Citation:

PANGAEA.984785

Name: Benthic foraminifera counts from samples of the Arabian Gulf region
Published: 2025-09-12
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Benthic foraminifera; bioindicators; coral reef health; Global Reef Expedition

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Published: 2025-09-12 • DOI registered: 2025-10-11

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Keyword(s):

Benthic foraminifera; bioindicators; coral reef health; Global Reef Expedition

Related to:

Humphreys, Alexander F; Abdulla, Ameer; Sherman, Sofia; Levine, Jaclyn; Arista, Katelyn; Jones, Laura; Hoffman, Charlotte; Palavicini, Giacomo; Vimercati, Silvia; Terraneo, Tullia I; Ouhssain, Mustapha; Rodrigue, Mattie; Purkis, Sam (2022): Amphistegina lobifera foraminifera are excellent bioindicators of heat stress on high latitude Red Sea reefs. Coral Reefs, 41(4), 1211-1223, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02264-5

Humphreys, Alexander F; Purkis, Sam; Wan, Chuyan; Aldrich, Matthew; Nichols, Sarah; Garza, Jazmin (2022): A New Foraminiferal Bioindicator for Long-Term Heat Stress on Coral Reefs. Journal of Earth Science, 33(6), 1451-1459, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-021-1543-7

Kalman, Akos; Humphreys, Alexander F; Adams, Zachary; Ames, Riley; Rosa Marín, Angelique; Dempsey, Alexandra C; Purkis, Sam (2025): Foraminifera record historical coral-algal phase shifts on Caribbean coral reefs. Marine Environmental Research, 211, 107437, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107437

Funding:

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF), grant/award no. NSF EAR-2035135: Protist Prophets – Foraminifera as Global Bioindicators for Past and Present Coral Reef Health

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 26.144356 * Median Longitude: 51.292789 * South-bound Latitude: 25.985700 * West-bound Longitude: 51.209200 * North-bound Latitude: 26.193600 * East-bound Longitude: 51.435000

Minimum DEPTH, water: 0.00 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 6.49 m

Event(s):

R01-02 * Latitude: 26.147400 * Longitude: 51.213000 * Location: Arabian Gulf * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)

R01-06 * Latitude: 26.156400 * Longitude: 51.212200 * Location: Arabian Gulf * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)

R01-11 * Latitude: 26.167600 * Longitude: 51.211100 * Location: Arabian Gulf * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Purkis, Sam
2	Latitude of event	Latitude		Purkis, Sam
3	Longitude of event	Longitude		Purkis, Sam
4	DEPTH, water	Depth water	m	Purkis, Sam		Geocode
5	Foraminifera, benthic, total	Foram benth tot	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
6	Archaias angulatus	A. angulatus	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
7	Amphisorus hemprichii	A. hemprichii	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
8	Sorites orbiculus	S. orbiculus	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
9	Monalysidium acicularis	M. acicularis	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
10	Coscinospira hemprichii	C. hemprichii	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
11	Articulina sp.	Articulina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
12	Quinqueloculina sp.	Quinqueloculina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
13	Triloculina sp.	Triloculina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
14	Pyrgo sp.	Pyrgo sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
15	Cycloforina sp.	Cycloforina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
16	Miliolinella sp.	Miliolinella sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
17	Lachlanella sp.	Lachlanella sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
18	Spiroloculina sp.	Spiroloculina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
19	Hauerina sp.	Hauerina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
20	Pseudohauerina	Pseudohauerina	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
21	Peneroplis sp.	Peneroplis sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted	Laevipeneroplis proteus
22	Vertebralina striata	V. striata	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
23	Borelis pulchra	B. pulchra	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
24	Amphistegina gibbosa	A. gibbosa	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
25	Amphistegina lessonii	A. lessonii	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
26	Amphistegina lobifera	A. lobifera	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
27	Elphidium sp.	Elphidium sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
28	Asterigerina sp.	Asterigerina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
29	Rotalia sp.	Rotalia sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted	Discorbis
30	Rosalina sp.	Rosalina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
31	Operculina ammonoides	O. ammonoides	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
32	Nonion sp.	Nonion sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
33	Homotrema rubrum	H. rubrum	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
34	Miniacina	Miniacina	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
35	Ammonia sp.	Ammonia sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
36	Planorbulina sp.	Planorbulina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
37	Planogypsina sp.	Planogypsina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
38	Heterostegina antillarum	H. antillarum	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
39	Eponides repandus	E. repandus	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
40	Neorotalia calcar	N. calcar	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
41	Haynesina depressula	H. depressula	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
42	Reussella sp.	Reussella sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
43	Cibicides sp.	Cibicides sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
44	Clavulina sp.	Clavulina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
45	Verneuilinulla propinqua	V. propinqua	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
46	Textularia spp.	Textularia spp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
47	Reophax sp.	Reophax sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
48	Bigenerina sp.	Bigenerina sp.	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted
49	Unidentified	Unident	#	Purkis, Sam	Counted

