Benthic foraminifera census data of sediment core GeoTü SL99
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
The data set contains census counts of deep-sea benthic foraminifera from the Late Quaternary section of sediment core GeoTü SL99. Given are counted individuals of benthic foraminiferal taxa versus sediment depth in cm below sea floor. The counts are based on representative splits of the size fraction >125 µm. The original counting was performed in 2020, a taxonomic revision was carried out in 2022. Gravity core GeoTü SL99, was retrieved at station no. 564 during R.V. METEOR cruise M51/3 in 2001 (Hemleben et al., 2003) from the southwestern Levantine Basin in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, at 33°00.0'N, 23°37.6'E, 1476 m water depth, core recovery 5.32 m. The sediment core was retrieved for the reconstruction of circulation and productivity changes in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during the late Quaternary with particular focus on sapropel formation.
Climate forcing of regional deep-sea biodiversity documented by benthic foraminifera
Ostatlantik-Mittelmeer-Schwarzes Meer, Cruise No. 51, 12 September - 28 December 2001
METEOR-Berichte, Leitstelle Meteor, Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg
Foraminifera, benthic hyaline-perforate indeterminata
Benthic foraminifera; deep-sea biodiversity; Oxygen; Quaternary