Modern Benthic Foraminifera in Bidong Island, Terengganu, Malaysia

This dataset is showing modern benthic foraminiferal species found in the surface sediments of a coral reef environment in Bidong Island, Malaysia. The dataset also includes environmental parameters in the study area. This research was conducted to determine the distribution of modern benthic foraminiferal species in Bidong Island and whether species distribution is related to water depth and environmental parameters. Larger benthic foraminiferal species dominated the study area especially Amphistegina lessonii. Species data includes raw counts and relative abundance of living modern benthic foraminiferal species (Tables 1 and 3). Empty tests were also included in the dataset which also includes raw counts and relative abundances (Tables 2 and 4). Table 5 shows the environmental parameters, i.e., depth (m), organic matter (%), mean grain size (phi), sorting (phi), skewness (phi), kurtosis (phi), proportion of gravel (%), proportion of sand (%) and proportion of mud (%). This dataset can be used in FoRAM Index to assess the health of coral reefs in the study area.

本数据集展示了在马来西亚比冬岛珊瑚礁表层沉积物中发现的现代底栖有孔虫物种。数据集还包括研究区域的环境参数。本研究旨在确定比冬岛现代底栖有孔虫物种的分布情况，以及物种分布是否与水深和环境参数相关。研究区域以大型底栖有孔虫物种为主，特别是勒森氏双壳有孔虫（Amphistegina lessonii）。物种数据包括现存现代底栖有孔虫物种的原始计数和相对丰度（见表1和表3）。数据集中还包含了空壳的计数和相对丰度（见表2和表4）。表5展示了环境参数，即水深（米）、有机物含量（%）、平均粒径（phi）、分选系数（phi）、偏度（phi）、峰度（phi）、砾石比例（%）、沙子比例（%）和泥浆比例（%）。本数据集可用于FoRAM指数评估研究区域珊瑚礁的健康状况。