Microfossil census counts from a Holocene sediment core obtained southwest off the Cabo Verde archipelago (MUC5)

• Main Authors: Pérez-Rodríguez, Irene, Nürnberg, Dirk, Schindlbeck-Belo, Julie, Wharton, Jack, Hansteen, Thor H, Huvenne, Veerle A I, Thornalley, David J R, Mosquera Giménez, Ángela, Kutterolf, Steffen, Barnhill, Kelsey Archer, Orejas, Covadonga
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA
• Subjects: AGE; Beella digitata; Bolivina variabilis; Cabo Verde Archipelago; Candeina nitida; Depth; bottom/max; sediment/rock; top/min; Event label; foraminiferal stable isotopes; Globigerina bulloides; Globigerina falconensis; Globigerinella siphonifera; Globigerinoides conglobatus; Globigerinoides elongatus; Globigerinoides ruber albus; Globigerinoides ruber ruber; Globigerinoides tenellus; Globorotalia crassaformis; Globorotalia hirsuta; Globorotalia inflata; Globorotalia menardii; Globorotalia scitula; Globorotalia spp.; Globorotalia truncatulinoides; Globorotalia tumida; Globorotalia ungulata; Globoturborotalita rubescens; Holocene; iAtlantic; iMirabilis2_Leg1; iMirabilis2_Leg1_MUC5; Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time; microfossils; MUC; MUC5; MultiCorer; Neogloboquadrina dutertrei; Neogloboquadrina incompta; Orbulina universa; planktonic foraminifera Mg/Ca; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata; Sample code/label; Sarmiento de Gamboa; Sphaeroidinella dehiscens; Tenuitellita parkerae; Sarmiento; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972513

This dataset provides absolute abundance data of planktonic foraminifera (identified at the species level) and benthic foraminifera and radiolaria (both counted as total numbers). The microfossils were obtained from a sediment core collected at 4394 m water depth off the Cabo Verde archipelago which covers most of the Holocene Epoch. Counts were performed on the >150 µm sediment fraction, with a minimum of 300 planktonic foraminifera specimens per sample. Combined stable isotopes (δ13C and δ18O) and Mg/Ca ratios are included for the surface-dwelling planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber albus (G. ruber sensu stricto morphotype following Wang, 2000) and the sub-thermocline dwelling Globorotalia truncatulinoides from the 315-400 μm sediment fraction. Al/Ca, Fe/Ca and Mn/Ca measurements to monitor potential test contamination are also provided. Additionally, this dataset contains δ13C and δ18O for the epibenthic foraminifera Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi.