Living (RB-stained) benthic foraminiferal fauna sampled along the French Mediterranean coast in 2012

The stations were sampled along the French Mediterranean coast in spring (March-April) 2012 onboard the RV Europe. Bottom sediment at 36 stations (between 10 and 71 m water depth) was sampled using a Reineck box-corer. Three replicates (“a”, “b”, “c”; different box-corer launches) were done at each station. Each box-corer was sub-cored with a 7.4 cm diameter tube. Only the first top centimetre was preserved in 96% ethanol and stained with 2 g/L Rose Bengal. At the laboratory, after minimum two weeks each sample was washed through four sieves of 63, 125, 150, and 500 µm mesh sizes. Living (stained) benthic foraminifera from the 125-150 µm and 150-500 µm were collected under stereomicroscope and preserved in micropaleontological slides. Taxonomical recognition was done to the species level. The presented data in the table indicate the raw densities of foraminifera sorted per sample. The exact volume of sampled sediment was measured for each sample.

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Parent, Briz, Barras, Christine, Bicchi, Erica, Bénéteau, Éric, Charrieau, Laurie M, Quinchard, Sophie, Jorissen, Frans J (2021). Dataset: Living (RB-stained) benthic foraminiferal fauna sampled along the French Mediterranean coast in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.939175

DOI retrieved: 2021

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Imported on November 29, 2024
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Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.939175
Author Parent, Briz
Given Name Briz
Family Name Parent
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Barras, Christine
Bicchi, Erica
Bénéteau, Éric
Charrieau, Laurie M
Quinchard, Sophie
Jorissen, Frans J
Source Creation 2021
Publication Year 2021
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Foram_DCE2012_Parent_etal-2021
Subject Areas
Name: BiologicalClassification

Name: LakesRivers

Name: Paleontology

Related Identifiers
Title: Comparison of Four Foraminiferal Biotic Indices Assessing the Environmental Quality of Coastal Mediterranean Soft Bottoms
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223193
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2021
Source: Water
Authors: Parent Briz , Barras Christine , Bicchi Erica , Charrieau Laurie M , Choquel Constance , Bénéteau Éric , Maillet Grégoire M , Jorissen Frans J .