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57. J.J. Anderson (1979), Nutrient chemistry in the tropical North Pacific: DOMES sites A, B, and C, Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Pacific Manganese Nodule Province, J.L. Bischoff and D. Z. Piper (eds.) (Plenum Press, New York),113-161. 58. K.W. Bruland (1980), Oceanographic distributions of cadmium, zinc, nickel and copper in the North Pacific, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 47: 176-198; W.M. Landing and K.W. Bruland (1980), Manganese in the North Pacific, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 49: 45-56. 59. E.T. Baker et al. (1978), Distribution and composition of the suspended particulate matter in the waters of the DOMES region (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington), 62 pp. 60. Y.I. Sorokin (1971), Quantitative evaluation of the role of bacterio-plankton in the biological productivity of tropical Pacific waters, Life Activity of Pelagic Communities in the Ocean Tropics: Based on data of the 44th cruise of the R/V "Vityaz", M.E. Vinogradov ed. (M. Kaner transl.) (Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1973). 61. G. A. Fryxell, S. Taguchi and S. Z. El-Sayed (1979), Vertical distribution of diverse phytoplankton communities in the central Pacific, Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Pacific Manganese Nodule Province, J.L. Bischoff and D. Z. Piper (eds.) (Plenum Press, New York), 203-239. 62. J. Hirota (1977), DOMES zooplankton, United States National Technical Information Service Report no. PB274662/AS (Springfield, Virginia), 247 pp. 63. S. Saito (1973), Studies of fishing of albacore, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre), by experimental deep-sea tuna longline, Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan), 21: 107-182; S. Saito and S. Sasaki (1975), Swimming depth of large sized albacore in the South Pacific Ocean: II. Vertical distribution of albacore catch by an improved vertical long-line (in Japanese with English abstract), Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 40: 643-649. 64 . W.M. Matsumoto (1984), Potential impact of deep seabed mining on the larvae of tunas and billfishes, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Memorandum NMFS SWFC-44 (Southwest Fisheries Center, Honolulu Laboratory [Hawaii]), 53 pp. 65. Ibid. 66. J. Hirota (1977), DOMES zooplankton, United States National Technical Information Service Report no. PB274662/AS (Springfield, Virginia), 247 pp. 67. S. Leatherwood et al. (1982), Whales, dolphins and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their identification (Dover Publications, New York [1988]; originally published by United States National Marine Fisheries Service [1982], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Report NMFS Circular 444), 245 pp. INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY 146
68. Ibid. 69. Ibid. 70. Ibid. 71. T. Demidova (1998), The physical environment in nodule provinces of the deep sea, Deep-Seabed Polymetallic Nodule Exploration: Development of Environmental Guidelines, Proceedings of the International Seabed Authority’s Workshop held in Sanya, Hainan Island, People’s Republic of China (1-5 June 1998), ISA (Kingston, Jamaica), 79-116. 147 INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY
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STANDARDIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DA
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The designations employed and the p
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Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chap
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Standardization of Environmental Da
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Foreword Statement by the Secretary
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Participants Mr. Baïdy Diène, Spe
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Dr. Rahul Sharma, Scientist, Nation
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“Necessary measures shall be take
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three working groups, on chemistry
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Some vital procedures are not amena
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(Kingston, Jamaica), 289 pp. The re
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He observed that the Regulations, u
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Dr. Smith reviewed in detail the pr
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Notes and References 1. Internation
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- The Authority must be notified of
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area, but within one or two years e
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- A description of proposed measure
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??It has been previously made avail
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Financial obl
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In the discussion, flexibility in t
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Chapter 2 Overview of the Authority
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2.3. Chemical oceanography - Object
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3. Environmental Impact Assessment
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?? Nodule crushing methods, if any;
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Biological co
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The Secretary-General responded tha
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edeposit on the surrounding seafloo
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1.3. Importance of standardization
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detailed guidelines recommended by
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and “transect physical oceanograp
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eference to seven biological catego
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2.4.1.6. Demersal scavengers It is
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e measured must be specified. I rec
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3.2. Taxonomic standardization I st
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ecological comparisons. Several oth
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that supplied the benthos with ener
