Dataset showing the abundance and distribution of benthic foraminifera in relation to marine sediment parameters from western Arabian Gulf.

Autor:	Amao AO; Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia., Qurban MA; Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia., Kaminski MA; Geosciences Department, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia., Joydas TV; Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia., Manikandan PK; Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia., Frontalini F; Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', Campus Scientifico, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Data in brief [Data Brief] 2019 Dec 17; Vol. 28, pp. 105014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 17 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.1016/j.dib.2019.105014
Abstrakt:	This dataset supports the paper entitled "A baseline investigation of benthic foraminifera in relation to marine sediments parameters in western parts of the Arabian Gulf". Duplicate sediment samples (sets A and B) were collected from 30 stations in an area covering approximately 25000 km 2 in the offshore northern Arabian Gulf, using a van Veen grab (0.1 m 2 area) and the top 1 cm was analysed for living benthic foraminifera. A set of samples was devoted to foraminiferal analysis while the other, set B, for sediment analyses. In situ hydrographical parameters such as temperature, salinity, pH, turbidity and DO were measured at surface waters. The top 1 cm was subsampled for foraminiferal analyses from the grab and preserved using 70% ethanol with Rose-Bengal stain. Potentially Toxic Elements (PTE) levels in sediment and grain size distributions were analysed. The dataset is expected to provide a baseline for PTE levels in sediment, benthic foraminiferal communities, and identify endemic species adapted to extremes of temperature and saline conditions typical of the Gulf. It can also be used by environmental managers, micropaleotologists, students in environmental/geology/marine science as reference background conditions based on sediment toxicity and benthic community information in revising environmental guidelines in the region. Data from this study suggest that PTEs are within the range of background values, and the sediments support highly diversified and stable benthic foraminiferal communities adapted to the unique environmental conditions in the Gulf. To date, this dataset documents the highest number of living benthic foraminifera species reported from the Gulf, and the most diverse living community compared to all previous studies. It also provides evidence for the full recovery of areas impacted during the 1991 Gulf oil spill which is evident by the diverse and flourishing assemblages of living benthic foraminifera documented. (© 2019 The Authors.)
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