Living foraminifera relative abundances and total organic carbon in European Atlantic intertidal and transitional areas

This database was built to assign benthic foraminiferal species to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon (see Bouchet et al, 2021 in Marine Pollution Bulletin for more details). Because of the particular characteristics of foraminiferal habitats and communities, we decided to present the database split in two: one for the English Channel/European Atlantic and one for the Mediterranean region. The overall aim of this paper is to provide foraminiferal ecologists with a ready-to-use database detailing foraminiferal species relative abundances and total organic content (%) in the studied sampling site to be used for ecological, biogeographical and environmental monitoring purpose.