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Ocean Data from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
 Atmosphere and Climate  Land  Coastal and Marine
… our environment. Terra NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group; (2014): MODIS-Terra Ocean Color Data; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean …
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Global Distribution of Seamounts and Knolls

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
 Coastal and Marine
… habitat was found to constitute approximately 4.7% of the ocean floor, whilst knolls covered 16.3%. The research …
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Global Seafloor Geomorphic Features - Blue Habitats

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
 Coastal and Marine

Conservation International, GRID-Arendal and Geoscience Australia recently collaborated to produce a map of the global distribution of seafloor geomorphic features. The global seafloor geomorphic features map represents an important contribution towards the understanding of the distribution of blue habitats. Certain geomorphic feature are known to be good surrogates for biodiversity. For example, seamounts support a different suite of species to abyssal plains.

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