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Fish, invertebrates, and macroalgal biota visual survey in the South Pacific Ocean and Rose Atoll Marine National Monument from 2012-08-22 to 2012-08-23 (NCEI Accession 0223258)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-12-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains cruise report summarizing visual survey of fish, invertebrate, and macroalgal biotas at Rose Atoll. These were surveyed using underwater transects at 8 sites over two days in August 2012, and observations compared with surveys undertaken using similar Reef Life Survey methodology across the Pacific. The reef biotas showed a high level of similarity to reef biotas within the central South Pacific region, particularly Cook Islands, Samoa, and Niue. This is US State Department MSR cruise U2012-026. Data submitted through the World Data Service for Oceanography hosted at NCEI. Cruise report is in DOCX format and converted to PDF.

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