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Keigwin, Lloyd D; Bice, David M; Copley, Nancy J (2005): Planktonic foraminifera and their stable isotope record of MICNESS samples off Cape Cod [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.835235, Supplement to: Keigwin, LD et al. (2005): Seasonality and stable isotopes in planktonic foraminifera off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Paleoceanography, 20(4), PA4011, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005PA001150

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Abstract:
Monthly samples of stratified plankton tows taken from the slope waters off Cape Cod nearly 25 years ago are used to describe the seasonal succession of planktonic foraminifera and their oxygen isotope ratios. The 15°C seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature (SST) accounts for a diverse mixture of tropical to subpolar species. Summer samples include various Globigerinoides and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, whereas winter and early spring species include Globigerina bulloides and Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (dextral). Globorotalia inflata lives all year but at varying water depths. Compared with the fauna in 1960-1961 (described by R. Cifelli), our samples seem warmer. Because sea surface salinity varies little during the year, d18O is mostly a function of SST. Throughout the year, there are always species present with d18O close to the calculated isotopic equilibrium of carbonate with surface seawater. This raises the possibility that seasonality can be estimated directly from the range of d18O in a sediment sample provided that the d18O-salinity relationship is the same as today.
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Median Latitude: 39.841110 * Median Longitude: -68.568769 * South-bound Latitude: 39.211000 * West-bound Longitude: -71.116000 * North-bound Latitude: 40.266000 * East-bound Longitude: -66.047000
Date/Time Start: 1981-04-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1982-05-02T00:00:00
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  1. Keigwin, LD; Bice, DM; Copley, NJ (2005): (Table 2) Stable isotopes of planktonic foraminifera in MOCNESS samples off Cape Cod. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.835234
  2. Keigwin, LD; Bice, DM; Copley, NJ (2005): (Table 1) Abundance of selected planktonic foraminifera in MOCNESS samples off Cape Cod. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.835232