Table 2 List of the potential environmental characteristics.

From: Benthic foraminiferal colonisation of phytodetritus during spring bloom within the marginal sea ice zone off Northern Svalbard continental margin

Station

Bottom water temperature (°C)

Salinity (PSU)

Bloom stage

Sea ice cover (%)

Ice and snow thickness (m)

PS92/32

2.1

35

Bloom (Diatoms)

94

1.4

PS92/46

− 0.3

34.9

Pre-bloom (Prasinophytes & Diatoms)

99

1.2

PS92/47

− 0.8

34.9

Bloom (Phaeocystis)

100

1.4

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