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Mojtahid, Meryem; Schweizer, Magali; Douarin, Mélanie; Gabriel, Justine; Colin, Christophe; Tisnérat-Laborde, Nadine; Elliot, Mary (2021): Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from cold water coral habitats off northwest Scotland [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932647

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Published: 2021-06-15DOI registered: 2021-06-16

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Abstract:
The dataset compiles counts of fossil benthic foraminifera from 69 sediment samples collected from marine sediment core +59-07/293VE retrieved in cold-water coral mounds. Vibrocore +59-07/293VE (59°43.40 N; 06°28.90 W) was retrieved at 282 m water depth with a total recovery of 495 cm during a British Geological Survey campaign in August 1984, at the junction with the Wyville Thomson Ridge and the West Shetland shelf/Hebridean shelf off northwest Scotland onboard the MV British Enterprise Four (Long et al., 1999). Foraminiferal assemblage data was collected in 2015, and the resulting record covers the last glacial period to the late Holocene. The purpose was to i) better constrain the paleoenvironmental changes that took place in the region since the last glacial time and ii) define the environmental conditions that allowed the onset, formation and decline of cold-water corals in this area.
Keyword(s):
Benthic foraminifera; Cold water corals; Epifauna; infauna; NE Atlantic; Wyville Thomson Ridge
Supplement to:
Mojtahid, Meryem; Schweizer, Magali; Douarin, Mélanie; Gabriel, Justine; Colin, Christophe; Tisnérat-Laborde, Nadine; Elliot, Mary (in review): From glacial times to late Holocene: benthic foraminiferal habitats from cold water coral reefs off north west Scotland. Marine Geology
Further details:
Long, D; Roberts, J Murray; Gillespie, E J (1999): Occurrences of Lophelia pertusa on the Atlantic margin. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WB/99/23
Coverage:
Latitude: 59.723330 * Longitude: -6.481670
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.005 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 4.855 m
Event(s):
59-07/293VE * Latitude: 59.723330 * Longitude: -6.481670 * Elevation: -282.0 m * Method/Device: Vibro corer (VC)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Depth, top/minDepth topmMojtahid, Meryem
Depth, bottom/maxDepth botmMojtahid, Meryem
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmMojtahid, MeryemGeocode
Sample massSamp mgMojtahid, Meryem
SplitSplitMojtahid, Meryem
Ammonia batavaA. batava#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
Astrononion sp.Astrononion sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
Amphicoryna scalarisA. scalaris#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
Asterigerinata mamillaA. mamilla#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
10 Biloculinella inflataB. inflata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
11 Bolivina earlandiB. earlandi#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
12 Bolivina spathulataB. spathulata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
13 Bolivina subaenariensisB. subaenariensis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
14 Bolivina sp.Bolivina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
15 Buccella frigidaB. frigida#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
16 Bulimina aculeataB. aculeata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
17 Bulimina gibbaB. gibba#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
18 Bulimina inflataB. inflata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
19 Bulimina marginataB. marginata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
20 Bulimina sp.Bulimina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
21 Cassidulina laevigataC. laevigata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
22 Cassidulina sp.Cassidulina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
23 Chilostomella cushmaniC. cushmani#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
24 Cibicidoides lobatulusC. lobatulus#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fractionLobatula lobatula
25 Cibicidoides globulosusC. globulosus#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
26 Cibicides refulgensC. refulgens#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
27 Cibicidoides ungerianusC. ungerianus#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
28 Cibicidoides wuellerstorfiC. wuellerstorfi#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
29 Cibicidoides sp.Cibicidoides sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
30 Cornuspira involvensC. involvens#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
31 Discanomalina coronataD. coronata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
32 Discorbinella berthelotiD. bertheloti#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
33 Elphidium clavatumE. clavatum#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
34 Elphidium crispumE. crispum#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
35 Elphidium sp.Elphidium sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
36 Ehrenbergina sp.Ehrenbergina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
37 Evolvocassidulina bradyiE. bradyi#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
38 Favulina squamosaF. squamosa#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
39 Fissurina marginataF. marginata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
40 Fissurina sp.Fissurina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
41 Gavelinopsis praegeriG. praegeri#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
42 Gavelinopsis sp.Gavelinopsis sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
43 Glandulina sp.Glandulina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
44 Globocassidulina crassaG. crassa#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
45 Globulina sp.Globulina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
46 Globobulimina sp.Globobulimina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
47 Gyroidina orbicularisG. orbicularis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
48 Gyroidina sp.Gyroidina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
49 Hanzawaia boueanaH. boueana#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
50 Hoeglundina elegansH. elegans#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
51 Hyalinea balthicaH. balthica#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
52 Laevidentalina filiformisL. filiformis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
53 Lagena striataL. striata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
54 Lagena sulcataL. sulcata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
55 Lagenosolenia bradyiformataL. bradyiformata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
56 Lenticulina vortexL. vortex#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
57 Lenticulina sp.Lenticulina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
58 Melonis barleeanusM. barleeanus#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
59 Miliolinella circularisM. circularis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
60 Miliolinella subrotundaM. subrotunda#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
61 Nonionella turgidaN. turgida#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
62 Nonion sp.Nonion sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
63 Nonionella sp.Nonionella sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
64 Osangulariella bradyiO. bradyi#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
65 Planulina ariminensisP. ariminensis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
66 Pseudoglandulina glanduliniformisP. glanduliniformis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
67 Pullenia quinquelobaP. quinqueloba#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
68 Pyrgo inflataP. inflata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
69 Pyrgo sp.Pyrgo sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
70 Quinqueloculina auberianaQ. auberiana#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
71 Quinqueloculina badenensisQ. badenensis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
72 Quinqueloculina lataQ. lata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
73 Quinqueloculina seminulumQ. seminulum#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
74 Quinqueloculina venustaQ. venusta#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
75 Quinqueloculina sp.Quinqueloculina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
76 Recurvoides trochamminiformisR. trochamminiformis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
77 Robertina arcticaR. arctica#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
78 Rosalina globularisR. globularis#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
79 Rosalina sp.Rosalina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
80 Sigmoidella elegantissimaS. elegantissima#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
81 Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeriS. schlumbergeri#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
82 Spirillina viviparaS. vivipara#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
83 Spiroloculina bradyiS. bradyi#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
84 Spiroloculina tenuiseptataS. tenuisepata#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
85 Stainforthia sp.Stainforthia sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
86 Stomatorbina concentricaS. concentrica#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
87 Textularia sagittulaT. sagittula#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
88 Textularia agglutinansT. agglutinans#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
89 Trifarina angulosaT. angulosa#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
90 Triloculina sp.Triloculina sp.#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
91 Uvigerina mediterraneaU. mediterranea#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
92 Uvigerina peregrinaU. peregrina#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
93 Valvulineria minutaV. minuta#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
94 Foraminifera, benthic indeterminataForam benth indet#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
95 Foraminifera, benthicForam benth#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fractiontotal picked
96 Foraminifera, benthicForam benth#Mojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fractiontotal picked * split
97 Foraminifera, benthicForam benth#/gMojtahid, MeryemCounting >150 µm fraction
98 Shannon Diversity IndexH'Mojtahid, Meryem
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
6693 data points

