Fürstenberg, Sascha; Gründler, Nadine; Meschner, Stephanie; Frenzel, Peter (2017): Microfossils in surface sediments of brackish waters from the South African west coast [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879311, Supplement to: Fürstenberg, S et al. (2017): Microfossils in surface sediments of brackish waters on the west coast of South Africa and their palaeoecological implications. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 42(4), 329-339, https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2017.1406326
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Published: 2017-08-04 • DOI registered: 2017-11-13
Abstract:
A faunistic survey covering 25 sites in estuaries, coastal lakes and ponds along the west coast of South Africa between the Cape of Good Hope in the south and the Olifants River in the north was carried out in May 2014. The study aimed to establish a dataset with ecological and distribution data of ostracods and foraminifers for later palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Canonical correspondence analysis showed that the distribution of the 19 foraminifer and 32 ostracod taxa was controlled mainly by habitat structure, but that specific conductivity (salinity) was best and solely described by the second axis, highlighting the usefulness of the two microfossil groups for salinity reconstructions. Habitat structure was demonstrated by the foraminifer species Trochamminita irregularis' preference for stillwater areas of lakes. Sarscypridopsis aculeata and Sarscypridopsis glabrata were the dominant ostracod species in coastal ponds and lakes. However, their living distributions excluded each other, with S. aculeata preferring areas of lower salinity and S. glabrata dominating areas of higher salinity up to hyperhaline conditions in small, closed water bodies.
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Funding:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03G0840B: Regional Archives for Integrated iNvestigations
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -32.576003 * Median Longitude: 18.319907 * South-bound Latitude: -34.136817 * West-bound Longitude: 17.885300 * North-bound Latitude: -31.683133 * East-bound Longitude: 18.510383
Date/Time Start: 2014-05-19T10:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-05-30T11:30:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
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Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Fürstenberg, Sascha | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Fürstenberg, Sascha | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Fürstenberg, Sascha | |||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 5 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Geocode | |
| 6 | Sample volume | Samp vol | cm3 | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 7 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 8 | Conductivity | Cond | mS/cm | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 9 | pH | pH | Fürstenberg, Sascha | |||
| 10 | Alkalinity, total | AT | mmol(eq)/l | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 11 | Oxygen | O2 | µmol/l | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 12 | Distance | Distance | m | Fürstenberg, Sascha | to shore | |
| 13 | Distance | Distance | km | Fürstenberg, Sascha | to inflow | |
| 14 | Current velocity, horizontal | Cur vel hor | cm/s | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 15 | Detritus, cover | Detritus cov | mm | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 16 | Layer thickness | Thickness | mm | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 17 | Macrophytes | Macrophytes | % | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 18 | Type | Type | Fürstenberg, Sascha | water type | ||
| 19 | Individuals | Ind | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | total number of individuals | |
| 20 | Ratio | Ratio | Fürstenberg, Sascha | undeterminable/allochthonous | ||
| 21 | Foraminifera | Foram | #/cm3 | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 22 | Foraminifera | Foram | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | total number | |
| 23 | Ammonia parkinsoniana | A. parkinsoniana | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | plus tepida | |
| 24 | Cribroelphidium articulatum | C. articulatum | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 25 | Cribroelphidium sp. | Cribroelphidium sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 26 | Elphidium spp. | Elphidium spp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 27 | Favulina hexagona | F. hexagona | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 28 | Globigerina spp. | Globigerina spp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 29 | Guttulina communis | G. communis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 30 | Haplophragmoides sp. | Haplophragmoides sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 31 | Lagena sp. | Lagena sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | and Oolina sp. | |
| 32 | Lobatula lobatula | L. lobatula | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 33 | Miliammina earlandi | M. earlandi | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 34 | Eponides sp. | Eponides sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 35 | Pararotalia sp. | Pararotalia sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 36 | Quinqueloculina spp. | Quinqueloculina spp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 37 | Rosalina spp. | Rosalina spp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 38 | Trochammina inflata | T. inflata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 39 | Trochamminita irregularis | T. irregularis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 40 | Aglaiella westfordensis | A. westfordensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 41 | Ambostracon levetzovi | A. levetzovi | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 42 | Aurila kliei | A. kliei | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 43 | Australoloxoconcha favornamentata | A. favornamentata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 44 | Bairdia sp. | Bairdia sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 45 | Basslerites sp. | Basslerites sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 46 | Candona sp. | Candona sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 47 | Cistacythereis sp. | Cistacythereis sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 48 | Chrissia hodgsoni | C. hodgsoni | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 49 | Cyprideis sp. | Cyprideis sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 50 | Cyprideis remanei | C. remanei | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 51 | Cytheroidea | Cytheroidea | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 52 | Cytheromorpha milleri | C. milleri | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 53 | Gomphocythere obtusata | G. obtusata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 54 | Gomphocythere capensis | G. capensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 55 | Hemicythere sp. | Hemicythere sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 56 | Leptocythere hartmanni | L. hartmanni | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 57 | Limnocythere inopinata | L. inopinata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 58 | Loxoconcha megapora | L. megapora | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 59 | Macrocypris sp. | Macrocypris sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 60 | Mutilus bensonmaddocksorum | M. bensonmaddocksorum | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 61 | Neonesidea sp. | Neonesidea sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 62 | Paracypretta acanthifera | P. acanthifera | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 63 | Paradoxostoma sp. | Paradoxostoma sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 64 | Physocypria capensis | P. capensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 65 | Potamocypris humilis | P. humilis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 66 | Sarscypridopsis aculeata | S. aculeata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 67 | Sarscypridopsis glabrata | S. glabrata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 68 | Sulcostocythere knysnaensis | S. knysnaensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 69 | Xestoleberis sp. | Xestoleberis sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 70 | Zonocypris cordata | Z. cordata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 71 | Aglaiella westfordensis | A. westfordensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 72 | Chrissia hodgsoni | C. hodgsoni | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 73 | Gomphocythere capensis | G. capensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 74 | Ilyocypris bradyi | I. bradyi | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 75 | Leptocythere hartmanni | L. hartmanni | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 76 | Limnocythere inopinata | L. inopinata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 77 | Physiocypria sp. | Physiocypria sp. | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 78 | Sarscypridopsis aculeata | S. aculeata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 79 | Sarscypridopsis glabrata | S. glabrata | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 80 | Sulcostocythere knysnaensis | S. knysnaensis | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Ostracoda (carapaces, living) | |
| 81 | Bivalvia | Bivalvia | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 82 | Gastropoda | Gastropoda | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 83 | Fish remains | Fish rem | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Fish scales or fish bones | |
| 84 | Echinoidea, spines | Echinoidea spin | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | Sea urgin spines | |
| 85 | Diatoms | Diatoms | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 86 | Bryozoa, statoblast | Statoblast | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 87 | Ephippia | Ephip | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 88 | Chironomidae remains | Chiro rem | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 89 | Oospores | Oospores | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha | ||
| 90 | Seeds | Seeds | # | Fürstenberg, Sascha |
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