Citation:

PANGAEA.988969

Name: Benthic foraminiferal counts >63 µm, and grain-size fractions absolute and relative abundances in sediment core PS72/396-5
Published: 2026-07-14
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Arctic Ocean; Foraminifera abundance; Stratigraphy

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Published: 2026-07-14 • DOI registered: 2026-07-14

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Abstract:

PS72/396-5 was retrieved in 2008 during the Polarstern expedition PS72 (ARKXXIII/3). Samples were freeze-dried and weight, thereafter, samples were wet and dry sieved over a >63 µm and 125 µm mesh, respectively. For each fraction the weight was determined and is provided as grain-size weight and % for each analysed sample. Benthic foraminifera were picked from sample splits of each grain-size fraction. Extrapolated to 100%, counts on the grain-size fraction were combined to create a data set >63 µm. Planktonic foraminifera abundances are provided for the size fraction >125 µm . This table shows the absolute abundances of species per gramm dry weight and their relative abundances. Species that don't contribute to bioevents in the sense of Wollenburg & Matthiessen (submitt.) were combined as 'others'.

Keyword(s):

Arctic Ocean; Foraminifera abundance; Stratigraphy

Supplement to:

Wollenburg, Jutta Erika; Matthiessen, Jens (submitted): Pleistocene Benthic Foraminifer Bioevents in the Central Arctic Ocean: stratigraphic and paleoceanographic implications.

Coverage:

Latitude: 80.577800 * Longitude: -162.317900

Date/Time Start: 2008-09-20T04:42:00 * Date/Time End: 2008-09-20T04:42:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.105 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 1.505 m

Event(s):

PS72/396-5 * Latitude: 80.577800 * Longitude: -162.317900 * Date/Time: 2008-09-20T04:42:00 * Elevation: -2723.0 m * Penetration: 9 m * Recovery: 7.87 m * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: (PS72) * Basis: * Method/Device: Kasten corer (KAL) * Comment: 8 core sections: 0.1-1.09, 1.09-2.08, 2.08-3.08, 3.08-4.07, 4.07-5.06, 5.06-6.05, 6.05-7.05, 7.05-7.86 m

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika		Geocode
2	Sample mass	Samp m	g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika		dry
3	Foraminifera, benthic	Foram benth	#	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction	counts
4	Foraminifera, benthic	Foram benth	#	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction	per sample
5	Foraminifera, benthic	Foram benth	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
6	Foraminifera, benthic calcareous	Foram benth calc	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
7	Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated	Foram benth agg	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
8	Foraminifera, benthic calcareous	Foram benth calc	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
9	Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated	Foram benth agg	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
10	Bolivina arctica	B. arctica	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
11	Bolivina arctica	B. arctica	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
12	Bulimina aculeata	B. aculeata	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
13	Bulimina aculeata	B. aculeata	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
14	Cassidulina neoteretis	C. neoteretis	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
15	Cassidulina neoteretis	C. neoteretis	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
16	Cyclammina trullisata	C. trullisata	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
17	Cyclammina trullisata	C. trullisata	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
18	Epistominella arctica	E. arctica	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
19	Epistominella arctica	E. arctica	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
20	Epistominella exigua	E. exigua	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
21	Epistominella exigua	E. exigua	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
22	Oridorsalis umbonatus	O. umbonatus	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
23	Oridorsalis umbonatus	O. umbonatus	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
24	Pullenia osloensis	P. osloensis	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
25	Pullenia osloensis	P. osloensis	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
26	Pyrgo rotalaria	P. rotalaria	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
27	Pyrgo rotalaria	P. rotalaria	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
28	Stetsonia horvathi	S. horvathi	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
29	Stetsonia horvathi	S. horvathi	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
30	Foraminifera, benthic, other	Foram benth oth	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
31	Foraminifera, benthic, other	Foram benth oth	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >63 µm fraction
32	Foraminifera, planktic	Foram plankt	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Counting >125 µm fraction
33	Ice rafted debris	IRD	#/g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika
34	Size fraction > 0.063 mm, sand	>63 µm	g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Grain size, sieving
35	Size fraction < 0.063 mm, mud, silt+clay	<63 µm	g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Grain size, sieving
36	Ice rafted debris	IRD	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika
37	Size fraction > 0.063 mm, sand	>63 µm	g	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Grain size, sieving
38	Size fraction < 0.063 mm, mud, silt+clay	<63 µm	%	Wollenburg, Jutta Erika	Grain size, sieving

