| Core Number | Concentration (cysts*cm-3) |
n* | Reliability of reconstruction** |
Temperature February (°C) |
Temperature August (°C) |
Salinity August (o/oo) |
Sea-ice cover (months/yr) |
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| median | mean | std. dev. | median | mean | std. dev. | median | mean | std. dev. | median | mean | std. dev. | ||||
| HU-84-030-003 TWC | 37 | 3 | 2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.9 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| HU-90-013-012 | 296 | 7 | 3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| HU-87-033-007 | 19 | 11 | 2 | -1.5 | -1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 32.0 | 31.9 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 2.1 |
| HU-87-033-008 | 492 | 7 | 1 | -1.7 | -1.7 | 0.0 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 30.5 | 30.6 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 0.3 |
| HU-87-033-009 | 85 | 10 | 1 | -1.7 | -1.7 | 0.0 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 |
| HU-90-013-013 | 189 | 13 | 1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 31.3 | 32.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| HU-84-030-021 | 245 | 14 | 1 | -1.6 | -0.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 1.5 | 9 | 8.3 | 4.2 |
| HU-91-045-025 | 10 | 8 | 4 | Very sparse productivity (<10 cyst/cm3) associated with perennial sea-ice cover | |||||||||||
| HU-91-045-044 | 34 | 7 | 2 | -1.7 | -1.7 | 0.0 | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 30.4 | 30.4 | 0.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 0.3 |
| HU-91-045-052 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 4.8 | 31.8 | 32.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| HU-91-045-058 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| HU-91-045-064 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 33.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| HU-91-045-072 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 34.3 | 34.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3 |
| HU-91-045-074 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 3.4 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HU-91-045-080 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 34.1 | 33.7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| HU-91-045-082 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 34.1 | 32.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| HU-91-045-085 | 134 | 12 | 1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| HU-91-045-094 | 1526 | 24 | 1 | -1.7 | -1.1 | 1.4 | -0.2 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 30.8 | 31.2 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 3.3 |
| HU-76-029-033 | <10 | >3 | 4 | Very sparse productivity (<10 cyst/cm3) associated with perennial sea-ice cover | |||||||||||
| HU-85-027-016 | <10 | >3 | 4 | Very sparse productivity (<10 cyst/cm3) associated with perennial sea-ice cover | |||||||||||
| HU-77-027-013 | <10 | >3 | 4 | Very sparse productivity (<10 cyst/cm3) associated with perennial sea-ice cover | |||||||||||
| D-89-BOFS-5K | 195/g | 6 | 1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| AII-94-PC3 | 415 | 3 | 1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 32.9 | 32.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| SU-81-18 | 4 | 1 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 1.2 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 1.0 | 36.2 | 36.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| SU-81-47 | 8 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 1.5 | 32.1 | 32.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| NA-87-22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 34.9 | 34.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |
| HM-52-43 | 8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 0.5 | 31.3 | 31.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| MD-95-2010 | 6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | |
| MD-95-2009 | 486 | 13 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 1.1 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2 | 0.8 |
| PS1730-2 | <10 | >3 | 4 | Very sparse productivity (<10 cyst/cm3) associated with perennial sea-ice cover | |||||||||||
| M23259 | 332 | 11 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 1.2 | 31.5 | 31.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| * n = number of palynological analyses in the LGM | |||||||||||||||
| ** 1 = Fair to excellent (as good as possible) | |||||||||||||||
| ** 2 = Low concentration and cyst counts | |||||||||||||||
| ** 3 = Analysis to be completed | |||||||||||||||
| ** 4 = Reconstruction by default - minimum productivity being associated with perennial sea-ice cover | |||||||||||||||