TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Acknowledgements 5 



Methods 6 



Summaries of the Fauna in the Submarine Canyons 6 



Comparison of Shelf and Canyon Faunas 36 



Standing Crop 37 



Abundance of Animals Respecting Areal Coverage 56 



On the Replacement of Species in the Submarine Canyons ... 69 



In Successive Canyons 69 



Within Canyons 95 



On the Total Number of Species in the Canyons 97 



Characteristics of Animals in the Canyons 99 



Photographic Results 102 



List of Stations Ill 



Analyses of Samples 121 



Literature Cited 408 



Index of Scientific Names 410 



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