Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Alisha M. Ellis Originator: Christopher G. Smith Publication_Date: 20200708 Title: Benthic Foraminiferal Data from Surface Samples and Sedimentary Cores in the Grand Bay Estuary, Mississippi and Alabama Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Tabular digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9YCK857 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YCK857 Description: Abstract: Microfossil (benthic foraminifera) samples were obtained from surficial grab (denoted with “G”) and push core (denoted with “M”) sediments collected in Grand Bay estuary, Mississippi and Alabama, to aid in the paleoenvironmental understanding of Grand Bay estuary. The data presented here were collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines (SSIEES) project, and Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) project. Sampling was conducted in May 2016 [field activity number (FAN) 2016-331-FA, alternate FAN 16CCT03]. In the field, 15 cores were collected in tidal creek mouths, proximal to tidal creek mouths, in protected coves, and in the open Grand Bay estuary. Surface samples were collected at each core site location. At the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), 13 of the 15 cores were selectively subsampled for foraminifera, resulting in a total of 64 push core subsamples. Estuarine surface grab samples and push core subsamples were processed in the laboratory to three size fractions (63–125 micrometers (μm), 125–850 μm, and >850 μm), of which the 125–850 μm fraction was picked. The raw foraminiferal count data from the picked subsamples are provided below. For further information regarding foraminiferal collection and/or processing methods, refer to Ellis and others (2017a, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1060). For information regarding 16CCT03 site locations, water quality parameters and sediment properties, refer to Marot and others (2019, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FO8R3Y). For related datasets from the Mississippi Sound area, please refer to Haller and others (2018a, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MC8X5F; and 2018b, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445KSG), Ellis and others (2018, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171165), Ellis and others (2017b, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1046), and DeWitt and others (2017, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1070). Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets, comma-separated values text files, and formal Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata. Purpose: Sediment surface samples and estuarine push cores were collected during USGS field activity number (FAN) 2016-331-FA, alternate FAN 16CCT03. Location and sample dates are available at https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P9FO8R3Y/data/16CCT03_SiteInformation.zip. Additional information is available at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2016-331-FA. The file 16CCT03_Raw_Foram_Count_Data.zip includes all raw count data for the foraminiferal samples and subsamples collected in May 2016 during 2016-331-FA. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20160514 Ending_Date: 20160518 Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.43298 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.33280 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.40958 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.35775 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:794b8283-7ab7-41a4-9abb-bb9236ed566d Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: unconsolidated deposits Theme_Keyword: geology Theme_Keyword: geomorphology Theme_Keyword: micropaleontology Theme_Keyword: protists Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: surface Theme_Keyword: push core Theme_Keyword: estuary Theme_Keyword: ponar grab Theme_Keyword: foraminifera Theme_Keyword: species data Theme_Keyword: forams Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: SPCMSC Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Grand Bay Place_Keyword: Mississippi Place_Keyword: Alabama Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common Geographic Areas Place_Keyword: Mississippi Place_Keyword: Alabama Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: sediment Stratum_Keyword: surface Stratum_Keyword: subsurface Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: May 2016 Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey requests that it be acknowledged as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Native_Data_Set_Environment: Apple OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6; Microsoft Excel for Mac 2016 Version 16.29 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Schönfeld, J., Alve, E., Geslin, E., Jorissen, F., Korsun, S., Spezzaferri, S., and Members of the FOBIMO group Publication_Date: 2012 Title: The FOBIMO (FOraminiferal BIo-MOnitoring) initiative—Towards a standardised protocol for soft-bottom benthic foraminiferal monitoring studies Series_Information: Series_Name: Marine Micropaleontology Issue_Identification: Volume 94–95 Other_Citation_Details: Pages 1-13 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.06.001 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ellis, A.M., Shaw, J.E., Osterman, L.E., and Smith, C.G. Publication_Date: 20171128 Title: Distribution of foraminifera in Chincoteague Bay and the marshes of Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Issue_Identification: 1060 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1060 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Locker, S.D., Khan, N.S., and Smith, K.E.L. Publication_Date: 20190301 Title: Sedimentary Data from Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi, 2014–2016 Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9FO8R3Y Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FO8R3Y Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Haller, C., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., and Adams, C.S. Publication_Date: 20180413 Title: Benthic foraminiferal data from the eastern Mississippi Sound salt marshes and estuaries Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7MC8X5F Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MC8X5F Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Haller, C., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., and