License:

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

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Data

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1 Depth sed [m]	2 Samp m [g] (dry)	3 Foram benth [#] (counts, Counting >63 µm fraction)	4 Foram benth [#] (per sample, Counting >63 µm f...)	5 Foram benth [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	6 Foram benth calc [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	7 Foram benth agg [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	8 Foram benth calc [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	10 B. arctica [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	11 B. arctica [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	14 C. neoteretis [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	15 C. neoteretis [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	17 C. trullisata [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	18 E. arctica [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	19 E. arctica [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	20 E. exigua [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	21 E. exigua [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	22 O. umbonatus [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	23 O. umbonatus [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	24 P. osloensis [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	26 P. rotalaria [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	27 P. rotalaria [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	28 S. horvathi [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	29 S. horvathi [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	30 Foram benth oth [%] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	31 Foram benth oth [#/g] (Counting >63 µm fraction)	32 Foram plankt [#/g] (Counting >125 µm fraction)	33 IRD [#/g]	34 >63 µm [g] (Grain size, sieving)	35 <63 µm [g] (Grain size, sieving)	36 IRD [%]	37 >63 µm [g] (Grain size, sieving)	38 <63 µm [%] (Grain size, sieving)
0.105	68.34	408	530080	7756	7756	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	56	4322	0	0	7	525	0	0	1	35	2692	3	217	12111	0.15	11.41	56.56	0.22	16.75	83.03
0.145	66.29	337	249273	3760	3760	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	11	402	0	0	17	653	0	0	0	64	2413	8	291	3486	0.00	11.54	54.75	0.00	17.41	82.59
0.165	69.69	385	3784	54	54	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	26	14	0	0	0	56	31	11	6	702	0.00	13.46	56.23	0.00	19.31	80.69
0.265	75.69	307	688	9	9	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	67	6	19	2	99	0.02	11.72	63.92	0.03	15.49	84.48
0.275	108.86	320	1470	14	13	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	55	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	34	5	9	1	37	0.05	30.31	78.45	0.05	27.86	72.10
0.285	101.92	310	1195	12	12	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	63	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	4	3	0	68	0.44	21.10	79.95	0.43	20.79	78.78
0.335	103.66	330	7975	77	77	0	100	0	0	1	1	0	29	22	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	63	48	3	3	373	0.07	19.15	84.37	0.07	18.49	81.45
0.355	84.89	444	134170	1581	1581	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	49	776	0	0	5	75	0	0	0	42	670	4	59	49975	0.03	18.27	66.55	0.04	21.53	78.43
0.375	134.64	383	2174712	16152	16152	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	89	14444	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	10	1690	0	4	16365	0.07	28.41	106.11	0.05	21.11	78.84
0.385	63.83	426	78936	1237	1237	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	76	940	0	0	1	16	0	0	0	21	265	1	16	7084	0.02	13.68	50.10	0.03	21.44	78.53
0.405	100.38	427	9045	90	90	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	84	76	6	6	1851	0.11	24.24	75.92	0.11	24.17	75.72
0.425	94.30	488	515759	5469	5469	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	19	1028	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	78	4292	3	140	508333	0.03	8.99	85.25	0.03	9.54	90.43
