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Kelly, L. W., Barott, K. I., Dinsdale, E., Friedlander, A. M., Nosrat, B., Obura, D., Sala, E., Sandin, S. A., Smith, J. E., Vermeij, M. J., Williams, G. J., Willner, D., and Rohwer, F. (2012). "Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs". The ISME Journal. 6 (3): 638–649. Bibcode:2012ISMEJ...6..638K. doi:10.1038/ISMEJ.2011.114. PMC 3280131. PMID 21881615.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Obura, D. O., Mangubhai, S. (2011). "Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002–2005". Coral Reefs. 30 (3): 607–619. Bibcode:2011CorRe..30..607O. doi:10.1007/S00338-011-0741-7. S2CID 34350055.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Cerniglia, Joe (2026). "A New Visual Explanation for the Radio Signals". Amelia Earhart Archaeology. Retrieved 3 October 2026. Cross-referenced with the complete open-source computational code core, visual timeline models, and raw hindcast datasets archived in the CERN data repository under: Cerniglia, Joe (2026). "A 1937 Reef-Top Tidal Hindcast of Nikumaroro Island: Verifying the Environmental Constraints of the Earhart Radio Logs". Zenodo Repository / CERN. v1. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23130656. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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https://www.archaeologychannel.org/taraia/documents/2012_Amelia_Earhart_on_Nikumaroro-A_Summary_of_the_Evidence.pdf AMELIA EARHART ON NIKUMARORO: A SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE, by Thomas F. King, Retrieved: 02 November 2025

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"Nikumaroro (Gardner Island)". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

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Gast, Phil. "DNA tests on bone fragment inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search." CNN, 3 March 2011. Retrieved: 3 March 2011.

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Obura, D. O., Stone, G., Mangubhai, S., Bailey, S., Yoshinaga, A., and Barrel, R. (2011). "Baseline marine biological surveys of the Phoenix Islands" (PDF). Atoll Research Bulletin. 589: 1–61. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.589.1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Obura, D. O., Stone, G., Mangubhai, S., Bailey, S., Yoshinaga, A., and Barrel, R. (2011). "Baseline marine biological surveys of the Phoenix Islands" (PDF). Atoll Research Bulletin. 589: 1–61. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.589.1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Obura, D. O., Mangubhai, S. (1 November 2018). "Silent killer: black reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area". Pacific Conservation Biology. 25 (2): 213–214. doi:10.1071/PC18048. S2CID 92277240.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Kelly, L. W., Barott, K. I., Dinsdale, E., Friedlander, A. M., Nosrat, B., Obura, D., Sala, E., Sandin, S. A., Smith, J. E., Vermeij, M. J., Williams, G. J., Willner, D., and Rohwer, F. (2012). "Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs". The ISME Journal. 6 (3): 638–649. Bibcode:2012ISMEJ...6..638K. doi:10.1038/ISMEJ.2011.114. PMC 3280131. PMID 21881615.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Obura, D. O., Mangubhai, S. (2011). "Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002–2005". Coral Reefs. 30 (3): 607–619. Bibcode:2011CorRe..30..607O. doi:10.1007/S00338-011-0741-7. S2CID 34350055.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Jantz, Richard L. (2018). "Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones: A 1941 Analysis versus Modern Quantitative Techniques". Forensic Anthropology. 1 (2): 1–16. doi:10.5744/fa.2018.0009. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
Cerniglia, Joe (2026). "A New Visual Explanation for the Radio Signals". Amelia Earhart Archaeology. Retrieved 3 October 2026. Cross-referenced with the complete open-source computational code core, visual timeline models, and raw hindcast datasets archived in the CERN data repository under: Cerniglia, Joe (2026). "A 1937 Reef-Top Tidal Hindcast of Nikumaroro Island: Verifying the Environmental Constraints of the Earhart Radio Logs". Zenodo Repository / CERN. v1. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23130656. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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Jantz, Richard L. (2018). "Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones: A 1941 Analysis versus Modern Quantitative Techniques". Forensic Anthropology. 1 (2): 1–16. doi:10.5744/fa.2018.0009. Retrieved 2 October 2026.

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Resture, Jane. "Gardner Island (Nikumaroro) Phoenix Group". Jane Resture. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
"Jane's Oceania Home Page. Jane Resture. September 28, 2008". Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

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Reynolds, Christopher (10 July 2014). "Amelia Earhart mystery: Expedition leaves to look for missing aircraft". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2026. The search for Amelia Earhart's missing plane enters a new phase as an expedition sets out for the remote Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro.

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Howard, Brian Clark (16 June 2014). "Pacific Nation Bans Fishing in One of World's Largest Marine Parks". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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Kelly, L. W., Barott, K. I., Dinsdale, E., Friedlander, A. M., Nosrat, B., Obura, D., Sala, E., Sandin, S. A., Smith, J. E., Vermeij, M. J., Williams, G. J., Willner, D., and Rohwer, F. (2012). "Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs". The ISME Journal. 6 (3): 638–649. Bibcode:2012ISMEJ...6..638K. doi:10.1038/ISMEJ.2011.114. PMC 3280131. PMID 21881615.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Kelly, L. W., Barott, K. I., Dinsdale, E., Friedlander, A. M., Nosrat, B., Obura, D., Sala, E., Sandin, S. A., Smith, J. E., Vermeij, M. J., Williams, G. J., Willner, D., and Rohwer, F. (2012). "Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs". The ISME Journal. 6 (3): 638–649. Bibcode:2012ISMEJ...6..638K. doi:10.1038/ISMEJ.2011.114. PMC 3280131. PMID 21881615.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Pyle, Richard (2 August 2007). "Group Ends Latest Search for Amelia Earhart". Associated Press.

