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    "title": "Benthic data for corals, macroalgae, invertebrates, and non-living bottom types from Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, South Pacific Ocean, 2007-04-02 to 2008-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0068364)",
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    "modified": "2025-11-19T15:27:33.225Z",
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        "CORAL - COLONY SIZE",
        "CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION",
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        "Mie Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station",
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        "DOC\/NOAA\/NESDIS\/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
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