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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_988969</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Benthic foraminiferal counts &gt;63 µm, and grain-size fractions absolute and relative abundances in sediment core PS72/396-5</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Wollenburg, Jutta Erika; Matthiessen, Jens</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Benthic foraminiferal counts &gt;63 µm, and grain-size fractions absolute and relative abundances in sediment core PS72/396-5</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-07-14</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.988969</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Jutta Erika</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Wollenburg</Last_Name>
<Email>jutta.wollenburg@awi.de</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, sediment/rock</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sample mass</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic calcareous</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic calcareous</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bolivina arctica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bolivina arctica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bulimina aculeata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bulimina aculeata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cassidulina neoteretis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cassidulina neoteretis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cyclammina trullisata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cyclammina trullisata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Epistominella arctica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Epistominella arctica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Epistominella exigua</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Epistominella exigua</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oridorsalis umbonatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oridorsalis umbonatus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pullenia osloensis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pullenia osloensis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pyrgo rotalaria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pyrgo rotalaria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Stetsonia horvathi</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Stetsonia horvathi</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic, other</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, benthic, other</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Foraminifera, planktic</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ice rafted debris</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Size fraction &gt; 0.063 mm, sand</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Size fraction &lt; 0.063 mm, mud, silt+clay</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ice rafted debris</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Size fraction &lt; 0.063 mm, mud, silt+clay</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Arctic Ocean</Keyword>
<Keyword>ARK-XXIII/3</Keyword>
<Keyword>Foraminifera abundance</Keyword>
<Keyword>Kasten corer</Keyword>
<Keyword>PS72/396-5</Keyword>
<Keyword>Stratigraphy</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Counting &gt;63 µm fraction</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Counting &gt;125 µm fraction</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Grain size, sieving</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Polarstern</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2008-09-20</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2008-09-20</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>80.5778</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>80.5778</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>-162.3179</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>-162.3179</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.105 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>1.505 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>2479 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Reference>Wollenburg, Jutta Erika; Matthiessen, Jens (submitted): Pleistocene Benthic Foraminifer Bioevents in the Central Arctic Ocean: stratigraphic and paleoceanographic implications.</Reference>
<Summary>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 &gt;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 &gt;63 µm. Planktonic foraminifera abundances are provided for the size fraction &gt;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 &amp; Matthiessen (submitt.) were combined as 'others'. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.988969"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=113111</URL>
<Description>Pullenia osloensis</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=254690</URL>
<Description>Oridorsalis umbonatus</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163</URL>
<Description>Polarstern</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://store.pangaea.de/Images/Cores/PS-stationcard/PS72_396-stationcard.pdf</URL>
<Description>PS72/396-5</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/jutta-wollenburg.html</URL>
</Related_URL>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-07-14</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-07-15</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
