1 AFTERNOON SESSION 



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4 DR. VALENTINE: This afternoon we're going to hear some 



5 presentations on the biology of the canyon region. Before we start, I'd 



6 like to tell the speakers that the transcripts of their presentation 



7 will be available tomorrow morning at 7:00 o'clock in a packet on the 



8 table outside the door. 



9 They would appreciate it if you would edit those transcripts and 



10 have them turned in by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. 



11 Our first presentation this afternoon is Paul Boehm, formerly of 



12 Battelle Ocean Sciences in Duxbury. He's going to present a talk on "An 



13 Overview of the Biogenic and Anthropogenic Hydrocarbon Distributions in 



14 Sediments Along the North Atlantic Margin." 

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16 PRESENTATION OF DR. PAUL 0. BOEHN 



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18 DR. BOEHM: I have a hypothesis to test on my own, and that is 



19 that you can give an effective talk with lousy slides, lousy graphics. 



20 So, we'll test the hypothesis right now, although it was tested this 



21 morning as well with somebody. 



22 (Laughter) 



23 I'm not sure what the results were, so we'll test it again. 



24 In many respects the nature of the talk will parallel the 



25 discussions on particulate sediment transport and some of the metals 



26 discussions. In other respects the discussions of the hydrocarbons are 



27 different, because unlike metals when you talk about hydrocarbons you 



28 are talking about many different types of compounds, different sources. 



29 While to some of you this is a pain in terms of analyzing and 



30 interpreting data, actually it's a blessing because by looking at 



31 hydrocarbons we can look at different sources and try to infer points 



32 about distributions of hydrocarbons presently and distributions of 



33 hydrocarbons that may result from drilling or spillage activities. 



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