Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW)

The Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) dataset shows a biogeographic classification of the world’s coastal and continental shelf waters, following a nested hierarchy of realms, provinces and ecoregions. It describes 232 ecoregions, which lie within 62 provinces and 12 large realms. The regions aim to capture generic patterns of biodiversity across habitats and taxa, with regions extending from the coast (intertidal zone) 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles) offshore (or to the 200-m isobath, where this lies further offshore).

See: Spalding MD, Fox HE, et al. 2007. Marine Ecoregions of the World: a bioregionalization of coast and shelf areas. BioScience 57: 573-583 [http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1641/B570707].

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Source	https://app.mapx.org/static.html?views=MX-FR3KW-TRWD1-TRE1G&zoomToViews=true#JAAc6
Author	UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Maintainer	UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Last Updated	December 7, 2022, 08:13 (UTC)
Created	December 7, 2022, 08:13 (UTC)
GUID	MX-FR3KW-TRWD1-TRE1G
Issued	2018-06-20 09:47:46
Language	EN
Modified	2021-12-01 18:47:02
Publisher email	info@mapx.org
Publisher name	UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Theme	Web Map
data_type	geospatial
keywords_m49	WLD
projects_description	UNEP Colombia
projects_id	MX-SXE-0C1-TTW-KC8-VP4
projects_title	UNEP Colombia
range_end_at_year	2021
range_start_at_year	2007
source_abstract	The MEOW dataset shows a biogeographic classification of the world’s coastal and continental shelf waters, following a nested hierarchy of realms, provinces and ecoregions. It describes 232 ecoregions, which lie within 62 provinces and 12 large realms. The regions aim to capture generic patterns of biodiversity across habitats and taxa, with regions extending from the coast (intertidal zone) to the 200 m depth contour (extended beyond these waters out by a 5 km buffer).
source_title	Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW)
spatial	WLD