Note: all appendix files are Excel spreadsheets available in one zipped file.

APPENDIX 1. Census counts live (Rose Bengal stained) benthic foraminifera in the surface samples from Alboran Platform, Oran Bight and Mallorca Shelf, with sample splits and sample volumens.

APPENDIX 2. Census counts dead benthic foraminifera, sum benthic and planktonic foraminifera in the surface samples from Alboran Platform, Oran Bight and Mallorca Shelf, with sample splits and sample weights.

APPENDIX 3. Census counts dead benthic foraminifera, sum benthic and planktonic foraminifera in sediment-core 342-1 from Alboran Platform with sample splits and sample weights.

APPENDIX 4. Census counts dead benthic foraminifera, sum benthic and planktonic foraminifera in sediment-core 367-1 from Oran Bight with sample splits and sample weights.

APPENDIX 5. Census counts dead benthic foraminifera, sum benthic and planktonic foraminifera in sediment-core 401-1 from Mallorca Shelf with sample splits and sample weights.