (2023).
Changed sediment composition prevents recovery of macrobenthic community
four years after a shoreface nourishment at the Holland coast" 
Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science 

For information on data collection and treatment of the samples we refer to
the paper

The repository contains two data files:
Macrobenthos_Callantsoog.csv
This file contains the macrobenthos data
The following columns are included
Year:           Year of sampling
StationNr:      Location number of the sample
X_RD:           x-coordinate of the sample (Rijksdriehoek)
Y_RD:           y-coordinate of the sample (Rijksdriehoek)
Area:           Area of sampling (North, South of Nourishment)
Species:        Scientific name of the species
Density_N_m2:   Density of the species (numbers per m2)
Biomass_g_m2:   Biomass of the species (g per m2)

sediment_composition_Callantsoog.csv
File contains te data on sediment composition. 
The following columns are included
LocNr:          Location number of the sample
Year:           Year of sampling
SD50:           median grain size (50-percentile grain size distribution) (um)
SD10:           10th percentile grain size distribution (um)
SD90:           90th percentile grain size distribution (um)
Silt:           percentage silt
very_fine_sand: percentage very fine sand
fine_sand:      percentage fine sand
medium_sand:    percentage medium sand
coarse_sand:    percentage coarse sand
Location:       Area of sampling (North, South of Nourishment) 