Data

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Depth top [m]

Depth bot [m]

Depth sed [m]

Samp m [g]

Split

A. batava [#]

Astrononion sp. [#]

A. scalaris [#]

A. mamilla [#]
10 
B. inflata [#]
11 
B. earlandi [#]
12 
B. spathulata [#]
13 
B. subaenariensis [#]
14 
Bolivina sp. [#]
15 
B. frigida [#]
16 
B. aculeata [#]
17 
B. gibba [#]
18 
B. inflata [#]
19 
B. marginata [#]
20 
Bulimina sp. [#]
21 
C. laevigata [#]
22 
Cassidulina sp. [#]
23 
C. cushmani [#]
24 
C. lobatulus [#]
(Lobatula lobatula)
25 
C. globulosus [#]
26 
C. refulgens [#]
27 
C. ungerianus [#]
28 
C. wuellerstorfi [#]
29 
Cibicidoides sp. [#]
30 
C. involvens [#]
31 
D. coronata [#]
32 
D. bertheloti [#]
33 
E. clavatum [#]
34 
E. crispum [#]
35 
Elphidium sp. [#]
36 
Ehrenbergina sp. [#]
37 
E. bradyi [#]
38 
F. squamosa [#]
39 
F. marginata [#]
40 
Fissurina sp. [#]
41 
G. praegeri [#]
42 
Gavelinopsis sp. [#]
43 
Glandulina sp. [#]
44 
G. crassa [#]
45 
Globulina sp. [#]
46 
Globobulimina sp. [#]
47 
G. orbicularis [#]
48 
Gyroidina sp. [#]
49 
H. boueana [#]
50 
H. elegans [#]
51 
H. balthica [#]
52 
L. filiformis [#]
53 
L. striata [#]
54 
L. sulcata [#]
55 
L. bradyiformata [#]
56 
L. vortex [#]
57 
Lenticulina sp. [#]
58 
M. barleeanus [#]
59 
M. circularis [#]
60 
M. subrotunda [#]
61 
N. turgida [#]
62 
Nonion sp. [#]
63 
Nonionella sp. [#]
64 
O. bradyi [#]
65 
P. ariminensis [#]
66 
P. glanduliniformis [#]
67 
P. quinqueloba [#]
68 
P. inflata [#]
69 
Pyrgo sp. [#]
70 
Q. auberiana [#]
71 
Q. badenensis [#]
72 
Q. lata [#]
73 
Q. seminulum [#]
74 
Q. venusta [#]
75 
Quinqueloculina sp. [#]
76 
R. trochamminiformis [#]
77 
R. arctica [#]
78 
R. globularis [#]
79 
Rosalina sp. [#]
80 
S. elegantissima [#]
81 
S. schlumbergeri [#]
82 
S. vivipara [#]
83 
S. bradyi [#]
84 
S. tenuisepata [#]
85 
Stainforthia sp. [#]
86 
S. concentrica [#]
87 
T. sagittula [#]
88 
T. agglutinans [#]
89 
T. angulosa [#]
90 
Triloculina sp. [#]
91 
U. mediterranea [#]
92 
U. peregrina [#]
93 
V. minuta [#]
94 
Foram benth indet [#]
95 
Foram benth [#]
(total picked)
96 
Foram benth [#]
(total picked * split)
97 
Foram benth [#/g]
98 
H'
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