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Another association was that of Ophiomusium lymani frequently 

 occurring at the base of coral colonies. Another type of 

 association observed involves the anemone Cevianthus borealis . 

 Small individuals of Cancer boreatis and fish were frequently 

 found at the base of this anemone. Possibly these juveniles 

 utilize the anemone for protection. 



7. The results of this study do indicate that canyons 

 are unique habitats. However, the inadequacies of the his- 

 torical data base do not permit adequate assessment of the 

 factors controlling the distribution of the faunal consti- 

 tuents. Hence, it would be extremely tentative to attempt to 

 interpolate the results to assessing environmental impact. 

 Hopefully, the field program will enable elucidation of some 

 of these factors. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



A number of people have been very helpful in providing 

 their film collections, expertise and time during this phase 

 of the project. We wish to express our appreciation to 

 William Dunkle and John Porteous of the WHOI Alvin photo 

 archive for their considerable help in locating film and 

 providing background information about the dives. We also 

 wish to thank David Folger, David Hathaway and John Schlee 

 of the USGS at WHOI for providing photographs and informa- 

 tion concerning a number of dive transects. Gilbert Rowe 



