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      <title>Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary - Biogeographic Assessment Study Area Spatial Extent</title>
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      <abstract>Spatial extent of digital products for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Project, conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Biogeography Program.  Created in 2005.</abstract>
      <purpose>To standardize XY domain of digital products for biogeographic assessment of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.</purpose>
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         <keyword>Environmental Monitoring</keyword>
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         <keyword>Data X, Y extent</keyword>
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         <keyword>2005</keyword>
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      <keyword controlled="No">
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         <keyword>Gulf of Maine</keyword>
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      <organization>National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science</organization>
      <city>Silver Spring</city>
      <state-province>MD</state-province>
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      <distribution-liability>These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.</distribution-liability>
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      <data-access-procedure>Please contact the Stellwagen Banks NMS Research Coordinator for additional information on data access (david.wiley@noaa.gov);</data-access-procedure>
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         <description>Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.</description>
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