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Coral histopathological slides and associated documentation for samples collected from 1984-08-05 to 2009-08-06 by Esther Peters for the Coral Virtual Microscopy project of NOAA (NCEI Accession 0189589)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 02:23 AM | Dataset Last Updated: June 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM
This dataset contains scanned images of coral histological slides that were scanned into pyramidal tiled TIFF images (Aperio SVS file format). The slides have been collected by Esther Peters and have been provided to NOAA for scanning. The dataset also includes histopathological descriptions and other metadata including location, date collected, genus, species, and contributor.

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0189589 CORAL CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION camera microscope biological imagery laboratory analyses

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title Coral histopathological slides and associated documentation for samples collected from 1984-08-05 to 2009-08-06 by Esther Peters for the Coral Virtual Microscopy project of NOAA (NCEI Accession 0189589)

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