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speculate on the rates of recolonis
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Geographical variation Speaking nex
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Knowledge limitations Concluding hi
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on the other hand it turned out tha
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ecolonisation rates. If the area wa
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had been used to look at resediment
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ecover. In the case of the seabed,
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13. International Seabed Authority,
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Chapter 3 Current State of Knowledg
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side. Exploration contractors will
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However, for scientific endeavours
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50-m altitude (i.e., within the bot
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2.4. Biological communities The LTC
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sediment/water interface of each bo
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strata), with sampling on a diel ba
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abyssal seafloor communities 25 sea
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very useful to the design of baseli
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PRESENTATION ON DEEP-SEA ECOSYSTEM
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Most of the seabed macrofauna in th
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the CCFZ. Without understanding lev
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One could also make the opposite ar
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had to be mined each day. Assuming
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There was an increasing appreciatio
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whether the effects were severe in
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collect samples wherever he went in
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Forschungsverbund Tiefsee-Umweltsch
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25. C.R. Smith et al (1997), Latitu
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esistance and resilience of seafloo
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other parameters had been recorded
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environment, a conscious effort was
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Page 139 and 140: information. On the other hand, the
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Page 145 and 146: 3.4. Benthic and demersal community
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Page 149 and 150: 4.2.3. Observations of marine mamma
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Page 155 and 156: Table 3 Benthic currents in the CCF
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Page 167 and 168: process. With increasing depth, pho
Page 169 and 170: phosphorus. In the oceanic environm
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Page 173 and 174: often seen closer to land. The Paci
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Page 177 and 178: In closing, Morgan discussed how to
Page 179 and 180: C.L. Morgan, N.A. Odunton and A.T.
Page 181 and 182: 26. Y. Morel and R. LeSuave (1986),
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Page 195 and 196: ) Take two or three cores at each s
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Page 199 and 200: Another useful way to define the to
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Page 203 and 204: Use of geological data for environm
Page 205 and 206: Mining of Polymetallic Nodules from
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Page 209 and 210: the programme was to learn the beha
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Page 215 and 216: ?? Geological studies: ?? Bathymetr
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Page 221 and 222: SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Sediment cond
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Page 231 and 232: Figure 2. Map of the investigation
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Figure 5 Schematic illustration of
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JET 3: the field study conducted on
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Besides the above, measurements wer
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3.3. Sample processing and size cat
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Figure 10. Location of the five FDC
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?? Calculation from discharged sedi
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5. Total mass of dried sediment dis
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Figure 14 Thickness contour map of
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The use of GIS has many advantages.
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than the 200-metre depth distributi
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Among the chemical parameters, the
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Impact of dis
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Mining (Metal Mining Agency of Japa
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Chapter 9 Data Standards Utilised i
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the three major categories of the b
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Various kinds of equipment were bei
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for biological research, but if it
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Asked for an estimate of the microb
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Sibuet agreed with Smith, emphasisi
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Chapter 10 Data Standards Utilised
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2.1.4. High precision depth recorde
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2.2.6. Piston corer ?? Acquiring bo
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2.3.3. Geotechnical properties ?? U
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?? Concentration of cells by settle
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3.3. Zooplankton (protozoan) 3.3.1.
