1 DR. COOPER: I would put the term "krill" in there, Fred, and 



2 fecal pellets of the krill. 



3 DR. GRASSLE: "The feeding activity of krill in surface waters 



4 results in the production of rapidly settling large fecal aggregates." 



5 Beautiful . 



6 I am still not clear on the other point. You are just thinking of 



7 a natural rate of particles from whatever source, is that what you are 



8 thinking of? 



9 DR. BOTHNER: Yes. I am thinking that the fact that the canyons 



10 are a sink for fine-grained sediments. 



11 DR. KRAEUTER: That is the physical process as opposed to the 



12 biological one that you just described. 



13 DR. BOTHNER: Maybe the net accumulation — net long-term 



14 accumulation of fine-grained sediments in some areas, in some canyons-- 



15 DR. GRASSLE: "--and the net accumulation of other large 



16 aggregates from the water column." 



17 DR. MACIOLEK: No, that sounds potentially biological. 



18 DR. BOTHNER: How about "the long-term and net accumulation of 



19 natural particles from the water column?" Or "particles from the net 



20 accumulation of these natural particles from--" 



21 DR. KRAEUTER: Why don't we say concentration? Do they, in fact, 



22 concentrate in the canyon?" When you say the net concentration of fine- 



23 grained-- 



24 DR. GRASSLE: Record this paragraph, now. This is paragraph "H," 



25 oil spills and blowouts. It now reads: "Mechanisms of transport of the 



26 products of an oil spill or blowout into the canyon environment are not 



27 well known. In comparison to the adjacent slope, most of the canyons 



28 are physically and biologically more active (for example, the feeding 



29 activity of krill in surface waters results in the production of rapidly 



30 settling large fecal aggregates)." 



31 DR. BOTHNER: Except that you have not said-- 



32 (Laughter) 



33 DR. GRASSLE: "Therefore, over long periods of time there is a 



34 possibility that hydrocarbons will accumulate." 



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