Palaeoceanography changes in the Okhotsk Sea during Late Pleistocene and Holocene according to diatoms

The subsequent increase in diatoms productivity at 129.8-117.0 kyr BP and 8.3-5.5 kyr BP indicates the strong climate warming accompanied by decrease of sea ice coverage and surface water stratification (mixing of surface and intermediate water) during the warmest MIS in the Okhotsk Sea. The diatom abundance and high content of the oceanic and warm-water species reflect the warm surface environmental condition during MIS 5e and 1 since 8.3 kyr due to decrease of the sea ice influence.