Table 1. Summary data for the 36 in New observations of Papulifères, putative ciliate cysts, from the plankton of the Chukchi Sea (Western Arctic Ocean) in August of 2023

Table 1. Summary data for the 36 stations sampled in 2023. Depth given is the vertical extent of the plankton net tow from the depth indicated to the surface. Chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a) is average integrated concentration (µg L-1) throughout the water column from the surface to approximately the depth of the plankton net tow. Cyst types found refer to the new forms shown in here in Figure 2 (2A-2H), and in the Figures 6 (6A, 6E, 6D) and 7 (7A, 7G, 7H, 7I, 7J, 7K, 7N) in Dolan et al. (2023). For convenience, the supplementary file contains images of all now known Chukchi Sea Papulifère forms in two plates, one showing the 16 spindle-shaped Fusopsis forms, another showing the 18 the spherical and oblong Sphaeropsi s forms. St #Date Aug 2023lat (N°)long (W°)Tow Depth (m)Station DepthChl aSST (C°)cyst types found1365,17–168,6945551,459,9Ø2366,63–168,6935457,477,8Ø3367,67–168,9645559,926Ø8468,24–167,1238480,7412,6Ø9469,17–168,6743530,589,9Ø10570,50–168,6735456,4862E, 2F11571,43–168,6740500,757,9Ø13572,36–168,6650606,1616A16673,89–168,191001831,51Ø18674,80–167,901001950,4131Ø21776,00–170,4910013151,22–0,56A, 7H, 7K, 7N23877,00–170,0010022140,53–1,16A24877,00–174,9910020120,34–1,3Ø25977,00179,9510010810,09–1,2OE271278,54–177,5810010090,07–1,27K281380,00172,4010027020,14–16A291479,00172,8010025610,15–0,9Ø301478,00173,2010011330,140,3Ø311577,00173,601007400,40,2Ø321576,00173,611002650,2–1,17H331675,00173,601001470,07–0,066E361674,00170,1640520,1–0,8Ø371774,69174,6260720,2–12A391875,73177,181004990,15–1,32G402075,07176,801001960,31–1,22B, 2H, 7I, 7N432175,16–179,971005390,35–1,46D, 6E, 7J452175,15–176,001003271,36–1Ø472275,24–171,971005052,73–0,76A, 7J502375,69–166,641003923,1–0,96A, 7H, 7N522376,57–164,361005500,019–1,17G542477,47–164,101002800,32–1,32C, 7J562577,49–158,7310013230,02–1,37H, 7J572676,30–156,221007250,23–0,1Ø582676,52–159,7810021130,21–1Ø592775,50–161,1510020980,2–0,52D, 7A602774,52–162,1510015960,271,82G, 6A, 7A, 7H