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Acknowledgments 



The authors are indebted to the crews of the C. S. S. 

 Shamook and Marinus who provided able support 

 during the research cruises. G. P. Ennis, J. Hoenig, 

 R. Knoechel, D. G. Parsons, and P. Schwinghamer 

 provided helpful comments on the manuscript. 

 P. Collins, H. Mullett and G. King prepared the fig- 

 ures while M. Hynes and J. Lannon typed the manu- 

 script. 



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