0.445	57.44	428	36165	630	630	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	0	0	8	51	0	0	0	81	512	8	52	7279	0.08	1.63	55.59	0.14	2.84	97.02
0.465	81.70	474	127509	1561	1561	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	8	122	0	0	1	16	0	0	0	90	1411	1	12	3874	0.05	2.05	79.54	0.06	2.51	97.43
0.485	71.33	334	87575	1228	1228	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	5	65	0	0	13	163	0	0	0	76	929	6	70	12903	0.63	5.34	64.46	0.90	7.58	91.52
0.495	78.70	540	17290	220	220	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	73	160	0	0	0	17	37	9	21	13491	0.00	7.38	71.32	0.00	9.38	90.62
0.505	101.92	460	1633	16	16	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	73	12	0	0	0	17	3	9	2	16709	0.44	21.10	79.95	0.43	20.79	78.78
0.515	99.32	487	521167	5247	5247	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	16	816	0	0	9	463	0	0	0	74	3906	1	62	34392	0.14	27.20	71.84	0.14	27.42	72.43
0.525	101.31	641	1142597	11278	11278	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	32	3592	0	0	6	629	0	0	0	60	6805	2	253	16803	0.08	24.79	76.36	0.08	24.49	75.43
0.535	111.39	506	1035048	9292	9292	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	29	2703	2	198	5	457	0	0	0	61	5670	3	264	16350	0.05	33.99	77.31	0.04	30.53	69.43
0.545	93.90	610	502630	5353	5353	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	34	1805	0	0	4	188	0	0	0	58	3108	5	252	11681	0.10	28.56	65.13	0.11	30.45	69.44
0.555	93.81	400	170028	1812	1812	0	100	2	32	0	0	0	3	48	0	0	20	365	0	0	0	73	1317	3	50	13893	0.04	29.24	64.49	0.04	31.18	68.77
0.585	125.01	485	694509	5556	5556	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	56	3134	0	0	5	288	0	0	0	34	1900	4	233	26139	0.24	38.10	86.48	0.19	30.52	69.28
0.605	69.45	512	809104	11649	11649	0	100	0	57	0	0	0	48	5534	0	0	1	89	0	0	0	51	5966	0	4	14223	2.38	6.65	56.81	3.61	10.10	86.28
0.625	119.58	326	37667	315	315	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	94	295	1	5	8114	0.29	34.92	84.13	0.24	29.26	70.50
0.635	110.18	362	2129	19	19	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	19	2	0	2797	1.07	24.38	83.75	0.98	22.33	76.69
0.655	105.55	366	118621	1124	1124	0	100	1	10	0	0	0	4	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	995	6	71	10	3.31	11.19	87.81	3.24	10.94	85.83
0.665	68.54	306	210077	3065	3065	0	100	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	2928	3	103	22473	1.23	7.76	57.71	1.84	11.63	86.52
0.675	86.21	308	275356	3194	3194	0	100	2	73	0	0	0	5	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	2900	2	77	25712	5.39	17.90	68.63	5.86	19.47	74.66
0.685	94.90	404	401779	4234	4234	0	100	6	238	0	0	0	9	387	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	3574	1	33	25260	0.38	11.17	82.94	0.41	11.82	87.77
0.695	73.08	452	306080	4188	4188	0	100	3	117	0	0	0	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	3997	1	50	45257	0.56	9.42	62.34	0.77	13.02	86.21
0.705	103.87	339	179634	1729	1729	0	100	9	151	0	0	0	5	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	1477	1	17	7327	2.73	13.31	85.13	2.70	13.15	84.15
0.715	83.47	416	264576	3170	3170	0	100	11	349	0	0	0	15	467	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	2282	2	72	14994	0.63	9.83	72.24	0.77	11.89	87.35
0.725	91.72	455	487373	5314	5314	0	100	7	389	0	0	0	16	836	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	4038	1	50	14026	0.71	9.43	80.80	0.78	10.37	88.85
0.735	53.43	334	41053	768	768	0	100	14	110	0	0	0	6	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	596	2	15	6537	0.02	4.78	48.59	0.04	8.95	91.01
0.745	79.43	300	24095	303	303	0	100	13	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	262	0	1	13636	0.02	7.39	71.99	0.03	9.31	90.67
0.755	84.93	340	29657	349	349	0	100	22	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	265	2	7	15542	0.04	9.21	75.63	0.05	10.85	89.10
0.765	70.58	314	4558	65	65	0	100	26	17	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	45	2	2	1147	0.12	6.67	63.62	0.17	9.47	90.36
