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    "title": "National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2013-09-02 to 2013-09-06 and from 2015-08-24 to 2015-08-28 (NCEI Accession 0277838)",
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        "BENTHIC SPECIES",
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        "DOC\/NOAA\/NMFS\/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
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        "CRCP Project #743 National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation",
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        "\u2022 US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC",
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