Compilation of planktonic foraminiferal census counts from the Southern Hemisphere Oceans ...

• Main Authors: Haddam, Naoufel, Michel, Elisabeth, Siani, Giuseppe, Cortese, Giuseppe, Bostock, Helen C, Duprat, Josette M, Isguder, Gulay
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Event label; Station label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Elevation of event; Quality flag; Orbulina universa; Globigerinoides conglobatus; Globigerinoides ruber; Globoturborotalita tenella; Globigerinoides sacculifer; Sphaeroidinella dehiscens; Globigerinella adamsi; Globigerinella siphonifera; Globigerinella calida; Globigerina bulloides; Globigerina falconensis; Beella digitata; Globigerina rubescens; Turborotalita humilis; Turborotalita quinqueloba; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma dextral; Neogloboquadrina dutertrei; Globoquadrina conglomerata; Globoquadrina hexagona; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata; Globorotalia inflata; Globorotalia truncatulinoides sinistral; Globorotalia truncatulinoides dextral; Globorotalia crassaformis; Globorotalia crassula; Globorotalia hirsuta; Globorotalia scitula; Dentagloborotalia anfracta; Globorotalia menardii group; Candeina nitida; Globigerinita glutinata; Globorotalia theyeri; Tenuitella iota; Globigerinita uvula; Foraminifera, planktic, other; Carbonate ion; Comment; Foraminifera, planktic dissolution-resistant; Sea surface temperature, annual mean; Sea surface temperature, January-March; Sea surface temperature, April-June; Sea surface temperature, July-September; Sea surface temperature, October-December; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.860938; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.860938

We present an improved database of planktonic foraminiferal census counts from the Southern Hemisphere Oceans (SHO) from 15°S to 64°S. The SHO database combines 3 existing databases. Using this SHO database, we investigated dissolution biases that might affect faunal census counts. We suggest a depth/[DCO3]2- threshold of ~3800 m/[DCO3]2- = ~-10 to -5 µmol/kg for the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and ~4000 m/[DCO3]2- = ~0 to 10 µmol/kg for the Atlantic Ocean, under which core-top assemblages can be affected by dissolution and are less reliable for paleo-sea surface temperature (SST) reconstructions. We removed all core-tops beyond these thresholds from the SHO database. This database has 598 core-tops and is able to reconstruct past SST variations from 2° to 25.5°C, with a root mean square error of 1.00°C, for annual temperatures. To inspect dissolution affects SST reconstruction quality, we tested the data base with two "leave-one-out" tests, with and without the deep core-tops.We used this database to ... : Supplement to: Haddam, Naoufel; Michel, Elisabeth; Siani, Giuseppe; Cortese, Giuseppe; Bostock, Helen C; Duprat, Josette M; Isguder, Gulay (2016): Improving past sea surface temperature reconstructions from the Southern Hemisphere oceans using planktonic foraminiferal census data. Paleoceanography, 31(6), 822-837 ...