ForCenS, a curated database of planktonic foraminifera census counts in marine surface sediment samples

Michael Siccha; Michal Kučera

doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.109

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ForCenS, a curated database of planktonic foraminifera census counts in marine surface sediment samples

Michael Siccha Michal Kučera

Scientific Data Vol. 4 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Abstract

AbstractCensus counts of marine microfossils in surface sediments represent an invaluable resource for paleoceanography and for the investigation of macroecological processes. A prerequisite for such applications is the provision of data syntheses for individual microfossil groups. Specific to such syntheses is the necessity of taxonomical harmonisation across the constituent datasets, coupled with dereplication of previous compilations. Both of these aspects require expert knowledge, but with increasing number of records involved in such syntheses, the application of expert knowledge via manual curation is not feasible. Here we present a synthesis of planktonic foraminifera census counts in surface sediment samples, which is taxonomically harmonised, dereplicated and treated for numerical and other inconsistencies. The data treatment is implemented as an objective and largely automated pipeline, allowing us to reduce the initial 6,984 records to 4,205 counts from unique sites and informative technical or true replicates. We provide the final product and document the procedure, which can be easily adopted for other microfossil data syntheses.

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Michael Siccha, Michal Kučera (2017). ForCenS, a curated database of planktonic foraminifera census counts in marine surface sediment samples. Scientific Data, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.109

ForCenS, a curated database of planktonic foraminifera census counts in marine surface sediment samples

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