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

The dataset contains raw and standardized benthic foraminifera counts, measured water and sediment parameters collected through manual sediment sample picking, water quality multiprobe and coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy measurements respectively. Appendix 1-1 documents the location coordinates for the sampled stations. Appendix 1-2 provides spatial representation of diversity indices that were calculated from raw foraminifera counts. Raw data elemental concentration are summarized in Appendix 1-3. The documented raw counts and standardized counts of each species picked are attached in Appendix 1-4 and Appendix 1-5 respectively. Variation in grain sizes among the sample station is presented in in Appendix 1-6. Appendix 1-7 documents water column physicochemical parameters.