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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WWF ecoregion classification notablePublication Marine Ecoregions of the World
Marine Ecoregions of the World hasCitationTitle Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas
linked to: Marine Ecoregions of the World