Keywords: Abundance estimate; Actinoptychus senarius; Algae, calcareous; Ammodochium rectangulare; Anaulus sp.; Arachnoidiscus spp.; Archaeomonas edwardsii; Archaeosphaeridium australensis; Archaeosphaeridium tasmaniae; Asterolampra punctifera; Asteromphalus oligocaenicus; Aulacodiscus spp.; Biddulphia sp.; Biddulphia tuomeyi; Calicipedinium sp.; Cape Roberts Project; Carduifolia gracilis; Cavitatus jouseanus; Cavitatus sp.; Chaetoceros, resting spores; Chaetoceros panduraeformis; Chaetoceros sp.; Chaetoceros spp.; Cocconeis spp.; Corbisema apiculata apiculata; Corbisema triacantha; Core wireline system; Coscinodiscus spp.; CRP; CRP-3; CWS; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Diatom zone; Dictyocha deflandrei; Dictyocha frenguellii; Dictyocha spp.; Diploneis spp.; Distephanus crux; Distephanus raupii; Ebrinula paradoxa; Ecology; Eurossia irregularis; Falsebria ambigua; Fecal pellets; Genus; Goniothecium decoratum; Goniothecium odontella; Grammatosphora sp.; Hemiaulus dissimilis; Hemiaulus polycystinorum; Hemiaulus rectus var. twista; Hemiaulus sp.; Ikebea sp.; Isthumia spp.; Kannoa hastata; Kisseleviella sp.; Liradiscus ovalis; Micromarsupium cf. curticanuam; Navicula spp.; Odontella finbriata; Paralia sol var. marginalis; Paralia sulcata; Psammodiscus sp.; Pseudammodochium sphericum; Pseudopyxilla americana; Pseudotriceratium radiosoreticulatum; Pterotheca sp.; Pyrgupyxis eocema; Pyxilla johnsoniana; Pyxilla reticulata; Radialiplicata clavigera; Rhabdonema japonicum; Rhabdonema sp.; Rhizosolenia antarctica; Rhizosolenia hebetata; Rhizosolenia oligocaenica; Rhizosolenia sp.; Rocella praenitida; Ross Sea; Rouxia granda; Sampling/drilling from ice; Sceptroneis lingulatus; Sceptroneis propinqua; Sceptroneis talwanii; Skeletonema penicillus; Skeletonema utriculosa; Sleletonemopsis mahoodii; Species richness; Sphynctolethus hemiauloides; Sphynctolethus pacificus; Sphynctolethus sp.; Stellarima microtrias; Stellarima primalabiata; Stellarima stellaris; Stephanopyxis megopora; Stephanopyxis oamaruensis; Stephanopyxis sp.; Stephanopyxis spinosissima; Stephanopyxis superba; Stephanopyxis turris; Stictodiscus hardmanianus; Stictodiscus kittonianus; Thalassiosira mediaconvexa; Triceratium arcticum; Triceratium pulvinar; Trinacria excavata; Trinacria racovitzae; Trochosira spinosus; Vulcanella hannae