In March 2019, samples were collected at 3 sites in the Gulf of Chiriqui and 3 sites in the Gulf of Panama. Five, 10-20 cm3 samples of sand from each location were collected with a spoon and placed in a plastic bag for a total of 30 samples. They were taken back to the lab where foraminifera abundances and identification to the genus level were collected using a stereomicroscope.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:

added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions

Data Files

File
foram_abund.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.83 KB) MD5:420163fe552a7902c22e41ec00afd053 Primary data file for dataset ID 776411

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1535007

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Microscope - Optical

Supplied Name: stereo microscope

Supplied Description:

Used to count and identify foraminifera.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Microscope - Optical

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB05/

Generic Description:

Instruments that generate enlarged images of samples using the phenomena of reflection and absorption of visible light. Includes conventional and inverted instruments. Also called a "light microscope".

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Year	time when sample was collected	unitless	year
Weight_of_Sediment	sediment weight containing the foraminiferas	grams (g)	weight
Location	experimental site	unitless	site
Site	coded identifier for sampling location	unitless	sample
Hayesina	the relative abundance of Hayesina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Borelis	the relative abundance of Borelis in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Pseudohauerina	the relative abundance of Pseudohauerina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Amphistegina	the relative abundance of Amphistegina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Marginopora	the relative abundance of Marginopora in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Quinqueloculina	the relative abundance of Quinqueloculina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Triloculina	the relative abundance of Triloculina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Spiroloculina	the relative abundance of Spiroloculina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Reusella	the relative abundance of Reusella in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
RosaDiscorbis	the relative abundance of RosaDiscorbis in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Articulina	the relative abundance of Articulina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Peneroplis	the relative abundance of Peneroplis in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Planorbulina	the relative abundance of Planorbulina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Neoconorbina	the relative abundance of Neoconorbina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Miliolinella	the relative abundance of Miliolinella in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Sorites	the relative abundance of Sorites in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Textularia	the relative abundance of Textularia in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Uvigerina	the relative abundance of Uvigerina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Bolivina	the relative abundance of Bolivina in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Elphidium	the relative abundance of Elphidium in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Cymbaloporetta	the relative abundance of Cymbaloporetta in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Nonioinella	the relative abundance of Nonioinella in the sediment	unitless	relative_abund
Gulf	location of the study	unitless	region
Total	the total abundance of foraminifera in the sediment	unitless	count