1 DR. AURAND: I don't want anybody to think that you are defining 



2 all oil spill impacts. That's a good point, but the major canyon impact 



3 would be on eggs and larvae which can include commercial benthic 



4 species, 



5 MR. LANE: Do we want to define species that we know have surface 



6 eggs and larvae during some critical life stage? 



7 DR. KRAEUTER: Actually, maybe we should leave out the benthic and 



8 commercial species. 



9 DR. AURAND: Associated with canyons? 



10 DR. KRAEUTER: Yes. 



11 DR. AURAND: I don't think you could quantify that. That's where 



12 the impact would be, but nobody has any idea what, because it is too 



13 situationally dependent. 



14 DR. GRASSLE: Why don't you say surface spills would impact canyon 



15 species only through the effect on planktonic larvae? 



16 DR. AURAND: Surface spills-- 



17 DR. GRASSLE: Surface impacts, sorry, would be limited to effects 



18 on planktonic larvae. 



19 DR. AURAND: Surface impacts would be limited to the effects on 



20 planktonic larvae. 



21 DR. GRASSLE: Of canyon species. 



22 DR. AURAND: Of canyon species. 



23 DR. GRASSLE: Of canyon fauna, especially. 



24 DR. AURAND: Yes. 



25 DR. GRASSLE: I think that's better. 



26 DR. AURAND: The magnitude of the impact is situationally 



27 dependent. 



28 Does anybody want to say anything else about that? I certainly do 



29 not want to predispose myself to citing the oil spill impacts. 



30 DR. BOTHNER: Fred, regarding your statement on produced waters, 



31 this is a lot milder statement for an effect that is potentially a lot 



32 greater. 



33 DR. GRASSLE: Actually, no. I thought in a sense that we decided 



34 that in this, to really in terms of potential effects, to limit both 



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