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    "title": "Reef fish abundance and size data collected by transect and stationary point count methods: a calibration to enable the use of long-term, fishery-independent data by fisheries and regional managers in the US Caribbean (NCEI Accession 0281207)",
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        "VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS",
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        "COUNTRY\/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)",
        "COUNTRY\/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003)",
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        "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000)",
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