Morphometric data and stable isotope composition of sediment trap foraminifera from the West Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Mikis, Anna, Hendry, Katharine R, Pike, Jennifer, Schmidt, Daniela N, Edgar, Kirsty M, Peck, Victoria L, Peeters, Frank J C, Leng, Melanie J, Meredith, Michael P, Todd, Chloe, Stammerjohn, Sharon, Ducklow, Hugh W
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Anvers Island; Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research; Palmer-LTER; PalmerLTER_sedtrap; Trap; sediment; TRAPS; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Anvers; Olympus; Antarc*; Antarctica; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.902778; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902778

These datasets contain a six-year long record of shell morphology of the polar planktic foraminifera Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sensu stricto) from near Palmer Station, Antarctica. The PARFLUX Mark 78H 21-sample trap was deployed in 170m water depth as part of the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research program (total water column depth 350 m, 64° 30'S, 66° 00'W). For manual analysis: Specimens were imaged using Olympus SZX7 transmitted light microscope, QImaging FAST 1394 camera and Q-Capture software. Image backgrounds were adjusted in Adobe PhotoshopCC 2015. Morphological parameters were measured using ImageProPlus 6.2. For automated analysis: Bulk samples measured using automated microscope and image analysis system that scans and captures images via a 12 MP Olympus CC12 camera attached to a Wild MZ3 incident light microscope (Analysis3.0)