1 That's preliminary information, but that's what we're seeing. 



2 There are two more studies that Jerry hasn't see yet that actually have 



3 very detailed community studies associated with the chemistry. 



4 DR. NEFF: You mean there's a study I haven't see yet? 



5 DR. RAY: We're ahead of you, Jerry. 



6 DR. NEFF: Were there some other questions? 



7 DR. KRAEUTER: Are there any studies that have looked at recovery 



8 in the substantially deeper areas? These are all 100 meters and 



9 shallower where you would expect, perhaps, seasonal variation in things 



10 that would influence recovery, what about something 500 plus meters? Do 



11 we have any kind of information on that? 



12 DR. NEFF: None that I know of. Of course, there is an ongoing 



13 program on the west coast. Unfortunately, they're not doing much 



14 drilling there right now so it's hard to study recovery. There has been 



15 some at platform Hidalgo, but that's mostly hard-bottom substrates 



16 around that. 



17 So, inadvertently we're looking at recovery now, because had hoped 



18 that they would develop that field for quite a while yet. In the North 



19 Sea I think most of the depths are quite a bit shallower. 



20 I'm not aware of anything in deep water in the gulf, which is 



21 where most of the deep water production and develop is going on. 



22 DR. MACIOLEK: Just a comment on that. We did some recolonization 



23 experiments at about 2,000 meters. They were not so much in direct 



24 response to drilling or oil impacts, but I'll be talking about those 



25 very briefly later on. 



26 DR. VALENTINE: Our next speaker will be Dr. Barbara Hecker from 



27 Lamont-Dougherty Geological Observatory. She's going to speak on 



28 "Megafaunal Populations in Lydonia Canyon, with Notes on Three Other 



29 North Atlantic Canyons." 

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31 PRESENTATION OF DR. BARBARA HECKER 



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33 DR. HECKER: The data I'm going to present on Lydonia Canyon was 



34 collected over a period of time in Lydonia Canyon. Basically it started 



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