Data on relative contents of principal diatom groups in suspended matter collected by a separator on the way of the ship and in bottom sediments from different areas of the Indian Ocean are presented in the paper.
Supplement to: Mukhina, Valentina V (1966): Siliceous organisms in suspension and in the surface layer of Indian Ocean bottom sediments (from data obtained on the 36th cruise of the research vessel Vityaz. Oceanology, 6, 660-667