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These small ciliates, < 40 um in size, were observed in samples collected in the Bering Sea during March-May 2008, unusually heavy sea ice conditions

Small spirotrich ciliate, collected at 57.8^oN 171.7^oW, 14 m depth,open water diatom bloom, chl-a = 20 ug/l, bottom depth - 102 m	Small oligotrich ciliate, collected at 57.8^oN 171.7^oW, 14 m depth,open water diatom bloom, chl-a = 20 ug/l, bottom depth - 102 m

Small spirotrich ciliate, collected at 57.8^oN 171.7^oW, 14 m depth,open water diatom bloom, chl-a = 20 ug/l, bottom depth - 102 m	Small spirotrichous ciliate with sea ice diatom chain collected at 59.2^oN 175.9^oW, 20 m depth, open water ice edge bloom, chl-a = 6.4 ug/l

Small spirotrich ciliate with heterotrophic dinoflagellate and diatoms, collected at 57.8^oN 171.7^oW, 14 m depth,open water diatom bloom, chl-a = 20 ug/l	Small spirotrichous ciliate in the process of division collected at 62.0^oN 171.2^oW, 14 m depth, mid-shelf heavy ice cover, chl-a = 0.8 ug/l

Small spirotrich ciliate with centric diatom, collected at 57.8^oN 171.7^oW, 14 m depth,open water diatom bloom, chl-a = 20 ug/l	Small oligotrich with 'bulb', collected at 59.9^oN 171.26^oW, 2 m depth, enriched with ice algae, bottom depth 74 m