Marine Ecoregions of the World

Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) comprises a biogeographic classification of the world's coasts and shelves. The ecoregions nest within the broader biogeographic tiers of Realms and Provinces. MEOW represents broad-scale patterns of species and communities in the ocean, and was designed as a tool for planning conservation across a range of scales and assessing conservation efforts and gaps worldwide. The current system focuses on coast and shelf areas and does not consider realms in pelagic or deep benthic environment. It is hoped that parallel but distinct systems for pelagic and deep benthic biotas will be devised in the near future.

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Marine ecoregions of the WorldZIP
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Marine ecoregions of the WorldGeoJSON
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 15, 2021, 17:57 (UTC)
Created	February 8, 2021, 18:45 (UTC)
Region	TC
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2006-01-01
Temporal Extent End	2007-07-01
Dataset Reference Date	2007
Lineage	Mapping methodology and complete description of the dataset is available in the publication: Spalding, M.D., Fox, H.E., Allen, G.R., Davidson, N., Ferdaña, Z.A. et al., 2007. Marine ecoregions of the world: a biore-gionalization of coastal and shelf areas. BioScience, 57 (7), 573-583 (see the atached PDF file).
West Longitude	-180
South Latitude	-89.9
East Longitude	180
North Latitude	86.9194
Spatial Reference System	WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Open access
Use Constraints	Open
Resource Reference	Spalding, M.D., Fox, H.E., Allen, G.R., Davidson, N., Ferdaña, Z.A. et al., 2007. Marine ecoregions of the world: a biore-gionalization of coastal and shelf areas. BioScience, 57 (7), 573-583
Data Format	shape
Update Frequency	unknown
Accuracy	approximate
Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Date	2021-02-09
Metadata Point of Contact	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Consent	Contact details hidden