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helpful suggestions on underwater sampling. 

 C. Barilotti, J. Chess, V. Currie, L. Dayton, 

 R. Fay, R. McPeak, M. Neushul, and W. North 

 helped in the preparation of this manuscript. 

 Special thanks go to R. Gaul for his backing 

 of this project. This study was initially (1967-70) 

 supported by the Westinghouse Ocean Research 

 Laboratory and is currently (1971-73) supported 

 by the University of California Sea Grant GH- 

 112 and an NSF grant # GA-30877. 



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