Report: Marine Ecoregions of the World
Added to website: 16 July 2007
As demands on oceans grow, it is important to ensure that their resources are being conserved and carefully managed worldwide. A new study led by The Wildlife Conservancy and the Worldwide Wildlife Fund (WWF).— Marine Ecoregions of the World — takes an important step toward that goal by presenting the first-ever classification system of the world’s coastal waters.
The report classifies the vast array of habitats and species in the world’s oceans by dividing costal waters into 12 realms (such as the Tropical Atlantic Ocean); 62 provinces (places like the Mediterranean Sea); and 232 ecoregions (smaller and more homogenous units such as the Northern Gulf of Mexico or the Marshall Islands).
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