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going on and they have to all come together, which meaps
that various persons are interested in coming into the
environment of the islands for various reasons and various
{ groups need specimen material.
The particular group immediately responsible for
conducting the surveys and maintaining the records has to
meet the requirements of all the other associated people,
and likewise consult with them on program needs and specimen
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stand alone as you might say, a free floating program, but
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rather one that operates closely with a number of other
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programs and there is no sharp point at which the interests
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end for one and begin for the other.
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I think the NRDL people are quite aware cd that
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and probably would make it then more interesting and of
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more advantage to them.
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side of this would continue here because we already are
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deeply involved in the whole problem of marine biology in
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the Paeific area.
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corals over the entire Pacific area, which is in motim now,
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analysis to see if we can in that way get an integrated
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sample of ocean currents by static sampling.
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