Diatom assemblages determined by differential phase interference microscopy of sediment core POS287_06-2G

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The Iberian Margin, located in the North Atlantic mid-latitudes at the western edge of the European continent, is a crucial areafor climate and oceanographic reconstructions. As part of the PTDC/CTA-CLI/2884/2021- Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production off Portugal: a study linking classical and emerging proxies - ICW3P project, this study presents multi-proxy records from three inner-shelf sediment sequences collected from sites in the northwestern region, off the Douro River mouth (POS287-06G), west of the Tagus River mouth (POS-26B and -26G), and along the Algarve coast in front of Faro (POPEI-VC2B). The Portuguese western coast marks the northernmost boundary of the Canary Current upwelling system and experiences seasonal (May to September) wind-driven coastal upwelling. The Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) are among the most productive regions in the global ocean, playing a vital role in climate regulation and supporting both local and global fisheries. Sediment records from the western coast were collected using box-core and gravity coring systems during the Poseidon Cruise PO287 in 2002, while the Algarve core POPEIVC2B was obtained with a vibro-core sampler during the POPEI Cruise in 2008. As part of a multi-proxy approach to reconstructing primary productivity and phytoplankton community variability over the past 1,000 years, we analysed diatom assemblages at site POS287_06-2G, where these microfossils are best preserved. This analysis was conducted using differential phase interference microscopy at the EMSO-Gold Optical Laboratory at IPMA.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989413
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01010
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1901-2017
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Creator Abrantes, Fatima F ORCID logo; Santana, André; Gebara, Livia ORCID logo; Gil, Isabelle M ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory https://ror.org/04xkqms46 ROR PINFRA/22157/2016-EMSO-PT ; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID LA/ P/0101/2020 ; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID UID/04326/2025 ; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID UID/PRR/04326/2025
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 13426 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-8.989 LON, 41.336 LAT); Portuguese Margin