BENFEP: a quantitative database of benthic foraminifera from surface sediments of the eastern Pacific

Diz, Paula; González-Guitián, Víctor; González-Villanueva, Rita; Ovejero, Aida; Hernández-Almeida, Iván

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-697-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-697-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-697-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

Data description paper

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09 Feb 2023

Data description paper |

| 09 Feb 2023

BENFEP: a quantitative database of benthic foraminifera from surface sediments of the eastern Pacific

Paula Diz, Víctor González-Guitián, Rita González-Villanueva, Aida Ovejero, and Iván Hernández-Almeida

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-697-2023-supplement

Data sets

BENthic Foraminifera quantitative database from surface sediments of the Eastern Pacific (BENFEP_v1) Paula Diz, Victor González-Guitián, Rita González-Villanueva, Aida Ovejero, and Iván Hernández-Almeida https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947086

Additional benthic foraminiferal studies in the Eastern Pacific with non-quantitative data Paula Diz, Victor González-Guitián, Rita González-Villanueva, Aida Ovejero, , and Iván Hernández-Almeida https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947114

Video supplement

Video supplement of BENFEP_v1 Paula Diz, Victor González-Guitián, Rita González-Villanueva, Aida Ovejero, , and Iván Hernández-Almeida https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7472278

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Benthic foraminifera are key components of the ocean benthos and marine sediments. Determining their geographic distribution is highly relevant for improving our understanding of the recent and past ocean benthic ecosystem and establishing adequate conservation strategies. Here, we contribute to this knowledge by generating an open-access database of previously documented quantitative data of benthic foraminifera species from surface sediments of the eastern Pacific (BENFEP).