Role of Pelagic Animals in Particulate Organic Matter       Transport at Abyssal Depths
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The thrust of this research is to understand the biology of                     deep-sea organisms (especially the amphipod, Eurythenes                         gryllus, and the grenadier fish, Coryphaenoides sp.), from the                  abyssopelagic region, and their role in the cycling of carbon                   in the deep sea.  Smith will continue development of a free                     vehicle acoustical array for monitoring the movements of                        animals across insonified boundaries above the abyssal sea                      floor.  Emphasis will be placed on determining target strength                  and improving the technology to estimate the flux of carbon                     represented in the vertical migration of these animals, a                       phenomenon that has been termed "active flux," and that may                     have considerable importance to the energetics of deep-sea                      communities.  One of the important goals will be to make more                   accurate and representative estimates of organism chemical                      composition vis a vis acoustical target strength under both                     controlled laboratory and field conditions.  The study will                     take place at a test station in the Santa Catalina Basin and at                 an abyssal station in the central gyre of the N. Pacific.
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