The FORCIS database: a global census of planktonic Foraminifera from ocean waters

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2023-06-03
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Chaabane, Sonia
de Garidel-Thoron, Thibault
Giraud, Xavier
Schiebel, Ralf
Beaugrand, Gregory
Brummer, Geert-Jan
Casajus, Nicolas
Greco, Mattia
Grigoratou, Maria
Howa, Hélène
Jonkers, Lukas
Kucera, Michal
Kuroyanagi, Azumi
Meilland, Julie
Monteiro, Fanny
Mortyn, Graham
Almogi-Labin, Ahuva
Asahi, Hirofumi
Avnaim-Katav, Simona
Bassinot, Franck
Davis, Catherine V.
Field, David B.
Hernández-Almeida, Iván
Herut, Barak
Hosie, Graham
Howard, Will
Jentzen, Anna
Johns, David G.
Keigwin, Lloyd
Kitchener, John
Kohfeld, Karen E.
Lessa, Douglas V. O.
Manno, Clara
Marchant, Margarita
Ofstad, Siri
Ortiz, Joseph D.
Post, Alexandra
Rigual-Hernandez, Andres
Rillo, Marina C.
Robinson, Karen
Sagawa, Takuya
Sierro, Francisco
Takahashi, Kunio T.
Torfstein, Adi
Venancio, Igor
Yamasaki, Makoto
Ziveri, Patrizia
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10.1038/s41597-023-02264-2
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Planktonic Foraminifera are unique paleo-environmental indicators through their excellent fossil record in ocean sediments. Their distribution and diversity are affected by different environmental factors including anthropogenically forced ocean and climate change. Until now, historical changes in their distribution have not been fully assessed at the global scale. Here we present the FORCIS (Foraminifera Response to Climatic Stress) database on foraminiferal species diversity and distribution in the global ocean from 1910 until 2018 including published and unpublished data. The FORCIS database includes data collected using plankton tows, continuous plankton recorder, sediment traps and plankton pump, and contains ~22,000, ~157,000, ~9,000, ~400 subsamples, respectively (one single plankton aliquot collected within a depth range, time interval, size fraction range, at a single location) from each category. Our database provides a perspective of the distribution patterns of planktonic Foraminifera in the global ocean on large spatial (regional to basin scale, and at the vertical scale), and temporal (seasonal to interdecadal) scales over the past century.
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© The Author(s), 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Chaabane, S., de Garidel-Thoron, T., Giraud, X., Schiebel, R., Beaugrand, G., Brummer, G.-J., Casajus, N., Greco, M., Grigoratou, M., Howa, H., Jonkers, L., Kucera, M., Kuroyanagi, A., Meilland, J., Monteiro, F., Mortyn, G., Almogi-Labin, A., Asahi, H., Avnaim-Katav, S., Bassinot, F., Davis, C. V., Field, D. B., Hernández-Almeida, I., Herut, B., Hosie, G., Howard, W., Jentzen, A., Johns, D. G., Keigwin, L., Kitchener, J., Kohfeld, K. E., Lessa, D. V. O., Manno, C., Marchant, M., Ofstad, S., Ortiz, J. D., Post, A., Rigual-Hernandez, A., Rillo, M. C., Robinson, K., Sagawa, T., Sierro, F., Takahashi, K. T., Torfstein, A., Venancio, I., Yamasaki, M., & Ziveri, P. The FORCIS database: A global census of planktonic Foraminifera from ocean waters. Scientific Data, 10(1), (2023): 354, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02264-2.
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Chaabane, S., de Garidel-Thoron, T., Giraud, X., Schiebel, R., Beaugrand, G., Brummer, G.-J., Casajus, N., Greco, M., Grigoratou, M., Howa, H., Jonkers, L., Kucera, M., Kuroyanagi, A., Meilland, J., Monteiro, F., Mortyn, G., Almogi-Labin, A., Asahi, H., Avnaim-Katav, S., Bassinot, F., Davis, C. V., Field, D. B., Hernández-Almeida, I., Herut, B., Hosie, G., Howard, W., Jentzen, A., Johns, D. G., Keigwin, L., Kitchener, J., Kohfeld, K. E., Lessa, D. V. O., Manno, C., Marchant, M., Ofstad, S., Ortiz, J. D., Post, A., Rigual-Hernandez, A., Rillo, M. C., Robinson, K., Sagawa, T., Sierro, F., Takahashi, K. T., Torfstein, A., Venancio, I., Yamasaki, M., & Ziveri, P. (2023). The FORCIS database: A global census of planktonic Foraminifera from ocean waters. Scientific Data, 10(1), 354.
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