Location of sample sites in the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas used for ecoregion transect (nearshore to offshore) study (n = 147 surface sediment aliquots with ≥30 specimens per sediment sample, 19,300 total specimens, 1990–2018).

• Main Authors: Laura Gemery (10798130), Thomas M. Cronin (3261858), Lee W. Cooper (8748120), Harry J. Dowsett (3274131), Jacqueline M. Grebmeier (8748126)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Inorganic Chemistry; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; future sampling studies; bottom water temperatures; water mass characteristics; Pacific species M; Beaufort Seas Ostracoda; synoptic ordination analyses; water mass properties; future ecosystem changes; Chukchi Sea region; future benthic monitoring efforts; U.S; 300 surface sediment samples; summer water masses; ostracode species; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Anadyr'; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251164.g002

Schematic of summertime surface current flow patterns and water mass type that can affect seafloor conditions (Anadyr Water [AW], Alaska Coastal Water [ACW], Bering Sea Water [BSW]; properties denoted in Table 3 ) adapted from Danielson et al. (2017, 2020). Figure made with GeoMapApp [ 29 ] ( www.geomapapp.org ) / CC BY / CC BY [ 30 ].