TABLE V 



DIATOMS IN ARCTIC BOTTOM SEDIMENTS 



readily comminuted and dissolved. Also these frustules are 

 probably transported off the shelf and into the oceanic basins 

 by even the weakest of currents. 



Foraminifera. Foraminifera are not abundant in the 

 bottom sediments of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. However, a 

 few were separated from most of the samples by floating them 

 off with carbon tetrachloride. The fauna was quite uniform 

 from sample to sample so that there was little to be gained 

 from considering each sample separately. The great abundance 

 of arenaceous tests as compared with calcareous forms is 

 noteworthy. Some of the species are probably new species. 



