Kennedy, Ruth; Biro, Mariann; Marret-Davis, Fabienne; Oliver, Simon (2023): New records of benthic foraminifera in the surface sediments of the Dulas Bay saltmarsh in North Wales, UK [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956787
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Published: 2023-03-20 • DOI registered: 2023-05-03
Abstract:
We investigated the community composition of benthic foraminifera in surface sediments taken from 14 sample sites in the saltmarshes of the Dulas Bay Estuary in North Wales (UK). Constrained cluster analyses determined that the composition and richness of benthic foraminiferal species in our study area were dominated by calcareous species in mud and sandy sediments and that their vertical distribution was constrained by elevation, which is consistent with reports from other latitudinally similar saltmarsh habitats. The exceptionally low proportion of morphological abnormalities in the foraminiferal tests that we sampled suggests that the Dulas Bay Estuary is a pristine unpolluted environment. New micropaleontological occurrence records for the Dulas Bay Estuary are presented, which will be useful for reconstructing Holocene relative sea-level changes and contribute to global databases: PANGAEA® Data Publisher.
Supplement to:
Kennedy, Ruth; Biro, Mariann; Oliver, Simon (in prep.): The community composition of UK Benthic foraminifera at Little Neston Saltmarsh and Dulas Bay Estuary.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 53.369986 * Median Longitude: -4.286614 * South-bound Latitude: 53.367800 * West-bound Longitude: -4.290800 * North-bound Latitude: 53.373700 * East-bound Longitude: -4.280800
Date/Time Start: 2021-06-04T13:21:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-06-04T14:51:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
Event(s):
Dulas_D1 * Latitude: 53.367800 * Longitude: -4.290800 * Date/Time: 2021-06-04T13:21:00 * Elevation: -9.0 m * Location: Dulas Estuary, North Wales, UK * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES) * Comment: Transect 1
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Kennedy, Ruth | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Kennedy, Ruth | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Kennedy, Ruth | |||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | Kennedy, Ruth | ||
| 5 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | Kennedy, Ruth | |||
| 6 | Identification | ID | Kennedy, Ruth | SH | ||
| 7 | Identification | ID | Kennedy, Ruth | BNG | ||
| 8 | Sample mass | Samp m | g | Kennedy, Ruth | ||
| 9 | Method comment | Method comm | Kennedy, Ruth | Sieve 500 µm | ||
| 10 | Method comment | Method comm | Kennedy, Ruth | Sieve 63 µm | ||
| 11 | Method comment | Method comm | Kennedy, Ruth | Drying process | ||
| 12 | Transect | Transect | Kennedy, Ruth | |||
| 13 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Kennedy, Ruth | Geocode | |
| 14 | Ammonia beccarii | A. beccarii | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 15 | Bolivina sp. | Bolivina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 16 | Bulimina sp. | Bulimina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 17 | Elphidium crispum | E. crispum | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 18 | Elphidium excavatum | E. excavatum | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 19 | Elphidium williamsoni | E. williamsoni | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 20 | Haynesina germanica | H. germanica | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 21 | Haplophragmoides wilberti | H. wilberti | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 22 | Jadammina macrescens | J. macrescens | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 23 | Lagena sp. | Lagena sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 24 | Miliammina sp. | Miliammina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 25 | Oolina sp. | Oolina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 26 | Rosalina sp. | Rosalina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 27 | Trochammina inflata | T. inflata | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 28 | Triloculina sp. | Triloculina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 29 | Quinqueloculina sp. | Quinqueloculina sp. | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 30 | Sum | Sum | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction | |
| 31 | Foraminifera, benthic calcareous | Foram benth calc | # | Kennedy, Ruth | Counting >63 µm fraction |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
350 data points