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DURING July–November 1956, an exploratory ecological survey along the south-west edge of the La Jolla submarine canyon was conducted over a sandy bottom using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus1 diving techniques (for a chart of the region see Shepard and Emery2), and the following preliminary information may be of general interest.
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North, W. J., Yale Sci. Mag., 31 (1956).
Shepard, F. P., and Emery, K. O., Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper No. 31 (1941).
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GHELARDI, R., NORTH, W. A Possible Ecologial Effect of Upwelling in a Submarine Canyon. Nature 181, 207–208 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181207a0
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