Changes in planktic foraminiferal shell chemistry and size normalized weight at three sites in the western Mediterranean Sea, and complementary age model, sea surface temperature and biomarker data

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Three high resolution multicore records have been collected at three sites in the western Mediterranean with a MC400-Multicorer system during the MedSeA cruise (Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a changing climate) on 2 May to 2 June 2013 onboard the R/V Angeles Álvarino. Core MedSeA-S3-c1 was retrieved in the Alboran basin (Lat. 36.0746° N, Long. 04.11040° W) at a water depth of 1137 m, with a core length of 33 cm. Core MedSeA-S23-c1 was recovered at a water depth of 1156 m in the Balearic basin offshore Barcelona (Lat. 41.1121° N, Long. 2.38200° E) with a core length of 43 cm. MedSeA-S7-c2 was collected at the Strait of Sicily (Lat. 37.7080° N, Long. 12.40553° E) at a water depth of 263 m, with a core length of 46.5 cm. All three cores have been analyzed for changes in size normalized weight (SNW) and stable carbon isotopes (δ13C), measured in planktic foraminiferal clacite shells of the two species Globigerina bulloides and Globigerinoides elongatus. Boron (δ11B) isotopes have been measured in tests of Globigerinoides elongatus at the Alboran site, and in Globigerinoides ruber albus at the Strait of Sicily. Complementary data for the Strait of Sicily record has been obtained, including a 210Pb based age depth model, sea surface temperatures (SST), alkenone concentrations and planktic foraminiferal assemblage changes. The Strait of Sicily record (MedSeA-S7-c2) covers around the last 200 a, describing environmental changes throughout the Industrial Era (IE) at high temporal resolution. The Alboran (MedSeA-S3-c1) and Balearic Sea (MedSeA-S23-c1) records spanning the last about 1 ka at lower temporal resolution, displaying oceanographic changes throughout the transition from the pre-industrial era to present, as discussed in (Pallacks et al., 2021; doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103549). Data has been collected to investigate the response of marine calcifiers to the combined effects of climate change stressors on decadal to centennial timescales, caused by anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955024
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103549
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.955024
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Creator Pallacks, Sven ORCID logo; Ziveri, Patrizia ORCID logo; Schiebel, Ralf ORCID logo; Vonhof, Hubert B ORCID logo; Rae, James W B ORCID logo; Littley, Eloise ORCID logo; García-Orellana, Jordi; Langer, Gerald ORCID logo; Grelaud, Michaël ORCID logo; Martrat, Belén ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference Seventh Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011102 Crossref Funder ID 265103 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/265103 Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011104 Crossref Funder ID FPI/MDM-2015-0552-16-2; CEX2019-000940-M ICTA-UAB Unit of Excellence
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 10 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-4.110W, 36.075S, 12.406E, 41.112N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z