1 Because if they are feeding in a canyon they are not feeding at 



2 the top of the water, where the oil is. 



3 DR. VALENTINE: I think he said water column. 



4 DR. GRASSLE: That is right. "For example, the feeding activity 



5 of the high concentrations of krill in the water column of canyons 



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



7 Is that right? 



8 Okay. I think we should skip to the last sentence of that 



9 paragraph and say, "Benthic impacts, if they occur, are likely to be the 



10 result of oil absorbed on the particles, which may accumulate on the 



11 bottom over long periods of time--" or "--which might accumulate on the 



12 bottom over long periods of time." 



13 Then we should go back to the previous-- 



14 DR. VALENTINE: Excuse me. What about saying, "if they accumulate 



15 on the bottom over long periods of time." 



15 DR. GRASSLE: Yes, that is better. "If they accumulate on the 



17 bottom--" 



18 Then we go back to the previous sentence and say, "Major short- 



19 term impacts would occur in the surface layer and at the shelf water- 



20 slope water front." 



21 DR. VALENTINE: How about saying, "sea surface layer?" 



22 DR. GRASSLE: Yes. Does that sound right now? 



23 DR. BOTHNER: The only thing that troubles me now is that the 



24 shelf water/slope front is a phenomenon that goes all the way to the 



25 bottom. That is a plane that cuts through the sea water. 



25 DR. KRAEUTER: It is also a mechanism of transport if you are 



27 looking for one. 



28 DR. GRASSLE: Okay. So it should read, "Major short-term impacts 



29 would occur in the sea surface layer, especially at the shelf 



30 water/slope water front. 



31 DR. KRAEUTER: That is where you like to concentrate things. 



32 DR. GRASSLE: Yes. So that means it modifies surface water. 



33 DR. KRAEUTER: Good. 



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