0.775	82.38	424	24842	302	302	0	100	20	62	0	0	0	23	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	147	8	25	5240	0.68	7.11	73.76	0.83	8.72	90.45
0.785	84.97	324	2763	33	33	0	100	34	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	20	1	0	650	2.88	7.20	71.35	3.54	8.84	87.62
0.795	81.47	315	2528	31	31	0	100	25	8	0	0	0	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	16	2	1	208	3.80	7.11	65.59	4.97	9.29	85.74
0.815	82.43	360	1290	16	16	0	100	14	2	0	0	0	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	6	27	4	81	2.87	7.63	68.29	3.64	9.68	86.67
0.875	81.32	320	4076	50	50	0	100	16	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	38	8	4	1535	0.57	8.78	71.26	0.71	10.89	88.40
0.885	66.72	569	3388	51	51	0	100	36	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	29	5	3	1782	0.26	6.65	59.42	0.39	10.03	89.58
0.905	71.66	389	33698	470	470	0	100	18	85	0	0	0	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	368	0	1	8135	0.13	7.53	63.82	0.18	10.53	89.28
0.915	80.21	357	7786	97	97	0	100	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	59	2	2	9455	0.68	7.68	70.99	0.86	9.68	89.46
0.995	64.42	441	9021	140	140	0	100	12	17	0	0	0	14	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	70	98	3	4	2572	0.77	5.76	56.67	1.22	9.11	89.67
1.015	83.29	365	7425	89	89	0	100	9	8	0	0	0	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	64	57	9	8	2284	0.15	6.51	76.45	0.18	7.83	91.99
1.035	64.23	353	2342	36	36	0	100	5	2	2	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	66	24	12	4	1122	0.03	4.35	59.80	0.05	6.78	93.18
1.075	66.94	451	1468	22	22	0	100	37	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	13	1	0	1462	0.01	5.39	61.53	0.01	8.05	91.93
1.135	73.20	341	52568	718	718	0	100	4	26	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	28	89	639	2	17	1065	0.72	7.48	64.00	1.00	10.35	88.65
1.175	72.47	381	5449	75	75	0	100	7	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	79	59	8	6	2	0.07	8.26	64.04	0.10	11.41	88.49
1.225	83.97	447	27478	327	327	0	100	6	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	88	289	2	7	64	0.00	9.31	74.66	0.00	11.09	88.91
1.275	72.66	351	4031	55	55	0	100	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	89	49	4	2	0	0.01	8.61	64.03	0.01	11.85	88.13
1.285	72.82	335	4521	62	62	0	100	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	94	59	2	1	0	0.39	10.74	61.15	0.54	14.86	84.60
1.295	98.89	321	12369	125	125	0	100	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	120	3	4	0	0.29	16.49	81.82	0.29	16.72	82.98
1.305	97.78	388	5760	59	59	0	100	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	91	54	5	3	0	5.39	17.90	68.63	5.86	19.47	74.66
1.315	110.61	322	7152	65	65	0	100	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	96	62	2	1	0	7.70	22.69	72.75	7.47	22.00	70.54
1.325	91.29	342	12963	142	142	0	100	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12	83	118	7	10	0	4.27	17.24	64.83	4.95	19.97	75.09
1.335	82.19	490	22575	275	275	0	100	2	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	64	70	192	4	11	0	0.50	14.10	66.98	0.61	17.28	82.10
1.355	58.96	640	30221	513	511	1	100	6	29	0	0	1	7	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	82	430	4	10	2	0.10	5.17	53.52	0.17	8.79	91.04
1.365	86.22	380	5525	64	64	0	100	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	81	52	2	1	60	0.01	13.56	72.64	0.01	15.73	84.26
1.375	43.38	390	35328	814	814	0	100	3	24	0	0	0	33	269	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	61	491	2	21	47	0.02	2.94	40.37	0.05	6.79	93.17
1.435	69.97	368	8668	124	124	0	100	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	91	113	5	6	329	0.02	10.36	59.56	0.03	14.81	85.16
1.445	89.20	320	13959	156	156	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	92	144	4	7	264	0.07	13.20	75.85	0.08	14.81	85.11
1.465	61.45	358	9451	154	154	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	91	140	8	12	179	0.02	9.47	51.93	0.03	15.42	84.55
1.505	97.78	384	7875	81	81	0	100	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	73	4	4	257	1.57	12.64	81.94	1.63	13.15	85.22