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It has been said in the early days of oceanography, collecting marine sediments using a dredge was akin to collecting land samples for a hot air balloon using a bucket — at a height above the ground of several kilometers (few miles) and at night. Evaluate the effectiveness of this type of sample collecting (for example, is it representative of the environment being sampled?)

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