Planktonic foraminifera counts and shell weight from sediment traps Cape Blanc-3 and Cape Blanc-18 ...

• Main Authors: Kiss, Peter, Jonkers, Lukas, Hudáčková, Natália, Reuter, Runa T, Donner, Barbara, Fischer, Gerhard, Kucera, Michal
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: Cape Blanc; fluxes; northwest Africa; Planktonic foraminifera; sediment trap; shell weight; time-series; Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Elevation of event; DEPTH, water; Sample code/label; Date/time start; Date/time end; Duration, number of days; Aperture size; Calcium carbonate, flux; Pteropoda, flux; Foraminifera, planktic, flux; Split; Globigerina bulloides; Globigerina bulloides, shell, weight; Globigerina bulloides, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globigerinella calida; Globigerinella calida, shell, weight; Globigerinella calida, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globigerinella siphonifera; Globigerinella siphonifera, shell, weight; Globigerinella siphonifera, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globorotalia crassaformis; Globorotalia crassaformis, shell, weight; Globorotalia crassaformis, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globorotalia hirsuta; Globorotalia hirsuta, shell, weight; Globorotalia hirsuta, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globorotalia inflata; Globorotalia inflata, shell, weight; Globorotalia inflata, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globigerinoides ruber ruber; Globigerinoides ruber ruber, shell, weight; Globigerinoides ruber ruber, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globigerinoides ruber albus; Globigerinoides ruber albus, shell, weight; Globigerinoides ruber albus, shell, weight, standard deviation; Globigerinoides elongatus; Globigerinoides elongatus, shell, weight; Globigerinoides elongatus, shell, weight, standard deviation; Trilobatus sacculifer; Trilobatus sacculifer, shell, weight
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.934361; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.934361

We present the first analysis of the relative contribution of variability in shell flux, shell size, and calcification intensity (weight/size) in individual species to the total calcite flux by the planktonic foraminifera community on intra-annual (seasonal) and interannual timescales. We investigated the export flux of planktonic foraminifera in two one-year sediment trap time series from the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean and placed the observed variability of shell flux, shell size, and calcification intensity of each species in the context of the resulting calcite flux. For this issue, we selected 1990-1991 (Cape Blanc-3) and 2007-2008 (Cape Blanc-18) time series from the Cape Blanc upwelling area. Each of these deployments covered an entire year continuously, with an average sampling resolution of ~20 days. Here, we provide the data concerning the species counts and shell weight, picked from size fractions > 150 µm, captured during the studied time series. Shell mass error was calculated as the standard ... : Measured shell weight values are average shell masses. ...