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?? The abundance data from the phot
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4.3. Statistical analysis Kriging w
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Figure 4 Sampling-sites map of KODO
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o Temperature ( C) o 5 N o 6 N o 7
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PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DATA
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een placed in the experimental bott
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phosphate concentration had been me
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KORDI was having trouble with a 10-
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Other environmental studies Lee sai
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Chapter 11 Data Standards Utilised
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2. Hydrochemical investigations Hyd
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and 5-6 cm. Samples from all layers
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4. Proposals 1. To evaluate environ
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second part of BIE, beginning in 20
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counted and classified into higher
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procedures could be followed for th
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PART III Environmental Parameters N
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a third trap beneath the two that h
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of a nodule-strewn plain, picking u
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Possible impacts on the pelagic com
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Chapter 12 Chemical Oceanography Dr
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To obtain quality data on metals in
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egin right from the start of the ac
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was ambient water. The system teste
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characteristics of sediments in the
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discussed by Dr. Gerald Matisoff (c
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Citing difficulties in measuring sh
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Sediment traps A participant asked
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Commenting on a suggestion to utili
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diversity at the community level. A
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Stuart and Rex 22 have shown that l
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the fauna in these samples. If the
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made up of mountain chains, faultin
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adiated extensively there in many e
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etween shelf and slope adjoined an
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een mined some time before, and con
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Another participant observed that h
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identifying species at various loca
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addition, the multi-corer was being
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20. R.J. Etter and L.S. Mullineaux
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Chapter 15 Seafloor Macrofauna in P
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Figure 2 The plough-harrow. 1. Resu
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deeper sediment and soft, partly re
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Year No. Year Phase 0 1989 Baseline
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uttons on the onboard unit so that
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a stainless steel collar with three
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the majority of samples were obtain
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whirled up into the plume may reset
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to recover (see above) and the comm
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Different methods have been propose
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For the 12 most abundant families o
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area in the southeast Pacific Ocean
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should be treated with a lot of wat
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ack-up camera, had also housed smal
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in 1992 compared to 1989. Seven yea
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distribution of the samples. Anothe
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have reacted similarly by becoming
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Another participant thought that th
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Need for a large-scale experiment A
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3. E.J. Foell, H. Thiel and G. Schr
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22. Detailed description in ibid. 2
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held in Sanya, Hainan Island, Peopl
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1.1. Meiofaunal abundance Some exam
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Central Equatorial Pacific 2° N 44
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Nematode ecological diversity is un
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discrete but morphologically simila
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too difficult to deal with and were
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Institution, had collected 148 spec
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California and the Rockall Trough),
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Another factor supposed to influenc
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shallow water, where nematodes were
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speaking, TNHM had the types for an
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samples every two days. The equipme
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marine nematologist there were 10,0
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core might have worked because the
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16. P.J.D. Lambshead (2001), Marine
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Chapter 17 Pelagic Community Impact
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1.2. Potential phytoplankton impact
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spatial variability. Sampling shoul
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2.6. Zooplankton Depth-stratified s
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helping to achieve consensus among
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One potential impact of discharging
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Consequently, in sampling these reg
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elevated levels of cadmium. It migh
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?? Marine mammals and seabirds: The
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Asked whether the impact would be d
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on some of the mesopelagic fishes.
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9. K.H. Coale (1998), The Galapagos
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PART IV Sampling, Database and Stan
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In the discussion, one participant
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The paper went on to make recommend
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1. Challenges for Developing a Base
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and impact sites were attributed to
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differential response of the commun
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etter assess the spatial extent of
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x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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Challenges to sampling studies If p
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un. On the other hand, if test mini
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the plume, could be a large area wi
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e needed to elucidate data about do
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and he might be underestimating. An
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Chapter 19 Database Requirements Dr
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• Professional Development and Ma
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model used at the British Museum of
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Agreeing, Rex said the management o
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the importance of including informa
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Environmental concerns The Secretar
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Asking participants for their views
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A participant suggested that echino
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detritus in the oceans. Smith agree
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oceanographer, go to sea with the v
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A participant observed that, by the
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controversial items such as macrofa
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Chapter 21 Standardization Strategi
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have described methods for the stud
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a. Direct impacts along the track o
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3.3.2. Water column As the operatio
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3.6. Applications of environmental
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d. The duration of the operations w
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?? Avoiding the disturbance of the
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information for consideration and a
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?? Total inorganic carbon by coulom
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Table 2 Core sections analyzed for
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4200- 4400 4400- 4600 4600- 4800 48
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Besides their utility for impact as
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Turning to the requirements for fut
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Size of envir
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Asked whether he thought the result
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2. J. S. Chung and K. Tsurusaki (19
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PART V Conclusions and Recommendati
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Chapter 22 Report of the Workshop T
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identified in square brackets [BB =
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available such information as (1) k
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y the Commission as ISBA/7/LTC/1/Re
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1. Sediment Properties Sediment pro
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Table 2 lists the chemical paramete
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4. Trace metals in benthic and epi-
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The following key parameters should
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enthic boundary layer) to evaluate
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a. Meteorological variables: sea st
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3. A.R. Hiby and P.S. Hammond (1989
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DGPS differential global positionin
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PEIS P-I POC PON PRZ QA/QC RCM RDBM
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Discipline Category Parameter Metho
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Discipline Category Parameter Metho
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Area Parameters Instruments Levels
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3b Parameter Variables Methodology
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