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atoll: see coral reefs.

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Proclamation 8337-Establishment of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument (Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents)

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Complementing PABITRA high-island studies by examining terrestrial plant diversity on atolls (1).(The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect) (Pacific Science)

Comparative settlement age of damselfish larvae (Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis, Pomacentridae) from Hawaii and Johnston Atoll. (The Biological Bulletin)

Arthropod surveys on Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands, and insights into the decline of the native tree Pisonia grandis (Nyctaginaceae) (1). (Pacific Science)

Ostracoda from Johnston Atoll, Pacific Ocean, and proposal of a new tribe, Bruuniellini (Myodocopina: Cylindroleberididae) (1). (Pacific Science)

Reptiles of Satawan Atoll and the Mortlock Islands, Chunk State, Federated States of Micronesia (1). (Pacific Science)

On the Margins of Sustainability, Prehistoric Settlement of Utrok Atoll, Northern Marshall Islands.(Book Review) (Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific)

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Access and Alienation: The Promise and Threat of Stewardship on Mokil Atoll (Human Organization)

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