Ostracoda and foraminifera and environmental data taken 2017 from Keta Lagoon and Densu Estuary, Ghana

The uppermost cm of the sampled sediment was used for meiofauna analysis. We described the sediment and microhabitats including thickness of the oxygenated surface sediment, measured water depth with a hand-held echosounder, salinity, pH, oxygen concentration, redox-potential, and water temperature with a multi-probe and alkalinity with a titration test in the field during sampling.

Samples were stained and fixed with ~70% ethanol with added Rose Bengal for staining protoplasm of foraminifers and sieved over a 63 µm mesh with tap water 3-5 days later. Abundance data rely on measuring sediment volume of the given sample. Sieve residues were dried at room temperature.