Biogeography - mapping of Holocene Planktonic Foraminifera using the ForCenS Database

ForCenS is a database of 4205 assemblage counts of planktonic foraminifera >150µm in Holocene sediment samples compiled by Siccha & Kucera (2017). The database is available for download from Pangaea and is fully documented by Siccha & Kucera (2017). This interface plots data from the database onto a world map to provide an overview of the biogeography of the species. The data in the database is the frequency/relative abundance of each taxon within the planktonic foram assemblage. The original data comes from a wide range of published studies (including CLIMAP, MARGO BUFD and ARL947), it was taxonomically harmonised, dereplicated and treated for numerical and other inconsistencies. Samples with only partial assemblage counts or suspect data were eliminated, see Siccha & Kucera (2017) for full details. The taxonomy employed is the same as that documented on mikrotax, but with some additional categories (e.g. for coiling direction of some species).

Reference

Siccha, M. & Kucera, M. (2017). ForCenS, a curated database of planktonic foraminifera census counts in marine surface sediment samples. Scientific Data. 4(1): 1-12.

Taxon to plot:Beella digitata Berggrenia pumilio Candeina nitida Dentigloborotalia anfracta Globigerina bulloides Globigerina falconensis Globigerinella adamsi Globigerinella calida Globigerinella siphonifera Globigerinita glutinata Globigerinita minuta Globigerinita uvula Globigerinoides conglobatus Globigerinoides ruber Globigerinoides ruber albus Globigerinoides ruber ruber Globigerinoides tenellus Globoconella inflata Globoquadrina conglomerata Globorotalia cavernula Globorotalia crassaformis Globorotalia hirsuta Globorotalia menardii Globorotalia menardii and Globorotalia tumida Globorotalia scitula Globorotalia theyeri Globorotalia truncatulinoides Globorotalia truncatulinoides dextral coiling Globorotalia truncatulinoides sinistral coiling Globorotalia tumida Globorotalia ungulata Globorotaloides hexagonus Globoturborotalita rubescens Hastigerina pelagica Hastigerinella digitata Neogloboquadrina dutertrei Neogloboquadrina incompta Neogloboquadrina pachyderma Orbulina universa Pulleniatina obliquiloculata Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Tenuitella iota Trilobatus sacculifer Trilobatus sacculifer w sac chamber Trilobatus sacculifer wo sac chamber Turborotalita humilis Turborotalita humilis and Berggrenia pumilio Turborotalita quinqueloba Turborotalita quinqueloba dextral coiling Turborotalita quinqueloba sinistral coiling unidentified low abundances on top high abundances on top scale: 1 1.5 2 3 4 8 basemap: Gplatesbathymetry ODVbathymetry ODVphosphate ODVtemp

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