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    "title": "Harmful algal blooms discovered during the Mote Monthly transect cruises, 1998 and 1999 (NCEI Accession 0000532)",
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        "AMMONIA (NH3)",
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        "DOC\/NOAA\/NESDIS\/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
        "FL\/FWC\/FMRI > Florida Marine Research Institute, Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida",
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        "Gymnodinium breve",
        "Karenia brevis",
        "Ptychodiscus brevis",
        "CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth",
        "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA",
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