Table 3 Data on the sedimentology of the N. norvegicus study area.

From: Field-recorded data on habitat, density, growth and movement of Nephrops norvegicus

Column

Data description

Typology of data

1

ID

The number of the station

2

Longitude

Coordinate X (Irish Transverse Mercator projection; translated by a fixed offset)

3

Latitude

Coordinate Y (Irish Transverse Mercator projection; translated by a fixed offset)

4

Folk & Ward Method mean

Mean sediment particle size (µm)

5

Folk & Ward Method sorting

Sediment sorting (standard deviation; µm)

6

Folk & Ward Method skewness

Sediment skewness

7

Folk & Ward Method kurtosis

Sediment kurtosis

8

Folk & Ward Method mean description

Mean sediment particle size (text)

9

Folk & Ward Method sorting description

Sediment sorting (text)

10

Folk & Ward Method skewness description

Sediment skewness (text)

11

Folk & Ward Method kurtosis description

Sediment kurtosis (text)

12

Percent gravel

The percentage of gravel in the sediment (%)

13

Percent sand

The percentage of sand in the sediment (%)

14

Percent mud

The percentage of mud in the sediment (%)

15-30

Sediment typology

The percentage of finer gradations of columns 12–14 (%)

  1. Detailed information of the third dataset related sediment size and sorting information adjacent to the N. norvegicus fishing grounds, to enable ground-truthing of acoustic bottom types.