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        "biological data",
        "Fish",
        "FISH CENSUS",
        "FISH SPECIES",
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        "model output",
        "NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science",
        "NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science",
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        "DOC\/NOAA\/NOS\/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
        "NCCOS Project No. 107: Estuarine Species Database for the NOAA Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program",
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        "Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments",
        "Derived Data Product",
        "Models\/Analysis > Data Analysis > Environmental Modeling",
        "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
        "Geographic Area > Estuaries",
        "Marine Protected Area > National Estuarine Research Reserves",
        "Marine Protected Area > National Parks",
        "Region > East Coast",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Connecticut",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Delaware",
        "U.S. States and Territories > District of Columbia",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Maryland",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Massachusetts",
        "U.S. States and Territories > New Jersey",
        "U.S. States and Territories > New York",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Pennsylvania",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Rhode Island",
        "U.S. States and Territories > Virginia",
        "Assateague Island National Seashore (Maryland, Virginia)",
        "Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Maryland, Virginia)",
        "Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve",
        "Fire Island National Seashore",
        "Gateway National Recreation Area",
        "Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve",
        "Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve",
        "Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve",
        "Southern New England",
        "U.S. Mid-Atlantic Estuaries",
        "Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve",
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