Hey WebTeam,
good stuff on the canyon, I'm still looking for someone who has been.

In the meantime, the link below will take you to Dr. Samantha Joye; Professor in micro bio-geochemical marine sciences at the University of Georgia, who has been diving in the Johnson II and other deep diving submersibles in the Gulf, for some time now. My son, has had the privilege of working in Dr. Joye's lab since 2003; now a senior majoring in biology, he hopes to possibly do his graduate work in Hawaii. (you go boy) He calls Dr. Joye, "Hey Blood" because she is his cuz!

Anyway, after readiing the articles on the canyon I couldn't resist throwing this in.

The article on the canyon seems to indicate a well structured food chain that supports a good variety. I'm curious if it's year round or subject to the currents?

Later,
Buzzard





http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/Quarterdec...macdonald.html