10.1594/PANGAEA.993569Risebrobakken, BjørgBjørgRisebrobakken0000-0002-7206-2193NORCE Norwegian Research Centre ASBlindheim, Dag IngeDag IngeBlindheimNORCE Norwegian Research Centre ASPANGAEA2026ArcticBenthic foraminiferaDansgaard-Oeschger eventsFram StraitMIS 3DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth, correctedAgeDry massForaminifera, benthicStainforthia loeblichiNonion labradoricumMelonis barleeanusCassidulina neoteretisCibicides lobatulusOridorsalis umbonatusCalypso Corer>150 µmMD114Marion Dufresne (1995)ABRUPT Arctic Climate Change (ABRUPT)1999-08-01T00:00:00Dataset10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.10891610.5194/cp-21-2225-20255056 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalData access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints)We present an absolute abundance benthic foraminifera dataset from marine sediment core MD99-2304. Core MD99-2304 was retrieved from the eastern Fram Strait (77°37'15.6N, 9°56'54E), with a CALYPSO piston corer, from 1348 m water depth during the Marion Dufresne IMAGES 5 expedition (leg MD114) in 1999. Benthic foraminifera present in the >150 µm fraction were counted at NORCE, using a light microscope at NORCE Research AS. Counts were done within the project period, 2022 to 2025. The dataset provides information on water mass conditions and associated benthic fauna responses.9.948333333333377.621066666667Spitsbergen slopeThe Research Council of Norwayhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100005416325333Abrupt Arctic Climate Change