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

1427 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Depth water [m]	5 Foram benth tot [#]	6 A. angulatus [#]	7 A. hemprichii [#]	8 S. orbiculus [#]	9 M. acicularis [#]	10 C. hemprichii [#]	11 Articulina sp. [#]	12 Quinqueloculina sp. [#]	13 Triloculina sp. [#]	14 Pyrgo sp. [#]	15 Cycloforina sp. [#]	16 Miliolinella sp. [#]	17 Lachlanella sp. [#]	18 Spiroloculina sp. [#]	19 Hauerina sp. [#]	20 Pseudohauerina [#]	21 Peneroplis sp. [#]	22 V. striata [#]	23 B. pulchra [#]	24 A. gibbosa [#]	25 A. lessonii [#]	26 A. lobifera [#]	27 Elphidium sp. [#]	28 Asterigerina sp. [#]	29 Rotalia sp. [#]	30 Rosalina sp. [#]	31 O. ammonoides [#]	32 Nonion sp. [#]	33 H. rubrum [#]	34 Miniacina [#]	35 Ammonia sp. [#]	36 Planorbulina sp. [#]	37 Planogypsina sp. [#]	38 H. antillarum [#]	39 E. repandus [#]	40 N. calcar [#]	41 H. depressula [#]	42 Reussella sp. [#]	43 Cibicides sp. [#]	44 Clavulina sp. [#]	45 V. propinqua [#]	46 Textularia spp. [#]	47 Reophax sp. [#]	48 Bigenerina sp. [#]	49 Unident [#]
R01-02	26.1474	51.2130		232	0	0	1	0	57	0	79	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
R01-06	26.1564	51.2122		203	0	0	0	0	40	0	108	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
R01-11	26.1676	51.2111		216	0	0	0	0	60	0	93	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
R01-18	26.1833	51.2096		213	0	0	1	0	19	0	131	18	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R01-20	26.1878	51.2092		189	0	0	2	0	26	0	99	2	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
R02-03	26.1463	51.2220		222	0	0	0	0	86	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
R02-10	26.1620	51.2221		227	0	0	1	0	33	0	136	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R02-19	26.1823	51.2221		217	0	0	0	0	79	0	61	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R03-20	26.1869	51.2344		130	0	0	0	0	21	0	62	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R03-21	26.1891	51.2346		194	0	2	0	0	4	0	116	0	0	2	5	8	4	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
R03-22	26.1914	51.2348		<100
R03-23	26.1936	51.2350	1.21	216	0	0	0	0	9	0	177	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R05-04	26.1664	51.2500		170	0	0	0	0	33	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R05-06	26.1707	51.2513		220	0	0	0	1	22	0	119	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R05-07	26.1729	51.2519		163	0	0	0	0	9	0	58	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
R05-08	26.1750	51.2526		<100
R05-12	26.1837	51.2552	1.54	<100
R06-04	26.1646	51.2573		170	0	0	0	0	8	0	82	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R06-05	26.1667	51.2581		<100
R06-10	26.1773	51.2624	1.14	185	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R06-11	26.1794	51.2633	1.94	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
R06-12	26.1815	51.2642	2.50	109	0	0	1	0	0	0	80	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
R06-13	26.1836	51.2650	2.65	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	5	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R07-11	26.1755	51.2719	1.98	197	0	0	0	0	5	0	99	15	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
R07-14	26.1816	51.2751	3.13	<100
R08-03	26.1548	51.2705		<100
R08-04	26.1567	51.2718		<100
R08-05	26.1587	51.2730		<100
R08-06	26.1606	51.2743		<100
R08-07	26.1625	51.2755	0.23	<100
R08-09	26.1664	51.2780	1.47	<100
R08-14	26.1762	51.2843	3.84	<100
R09-06	26.1562	51.2822	1.01	<100
R09-09	26.1617	51.2865	1.99	193	0	0	1	0	1	0	113	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
R10-03	26.1460	51.2843	0.00	<100
R10-05	26.1495	51.2876	0.68	220	0	0	0	0	0	0	149	11	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
R11-02	26.1417	51.2925	0.00	<100
R11-03	26.1433	51.2942	0.23	243	0	0	0	0	79	0	61	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R11-04	26.1449	51.2960	0.71	197	0	0	0	0	21	0	122	6	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
R11-05	26.1465	51.2977	0.85	<100
R11-07	26.1497	51.3013	1.32	<100
R11-11	26.1560	51.3083	3.90	191	0	0	0	0	18	0	91	7	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
R12-01	26.1379	51.3006		<100
R12-04	26.1422	51.3064	1.34	197	0	1	0	0	2	0	129	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	56	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R13-08	26.1387	51.3329	2.90	<100
R14-02	26.1215	51.3356	0.53	<100
R14-03	26.1223	51.3380	0.90	<100
R14-08	26.1261	51.3497	4.14	<100
R14-09	26.1269	51.3520	4.56	244	0	0	4	0	1	0	184	1	0	0	3	3	7	0	0	27	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
R14-12	26.1292	51.3591	5.11	<100
R15-01	26.1103	51.3499		220	0	0	3	0	5	0	171	8	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R15-02	26.1106	51.3524	0.36	<100
R15-04	26.1114	51.3573	1.29	202	0	0	0	0	2	0	105	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R15-07	26.1126	51.3646	2.51	201	0	0	0	0	2	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
R15-14	26.1153	51.3818	6.49	<100
R16-01	26.1024	51.3618		<100
R16-02	26.1025	51.3643		<100
R16-04	26.1029	51.3693	1.44	<100
R16-08	26.1037	51.3792	4.19	207	0	0	0	0	0	0	158	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
R18-02	26.0736	51.3705	2.49	<100
R20-02	26.0285	51.3838	0.52	<100
R23-01	25.9857	51.4051	2.40	<100
R23-07	25.9857	51.4350	6.05	<100