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Cohn, Julie (14 October 2019). "The Amelia Earhart Mystery Stays Down in the Deep". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

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"Expedition to search for Amelia Earhart's plane postponed to 2026". News. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.

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Holguin, Quint (2 July 2025). "Expedition planned to find Earhart's plane after new evidence uncovered". Purdue Exponent.

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Obura, D. O., Mangubhai, S. (1 November 2018). "Silent killer: black reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area". Pacific Conservation Biology. 25 (2): 213–214. doi:10.1071/PC18048. S2CID 92277240.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Obura, D. O., Mangubhai, S. (2011). "Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002–2005". Coral Reefs. 30 (3): 607–619. Bibcode:2011CorRe..30..607O. doi:10.1007/S00338-011-0741-7. S2CID 34350055.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Obura, D. O., Mangubhai, S. (1 November 2018). "Silent killer: black reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area". Pacific Conservation Biology. 25 (2): 213–214. doi:10.1071/PC18048. S2CID 92277240.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Law, Gwillim (28 May 2001). "Kiribati Time Zones". Statoids. Retrieved 2 October 2026. Adapted from the tz database. The Phoenix Islands time zone (Pacific/Enderbury), which encompasses Nikumaroro (Gardner), observed UTC-11:00 until 1995-01-01, when it shifted to UTC+13:00 to unify administration across the International Date Line.

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The document contains a detailed description of the British Pacific Islands Survey Expedition. See "The Colonization of the Phoenix Islands." TIGHAR via tighar.org, 2007. Retrieved: 25 October 2009.
The reference source provides a brief history of Gallagher and the Phoenix Island Settlement Scheme. See "Gallagher of Nikumaroro: The Last Expansion of the British Empire." TIGHAR via tighar.org, 2007. Retrieved: 25 October 2009.
"Niku IIII summary." TIGHAR via tighar.org. Retrieved: 25 October 2009.
Niku I, 1989. TIGHAR.https://tighar.org/wiki/Niku_I_(1989)
"'Norwich City' photograph and caption." TIGHAR via tighar.org, 2007. Retrieved: 25 October 2009.
"The Long Farewell of the Norwich City". Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
Bevington, Eric R. (October 1937). "Eric Bevington's Journal". tighar.org (Administrative Diary). Western Pacific High Commission (WPHC) Archives. Retrieved 2 October 2026. In October of 1937... Cadet Officer Eric R. Bevington... made a visit to the Phoenix Islands... A more accurate account of this first documented visit to the island since the Earhart disappearance in July is provided by a diary kept by Cadet Bevington.
"The Tarawa File". tighar.org. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). April 1997. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
Hoodless, D. W. (4 April 1941). Report on Portion of a Human Skeleton. tighar.org (Report). Western Pacific High Commission (WPHC) Archives. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
Brandenburg, Bob (February 2013). "Time and Tide" (PDF). TIGHAR Tracks. 29 (1). The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR): 3–11. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
King, Thomas, Gallagher of Nikumaroro - The Last Expansion of the British Empire, tighar.org, 1 August 2000, retrieved 14 October 2008. This source is itself supported by over a dozen citations, many of which are primary sources.
"USCG LORAN Station." TIGHAR via tighar.org. Retrieved: 31 August 2011.
"Place Names on Nikumaroro". tighar.org. TIGHAR. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

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Zwick, Jesse (23 June 2012). "Up in the Air: Hillary Clinton, a lone explorer, and the search for Amelia Earhart". The New Republic.

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https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/fa/article/view/525 Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones: A 1941 Analysis versus Modern Quantitative Techniques, by Richard L. Jantz, Retrieved: 02 November 2025

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Howard, Brian Clark (16 June 2014). "Pacific Nation Bans Fishing in One of World's Largest Marine Parks". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
"Phoenix Islands Protected Area". Government of Kiribati. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
"US reportedly to search again for Amelia Earhart's plane". MSNBC. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
Resture, Jane. "Gardner Island (Nikumaroro) Phoenix Group". Jane Resture. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
w.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Expeditions/NikuV/NikuV.html "Niku V summary." Archived 12 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine TIGHAR via tighar.org. Retrieved: 25 October 2009.
"Jane's Oceania Home Page. Jane Resture. September 28, 2008". Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
"The Long Farewell of the Norwich City". Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
Lorenzi, Rossella. "Amelia Earhart's beauty case found? Conclusion to mystery nears." Discovery News, 13 July 2012.
Lorenzi, Rossella. "Amelia Earhart's finger bone recovered?" Discovery News, 10 December 2010. Retrieved: 10 December 2010.
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"Place Names on Nikumaroro". tighar.org. TIGHAR. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

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w.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Expeditions/NikuV/NikuV.html "Niku V summary." Archived 12 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine TIGHAR via tighar.org. Retrieved: 25 October 2009.

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