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Landsat 7 Looks at Pseudo Atolls

Located in tropical latitudes, the hard structures we know as coral are really the incremental build-ups of calcium carbonate deposited from the skeletal remains of these tiny colonial animals.    Located in tropical latitudes, the hard structures we know as coral are really the incremental build-ups of calcium carbonate deposited from the skeletal remains of these tiny colonial animals.
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In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.    In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.

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In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.    In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.

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Animation Number:2012
Animator:Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2000-10-23
Scientist:Serge Andrefouet (University of South Florida)
Instrument:Landsat-7/ETM+
Data Collected:1999, 2000
Series:Landsat 7 Coral Reefs
Video:SVS2000-0019 *
Goddard TV Tape:G2000-097
Keywords:
SVS >> Atolls
SVS >> Banks
SVS >> Barriers
DLESE >> Biological oceanography
SVS >> Coral Reefs
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http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20001025coral_reef.html
 
 
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