Planktonic foraminifera census counts from the western South Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: García Chapori, Natalia Luz, Kucera, Michal
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Elevation of event; Ocean; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Depth, bottom/max; Orbulina universa; Globigerinoides conglobatus; Globigerinoides ruber pink; Globigerinoides ruber white; Globigerinoides tenellus; Trilobatus sacculifer; Globigerinella siphonifera; Globigerinella calida; Globigerina bulloides; Globigerina falconensis; Beella digitata; Globoturborotalita rubescens; Turborotalita quinqueloba; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Neogloboquadrina incompta; Neogloboquadrina dutertrei; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata; Globoconella inflata; Globorotalia truncatulinoides; Globorotalia hirsuta; Globorotalia scitula; Globorotalia menardii; Globorotalia tumida; Candeina nitida; Globigerinita glutinata; Globigerinita uvula; Foraminifera, planktic indeterminata; Foraminifera, planktic; Giant box corer; MultiCorer; Gravity corer Kiel type; Counting >150 µm fraction; M29/1; M46/2; M46/3; Meteor 1986; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences MARUM; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.907931; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.907931

Planktonic foraminifera census data have been widely used to reconstruct changes in ocean ecosystems as well as ocean chemistry and circulation through calibration functions. Here we analyse new core‐top census data from 22 sites in the western South Atlantic, improving the geographical coverage and spatial resolution of the environmental gradients from the region covered by the Brazil–Malvinas Confluence (~38°S–53°W). We combine them with previous data to provide an up‐to‐date compilation of the western South Atlantic planktonic foraminifera–calibration data set. We study the relationship between the assemblages present in the core‐top samples and the most dynamic environmental variables from the region to establish the environmental variable(s) more resolved by the assemblages. Therefore, we develop and assess a new calibration function using the data set and testing several statistical models at different water depths. Our results reveal that the distribution and abundance of the species in the ... : Supplement to: García Chapori, Natalia Luz; Laprida, Cecilia (2021): Planktonic foraminifera assemblages from the Brazil–Malvinas Confluence: palaeoceanographic implications of sub‐surface temperature reconstructions in the western South Atlantic. Lethaia ...