One of the most compelling results of our evaluation of the container
site is that the dominant megafauna associated with the
container’s surface are markedly dissimilar from those reportedly
associated with natural hard substrata at similar depths along
the central California coast. Rocky canyon walls within 10 km of
the study site in Monterey Canyon support an abundance of phyla
Chordata, Cnidaria, Porifera, and Echinodermata