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    "title": "Biological and physical geospatial data from St. Croix East End Marine Park, U.S. Virgin Islands from 2001-02-06 to 2012-05-18 (NCEI Accession 0118500)",
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    "modified": "2025-11-19T15:40:51.497Z",
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        "BENTHIC COMMUNITIES",
        "CORAL",
        "FISH - CORAL REEF",
        "FISH BIOMASS",
        "FISH SPECIES",
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        "US DOC\/NOAA\/NOS\/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science\/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment",
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        "DOC\/NOAA\/NESDIS\/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
        "DOC\/NOAA\/NOS\/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
        "Geographic Information > Habitats",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS\/VERTEBRATES > FISH",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) > MONOCOTS > SEAGRASS",
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        "EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS\/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS",
        "VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS",
        "COUNTRY\/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003)",
        "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. Croix (17N064W0003)",
        "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
        "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA",
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