Marine Ecoregions of the World

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Marine Ecoregions of the World is a global biogeographic framework that divides the world’s coastal and shelf waters into distinct ecological regions to support marine conservation planning and research.

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instanceOf biogeographic classification system ⓘ
conservation planning tool ⓘ
global marine bioregionalization framework ⓘ
aimsTo facilitate comparison of marine biodiversity patterns across regions ⓘ
provide a consistent global framework for marine biogeography ⓘ
support systematic marine conservation planning ⓘ
appliesTo coastal waters ⓘ
continental shelf waters ⓘ
basedOn biogeographic patterns of species distributions ⓘ
coastal geomorphology ⓘ
ecological similarity ⓘ
oceanographic features ⓘ
covers continental shelves worldwide ⓘ
global ocean coasts ⓘ
dataFormat GIS shapefiles ⓘ
digital maps ⓘ
definesEcoregionAs relatively homogeneous coastal and shelf area with distinct species assemblages ⓘ
definesProvinceAs intermediate biogeographic unit within a realm ⓘ
definesRealmAs large-scale biogeographic division of the oceans ⓘ
developedBy The Nature Conservancy ⓘ
World Wildlife Fund ⓘ
a consortium of marine biogeographers ⓘ
excludes deep-sea benthic environments ⓘ
most open-ocean pelagic waters ⓘ
hasAlternativeName MEOW ⓘ
hasAuthor Gerald R. Allen ⓘ
Helen E. Fox ⓘ
Mark D. Spalding ⓘ
Nick Davidson ⓘ
hasCitationTitle Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas ⓘ
hasNumberOfEcoregions 232 ⓘ
hasNumberOfProvinces 62 ⓘ
hasNumberOfRealms 12 ⓘ
hasPart ecoregion ⓘ
province ⓘ
realm ⓘ
hasRealm Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Central Indo-Pacific ⓘ
Eastern Indo-Pacific ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
Temperate Australasia ⓘ
Temperate Northern Atlantic ⓘ
Temperate Northern Pacific ⓘ
Temperate South America ⓘ
Temperate Southern Africa ⓘ
Tropical Atlantic ⓘ
Western Indo-Pacific ⓘ
isReferencedBy Convention on Biological Diversity technical reports ⓘ
global marine protected area design studies ⓘ
maintainedBy conservation NGOs and research partners ⓘ
organizedInto hierarchical levels ⓘ
publicationYear 2007 ⓘ
publishedIn BioScience ⓘ
relatedTo Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World ⓘ
usedFor biodiversity assessment ⓘ
comparative ecological research ⓘ
gap analysis of marine protected areas ⓘ
global and regional marine analyses ⓘ
marine conservation planning ⓘ
priority-setting for marine conservation ⓘ

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Marine Ecoregions of the World → hasCitationTitle → Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas ⓘ
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