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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

radiometric dating, marine chemistry, carbon-14 analysis, geochemistry, organisms, protists, animals, chemical analysis, invertebrates

ISO 19115 Topic Category

society, environment, biota

Other Subject Keywords

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Habitat, benthic foraminifera, CMHRP, geologic dating, PCMSC, oceanographic observations, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, USGS, microscopy, Invertebrates

Place Keywords

Canada, British Columbia, Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island

Census counts of benthic foraminifera, environmental parameters (temperature, salinity, and oxygen concentration), and radiocarbon measurements from cores obtained under and near a whale-fall off western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

This data release provides census counts of benthic foraminifera (in percent for the total fauna and as raw counts for just the living specimens) as well as environmental parameters (temperature, salinity, and oxygen concentration) at the sampling sites, and radiocarbon measurements from selected push core samples obtained under and near a whale-fall off western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Author(s) Mary L McGann orcid, Charles K. Paull orcid
Publication Date 2021-09-29
Beginning Date of Data 2009-08-08
Ending Date of Data 2009-08-08
Data Contact
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XB8QUV
Citation McGann, M.L., and Paull, C.K., 2021, Census counts of benthic foraminifera, environmental parameters (temperature, salinity, and oxygen concentration), and radiocarbon measurements from cores obtained under and near a whale-fall off western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XB8QUV.
Metadata Contact
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Metadata Date 2021-10-13
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