Adams, C.S. Publication_Date: 20180417 Title: Benthic foraminiferal data from sedimentary cores collected in the Grand Bay (Mississippi) and Dauphin Island (Alabama) salt marshes Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7445KSG Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445KSG Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ellis, A.M., Smith, C.G., and Marot, M.E. Publication_Date: 20180322 Title: The sedimentological characteristics and geochronology of the marshes of Dauphin Island, Alabama Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 20171165 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171165 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., and Wheaton, C.J. Publication_Date: 20170620 Title: The physical characteristics of the sediments on and surrounding Dauphin Island, Alabama Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Issue_Identification: 1046 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1046 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: DeWitt, N.T., Stalk, C.A., Smith, C.G., Locker, S.D., Fredericks, J.J., McCloskey, T.A., and Wheaton, C.J. Publication_Date: 20171201 Title: Single-beam bathymetry data collected in 2015 from Grand Bay, Alabama-Mississippi Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Issue_Identification: 1070 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1070 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The foraminiferal data presented are the raw counts and are not volumetrically normalized. Logical_Consistency_Report: The complete foraminiferal dataset includes all species counts, the percent of each sample picked and assessed, and total volume of the sample collected. Detailed information regarding species identifications is available upon request. Completeness_Report: This is a complete foraminiferal dataset that includes counts for 64 estuarine push core samples and 12 estuarine surface sediment samples collected in Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama and its tributaries. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Bulk estuarine grab samples (denoted with a “G”) were collected in the field using a petite Ponar sediment sampler in May 2016. At each sample location, sediment was collected from the top one centimeter (cm) of undisturbed surface material. The sample was collected using either a spatula or scoopula and placed in a plastic bag to be subsampled upon return for foraminifera, grain-size, bulk density and loss on ignition (LOI). During the same time, estuarine push cores (denoted with a “M”) were collected at each site using 11.4 cm acrylic barrels. An "A" or "B" amended to the end of any sample ID indicates a replicate surface sample or core collected from the same location. Push cores were stored upright and both cores and surface samples were stored on ice until they could be refrigerated upon return to the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. Process_Date: 2016 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Upon return from the field and intermittently for multiple months following collection, foraminiferal subsamples were taken from the bulk estuarine grab samples. Foraminifera subsample volumes were recorded using a marked syringe. Once recorded, samples were washed over a 63-, 125- and 850-micron (µm) sieve in order to remove clay material, and to separate out large organics (Schönfeld and others, 2012). In some cases, sodium hexametaphosphate and multiple washes were necessary to remove all clay aggregates. For picking, the 125–850 size fraction for each sample was split into equal parts using a microsplitter and spread evenly over a gridded picking tray. Entire splits were picked until approximately 200 foraminiferal specimens were acquired to enable the calculation of foraminiferal densities. The 0-1 cm interval and 19-20 cm interval were picked for each core along with an interval or two that were estimated using sediment geochronologies via alpha and gamma spectroscopy to represent ~100 years before present. Foraminiferal identifications were made by making comparisons with published literature. The foraminiferal data presented in this publication include raw specimen counts. Process_Date: 2014 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 16CCT03_Raw_Foram_Count_Data.zip Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20201013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Detailed attribute descriptions for the foraminiferal counts workbook are provided in the included data dictionary (Foraminiferal Data Dictionary.pdf). These metadata are not complete without this file. Supplemental information includes a taxonomic reference list which may be used for visual and descriptive purposes and species name changes (16CCT03-Taxonomic_Reference_List.pdf). Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Data Dictionary and Taxonomic Reference List for Foraminiferal Data Tables, in: Ellis and Smith, 2019, Benthic Foraminiferal Data from Surface Samples and Sedimentary Cores in the Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama Estuary, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YCK857. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Person: Alisha M. Ellis Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8056 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aellis@usgs.gov Resource_Description: 16CCT03_Raw_Foram_Count_Data.xlsx, 16CCT03_Raw_Foram_Count_Data_EstuarineGrabs.csv, 16CCT03_Raw_Foram_Count_Data_PushCores.csv Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution imply any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained herein. Any use of trade, firm, or product name is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Microsoft Excel, comma-separated values Format_Version_Number: 16.29 Format_Specification: .xlsx, .csv File_Decompression_Technique: Unzip Transfer_Size: 0.113 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P9YCK857/data/16CCT03_Raw_Foram_Count_Data.zip Fees: None, if obtained online Technical_Prerequisites: The workbook included in this .zip file was created for use with Microsoft Excel 2016. It may also be viewed with the Microsoft Excel viewer or by downloading a Microsoft Compatibility Pack to view with older versions of Microsoft Excel. 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