Abstract:

Spatial and temporal compilation of benthic foraminiferal abundance based on individually counted foraminifera from washed sediment samples, del13C measurements from Cibicidoides sp. measured by the SIRMS instrument at USF, CMS, all presented in the context of depth in each sediment core as well as by short-lived radioisotope age models. Spreadsheet: Benthic Foram Taxonomy, Foram Abundance Manuscript title: Quantifying the ecological impact of the Deepwater Horizon event on benthic foraminifera and subsequent rates of recovery Spreadsheet: Benthic Foram Stable Carbon Isotopes Manuscript title: Persistent δ13C depletion in benthic foraminiferal carbonate following the Deepwater Horizon event

Suggested Citation:

Schwing, Patrick. 2015. Benthic Foraminifera Abundance, Stable Isotopes, Desoto Canyon Sediments, 2010-2012.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N79021PB

Publications:

Hastings, D. W., Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Morford, J. L., Roeder, T., … Hollander, D. J. (2014). Changes in sediment redox conditions following the BP DWH blowout event. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.12.009

Moss, J. A., McCurry, C., Tominack, S., Romero, I. C., Hollander, D., Jeffrey, W. H., & Snyder, R. A. (2015). Ciliated protists from the nepheloid layer and water column of sites affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 106, 85–96. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.10.001

Schwing, P. T., Romero, I. C., Brooks, G. R., Hastings, D. W., Larson, R. A., & Hollander, D. J. (2015). A Decline in Benthic Foraminifera following the Deepwater Horizon Event in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0120565. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120565

Schwing, P. T., Romero, I. C., Larson, R. A., O’Malley, B. J., Fridrik, E. E., Goddard, E. A., … Mulhollan, J. (2016). Sediment Core Extrusion Method at Millimeter Resolution Using a Calibrated, Threaded-rod. JoVE, (114). doi:10.3791/54363

Schwing, P. T., O’Malley, B. J., Romero, I. C., Martínez-Colón, M., Hastings, D. W., Glabach, M. A., … Hollander, D. J. (2016). Characterizing the variability of benthic foraminifera in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event (2010–2012). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi:10.1007/s11356-016-7996-z

Granneman, J. E., Jones, D. L., & Peebles, E. B. (2017). Associations between metal exposure and lesion formation in offshore Gulf of Mexico fishes collected after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 117(1-2), 462–477. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.066

Schwing, P. T., O’Malley, B. J., & Hollander, D. J. (2018). Resilience of benthic foraminifera in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event (2011–2015). Ecological Indicators, 84, 753–764. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.09.044

Schwing, P. T., Chanton, J. P., Romero, I. C., Hollander, D. J., Goddard, E. A., Brooks, G. R., & Larson, R. A. (2018). Tracing the incorporation of carbon into benthic foraminiferal calcite following the Deepwater Horizon event. Environmental Pollution, 237, 424–429. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.066

Schwing, P. T., & Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2019). Impact and Resilience of Benthic Foraminifera in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc 1 Oil Spills. Deep Oil Spills, 374–387. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_23

Romero, I. C., Chanton, J. P., Roseheim, B. E., Radović, J. R., Schwing, P. T., Hollander, D. J., … Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2019). Long-Term Preservation of Oil Spill Events in Sediments: The Case for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Oil Spills, 285–300. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_17

Purpose:

Determine impact of the DWH event on benthic foraminiferal abundance.

Data Parameters and Units:

Site Name (ID) [DSH08, PCB06], Date Collected (MM/YYYY) [December 2010, February 2011, September 2011, August 2012], Latitude (degrees arc minutes), Longitude (degrees arc minutes) Benthic Foram Stable Carbon Isotopes -- Depth Increment relative to sediment surface (mm), sample number (ID), del 13C (per mille), average del 13C (per mille), standard deviation del 13C (per mille) Benthic Foram Taxonomy -- Depth Increment relative to sediment surface (mm), Individuals Identified (count), Total Individuals Identified (count), Total Taxa of Individuals Identified (count), Mass of Identified (g), Coarse Fraction Mass (g), Total Individuals in sample (count), 2mm sample volume (cm^3), Density (individuals/cm^3), Species (scientific name) [for genus Adercotryma, Ammobaculites, Ammodiscus, Amphisorus, Anomalinoides, Bolivina, Bolivinellina, Botellina, Bulimina, Buzasina, Cassidulina, Chilostomella, Cibicides, Cibicidoides, Cribrostomoides, Cyclammina, Dentalina, Discorbia, Dorothia, Eggerella, Eponides, Evolutinella, Fissurina, Fursenkoina, Globobulimina, Globocassidulina, Glomospira, Gyroidina, Haplophragmoides, Hormosina, Hormosinella, Hyperammina, Karreriella, Laticarinina, Lenticulina, Loxostomum, Martinottiella, Neolenticulina, Nonionella, Oridorsalis, Osangularia, Paratrochammina, Planulina, Praeglobobulimina, Procerolagena, Pullenia, Pyrgo, Quinqueloculina, Rutherfordoides, Saccammina, Saccorhiza, Sahulia, Sigmoilopsis, Sphaeroidina, Textularia, Triloculina, Trochammina, Usbekistania, Uvigerina, Veleroninoides] Benthic Foram Abundance -- Depth Increment relative to sediment surface (mm), Foram groupings [Cibicidoides, Uvigerina, Bulimina, Globobulimina, Agglutinated, Other], Number of Forams per grouping (count), Total Forams for all groupings (count), Volume of sample (cm^3), Bulk Dry Weight (g), Bulk Dry Weight (mg), Dry Weight 63-µm seive fraction (mg), % Size Fraction (%), Number of Forams per grouping per Volume of sample (count/cm^3), Total Forams for all groupings per Volume of sample (count/cm^3), Number of Forams per grouping per gram (count/g), Total Forams for all groupings per Bulk Dry Weight (count/mg), Increment Top Depth (mm), Year Pb-210 at Increment Top Depth (YYYY.fraction), Standard deviation of Year Pb-210 at Top Depth (YYYY.fraction), Interpolated Year from merged Th-234 and Pb-210 (YYYY.fraction), Th-234 Rectified mass accumulation rate MAR (g/cm2/yr), Pb-210 mass accumulation rate MAR (g/cm2/yr), Foram Accumulation rates Pb-210 per grouping (count/cm2/yr), Total Foram Accumulation rates Pb-210 for all groupings (count/cm2/yr), Total Error (count/cm2/yr).

Methods:

Individually counted foraminifera from washed sediment samples, del13C measurements from Cibicidoides sp. measured by the SIRMS instrument at USF, CMS, all presented in the context of depth in each sediment core as well as by short-lived radioisotope age models.

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