Abstract

This report describes a sediment-sampling programme conducted by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) for the Environment Agency as part of a larger project for English Nature entitled ‘Monitoring Poole Harbour Bird Invertebrate Prey Availability’. The report details the background to the sediment-sampling study, its objectives, the methodology employed in collecting and processing the samples, and a brief summary of the results. The full dataset is presented in tabular format and several maps summarising the data are also presented.