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Marine Ecoregions of the World
Nov 18, 2011
(Last modified Jan 13, 2016)
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Dataset was scientifically peer reviewed
- Description:
- A biogeographic classification of the world's coastal and continental shelf waters following a nested hierarchy of realms, provinces and ecoregions.
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Spalding et al. 2007, modified by The Nature Conservancy
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- not specified
- Citation:
- Spalding MD, Fox HE, Allen GR, Davidson N, Ferdaña ZA, Finlayson M, Halpern BS, Jorge MA, Lombana A, Lourie SA, Martin KD, McManus E, Molnar J, Recchia CA, Robertson J (2007) Marine Ecoregions of the World: a bioregionalization of coast and shelf areas. BioScience 57: 573-583.
- Contact Organization:
- The Nature Conservancy
- Contact Person(s):
Timothy Boucher
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.
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About the Uploader
TNC GIS Staff
GIS staff with The Nature Conservancy
This is a shared account for TNC staff to use to upload spatial data, to avoid the problem of data being "orphaned" when an individual leaves TNC.
