Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Alisha M. Ellis Originator: Jessica A. Jacobs Originator: Kathryn E.L. Smith Originator: Isabelle D. Atchia Originator: Christopher G. Smith Publication_Date: 20211012 Title: Sediment Core Microfossil Data Collected from the Coastal Marsh of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, USA Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Alisha M. Ellis Originator: Jessica A. Jacobs Originator: Kathryn E.L. Smith Originator: Isabelle D. Atchia Originator: Christopher G. Smith Publication_Date: 20211012 Title: Sediment Core Microfossil Data Collected from the Coastal Marsh of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, USA Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7X63K24 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X63K24 Description: Abstract: To aid in geologic studies of sediment transport and environmental change in coastal marsh, 1-centimeter (cm) foraminiferal subsamples were taken from seven sediment push cores collected in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GNDNERR), Mississippi, in October 2016. The push cores were collected along two, shore-perpendicular transects at 5, 15, 25, and 50 meters (m) from the shoreline, on opposite sides of Middle Bay during U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Field Activities Number (FAN) 2016-358-FA, also known as alternate FAN 16CCT07. Foraminiferal subsamples were processed and analyzed at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC). Sediment characteristics, loss-on-ignition (LOI), and site location information for the core sites can be found in Marot and others (2019; https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FO8R3Y). Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx), comma-separated values text files (.csv), and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata (.txt and .xml). Purpose: Sediment push cores were collected during USGS field activity number (FAN) 2016-358-FA, alternate FAN 16CCT07. Additional survey and data details are available from the USGS Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System (CMGDS) at, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-358-FA. Location, sample dates, and related sedimentological datasets are available in Marot and others (2019). The file 16CCT07_Foram_Counts.zip includes all count data for the foraminifera samples collected in October 2016 during 2016-358-FA. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20161021 Ending_Date: 20161022 Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.41242 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.39657 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.38365 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.37600 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:c1b66ffc-0e4c-41ef-827d-0ff03692e486 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: environment Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: unconsolidated deposits Theme_Keyword: geology Theme_Keyword: field sampling Theme_Keyword: push coring Theme_Keyword: faunal and floral census (microscopic) Theme_Keyword: micropaleontology Theme_Keyword: fossils Theme_Keyword: wetland ecosystems Theme_Keyword: protists Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: sediment Theme_Keyword: surface Theme_Keyword: push core Theme_Keyword: marsh Theme_Keyword: foraminifera Theme_Keyword: species data Theme_Keyword: forams Theme_Keyword: benthic 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: United States Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common Geographic Areas Place_Keyword: Mississippi Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Grand Bay Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Place_Keyword: Northern Gulf of Mexico Place_Keyword: Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: sediment Stratum_Keyword: surface Stratum_Keyword: subsurface Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: October 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 macOS Mojave Version 10.14.6; Microsoft Excel for Mac Version 16.48 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: 20120612 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., and Smith, C.G. Publication_Date: 20200708 Title: Benthic foraminiferal data from surface samples and sedimentary cores in the Grand Bay estuary, Mississippi and Alabama Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9YCK857 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YCK857 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 (ver. 1.1, April 2020) 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 Other_Citation_Details: 2018a 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 Other_Citation_Details: 2018b Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445KSG Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ellis, A.M., and Smith, C.G. Publication_Date: 20210514 Title: Emerging dominance of Paratrochammina simplissima (Cushman and McCulloch) in the northern Gulf of Mexico following hydrologic and geomorphic changes Series_Information: Series_Name: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Issue_Identification: Volume 255 Other_Citation_Details: 15 pages Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107312 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Haller, C., Smith, C.G., Hallock, P., Hine, A.C., Osterman, L.E., and McCloskey, T. Publication_Date: 20190111 Title: Distribution of Modern Salt-marsh Foraminifera from the Eastern Mississippi Sound, U.S.A. Series_Information: Series_Name: Journal of Foraminiferal Research Issue_Identification: Volume 49, Issue 1 Other_Citation_Details: pages 29-47 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.49.1.29 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Nittrouer, C.A., Sternberg, R.W., Carpenter, R., and Bennett, J.T. Publication_Date: 1979 Title: The use of Pb-210 geochronology as a sedimentological tool: Application to the Washington continental shelf Series_Information: Series_Name: Marine Geology Issue_Identification: Volume 31, Issues 3-4 Other_Citation_Details: pages 297-316 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(79)90039-2 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Osbourne, T.Z. and DeLaune R.D. Publication_Date: 20131018 Title: Soil and Sediment sampling of Inundated Environments Series_Information: Series_Name: SSSA Book Series Issue_Identification: Volume 10 Other_Citation_Details: Pages 21-40 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssabookser10.c2 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Edwards, R.J. and Wright, A.J. Publication_Date: 20150217 Title: Foraminifera Series_Information: Series_Name: Chapter 13 Issue_Identification: First Edition Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Chichester, United Kingdom Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Other_Citation_Details: Pages 191-217 Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118452547.ch13 Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Shennan, I., Long, A.J., and Horton, B.P. (Eds.) Publication_Date: 2015 Title: Handbook of Sea-Level Research Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The foraminiferal data presented are the raw counts and are not volumetrically normalized. Data can be normalized by accounting for the fraction picked and the sediment volume. Logical_Consistency_Report: The complete raw foraminiferal dataset includes all species counts, the percent of each sample picked and assessed, and total wet volume of the sample collected. Detailed information regarding species identifications is available upon request. Completeness_Report: This is a complete raw foraminiferal dataset that includes counts for 69 subsamples from 7 push cores collected from the marshes surrounding Middle Bay in Grand Bay, Mississippi. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: In the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, two salt marsh shore-perpendicular transects, identified as sites 1 and 3, each had four cores collected at distances of 5, 15, 25, and 50 meters landward of the shoreline. Push cores were collected with 10.2-cm diameter polycarbonate barrels, driven into the sediment until refusal. Upon retrieval, similar to methods described in Osbourne and DeLaune (2013; with the exception of not adding water for extraction when not necessary due to the sediments being saturated) and calculation of compaction due to coring, the cores were visually inspected for disturbances (for example, slumping, washout, scouring, cracking, bubbling, and/or discontinuities) to ensure the core was intact and representative of the site. If the core appeared disturbed, it was discarded, and a new core was collected. Upon retrieval, the push cores were capped, labeled, and inspected for integrity. Push core recovered lengths ranged between 42 and 54 cm. The cores were transported upright, in order to avoid slumping and preserve the natural sediment orientation, to the SPCMSC laboratory for sectioning. Core identifiers consist of the USGS project ID/ alternate FAN (16CCT07) and a site-specific identifier (for example, GB301). An alphabetic identifier was appended to each site identifier to differentiate the collection method (M for marsh push core). Sediment characteristics, loss-on-ignition, and site location information for the core sites can be found in Marot and others (2019). Comma-separated values data files containing the tabular data in plain text are included in the download files. Process_Date: 20161022 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: At the USGS SPCMSC, marsh push cores were extruded vertically and sectioned into 1-cm intervals using a serrated knife, pre-measured polycarbonate ring, and extruder (in accordance with methods described in Osbourne and Delaune, 2013 and in 1-cm intervals as is standard for foraminiferal microfossil analyses; Schönfeld and others, 2012; and radiochemical analyses; Nittrouer, 1979) at the USGS SPCMSC sediment core laboratory. The outer circumference of each sample interval was removed to avoid use of sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate barrel which could result in contamination by sediment from other depths due to movement within the barrel both during collection and extruding. Each sediment interval was bagged in a zipped baggie, homogenized, and refrigerated (Osbourne and DeLaune, 2013). Select 1-cm push core interval subsamples from seven of the 8 cores collected were processed for foraminifera microfossils. One core, GB307M, was contaminated in the laboratory and not subsampled for foraminifera. The intervals selected for microfossil analyses were based on fluctuations in downcore sediment data in an attempt to capture both “background” intervals and contrasting, potential event intervals. In some cases, there was not enough sediment available to perform grain-size and microfossil analyses on a single 1-cm interval. In these cases, the 1-cm interval above or below was selected for microfossils and for comparison with grain-size, assuming dry bulk density and LOI values of the neighboring intervals were not significantly different. Foraminifera subsamples were collected from refrigerated wet sediment for processing which occurred episodically over 20 months (November 7, 2017 through June 11, 2019). Foraminifera subsample wet volume was recorded to the nearest 1 milliliter (mL) and then washed over a 63-, 125- and 500 micrometer (µm) sieve in order to remove clay material, to separate out large organics (Schönfeld and others, 2012), and for size class comparison with other foraminiferal datasets with size ranges of 125–500 µm (Haller and others, 2018a; Haller and others, 2018b; Haller and others, 2019; Ellis and Smith, 2020; Ellis and Smith, 2021). The first twelve intervals processed were sieved over only 63 and 500 micrometer (µm) sieves (GB301M: 1-2, 7-8, 16-17, and 24-25 cm, GB302M: 0-1, 5-6, 12-13, 15-16, and 19-20 cm, and GB303M: 0-1, 2-3, and 9-10 cm) and were later reassessed by measuring and separating the 63–125 µm individuals using a slide scale for consistency and comparison with the remainder of the dataset. After sieving, the 125–500 µm size fraction (or 63–500 µm in the aforementioned 12 samples) of each sample was split into equal parts with a microsplitter and spread evenly over a gridded picking tray. Entire splits were picked until at least 200 foraminiferal specimens were acquired for the calculation of foraminiferal densities. Identifications and counts were checked by Alisha Ellis following an initial sorting and identification by Jessica Jacobs. Identifications were made with assistance from Dr. Lisa Osterman, Dr. Steve Culver, and Dr. Christian Haller, and by making comparisons with published literature (Edwards and others, 2015; Haller and others, 2019). Process_Date: 20200910 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 16CCT07_Foram_Counts.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 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Detailed attribute descriptions for the raw foraminiferal counts workbook are provided in the included data dictionary (16CCT07_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 (16CCT07_Taxonomic_Reference_List.pdf). Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Data Dictionary and Taxonomic Reference List for Foraminiferal Data Tables, in: Ellis, A.M., Jacobs, J.A., Smith, K.E.L., Atchia, I.D., and Smith, C.G., 2021, Sediment Core Microfossil Data Collected from the Coastal Marsh of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, USA, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X63K24. 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: 16CCT07_Foram_Counts.xlsx, 16CCT07_Foram_Counts.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. 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