1 What about the trace metals in there? Did we have-- 



2 DR. BOTHNER: You saw how weak the signals were, but they were 



3 consistent with the hypothesis--that is why I like the word "potential" 



4 in there, because these guys--you know, no one would look at that data 



5 and say, "There is a contaminant increase." 



6 They would say, "Gosh, you have got a little higher concentrations 



7 after you normalize and massage and look at it--you know, almost not 



8 worst case necessarily, but look at it very carefully. Then you see a 



9 slight increase in the indicators, showing the canyons are--" 



10 DR. TEAL: I would suggest that you can get around that either of 



11 two ways. 



12 You can leave it in, you can put a "yes" and you can put an 



13 asterisk by it that says, "Signals very weak"-- 



14 DR. BOTHNER: I like that just that way. 



15 DR. TEAL:--or you can cross it out. I think the first one is 



16 better. 



17 DR. BOTHNER: Sure. 



18 DR. GRASSLE: Tell me, which canyon is that? That is this fellow 



19 in the blanks here. Trace metals is "yes" in which canyons? 



20 DR. BOTHNER: Lydonia. 



21 DR. GRASSLE: Just Lydonia? And we decided that for hydrocarbons 



22 it was "yes" for Hudson and "no"--Boehm said it was in Lydonia and 



23 Oceanographer? What canyons? 



24 DR. MACIOLEK: Lydonia, certainly. 



25 DR. BOTHNER: Only in Lydonia it was the slope program. 

 25 DR. GRASSLE: Okay, so we will just say Lydonia for now. 



27 DR. KRAEUTER: We are going to asterisk that--"yes" for Hudson and 



28 explain that it was the sewage or the sludge as opposed to being 



29 transported in some other way? 



30 DR. GRASSLE: Well, we'd better check that paper out. 



31 DR. AURAND: Are we supposed to be restricting our discussion to 



32 the north Atlantic canyons? Hudson Canyon is a mid Atlantic canyon, so 



33 that may decide the issue for us right there. Or do you want to put the 



34 asterisk in the middle? 



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