1 But, in general, I would say you have got increased biomass in 



2 general even though the scavengers in the canyon-- 



3 DR. TEAL: The important point there is that you've got filter 



4 feeders and you can say there are more of them, but I mean it's a lot 



5 more. 



6 DR. HECKER: I am just saying there is a higher biomass in 



7 canyons. If you want to think in terms of gluten accumulation or how 



8 much biomass is there. 



9 DR. TEAL: But the important accumulators are the filter feeders. 



10 DR. HECKER: Yes. 



11 DR. TEAL: The important thing is that there are a lot more filter 



12 feeders in the canyons, rather than there are more infauna. 



13 DR. HECKER: I was going to go through a whole 1 ist--di verse 



14 biomass, diversity. I mean, he is getting all this time for all that 



15 physical stuff. 



16 DR. COOPER: You people really need to keep some perspective here. 



17 The physical stuff doesn't amount to a goddamn hill of beans as it only 



18 relates to the biology. 



19 DR. BUTMAN: Right. You're supposed to chair the afternoon 



20 session. 



21 DR. AURAND: May I make one request for the poor court reporter 



22 here? If you have thrown out scientific names, at the break, which 



23 should be coming in a couple of minutes, do her a big favor and walk 



24 past and tell her how to spell them. 



25 We have been through this with the scientific committee and they 



26 have pretty much learned. They say "worms," "crabs." But if you use 



27 scientific names, she needs to get the information, because there is no 



28 way in the world that they can spell this kind of stuff. 



29 DR. BUTMAN: I just have two more. 



30 DR. VALENTINE: Could I make just one more comment about the 



31 biomass? 



32 DR. BUTMAN: Sure. 



33 DR. VALENTINE: I think we have to determine what we mean. Are 



34 you just talking about benthic organisms, because all the schooling 



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