Marine Ecoregions Of the World (MEOW)

Title
Marine Ecoregions Of the World (MEOW)
Abstract

A biogeographic classification of the world's coastal and continental shelf waters following a nested hierarchy of realms, provinces and ecoregions. USERS PLEASE NOTE - shapefile does NOT accurately represent outer MEOW boundaries: As specified in the original publications, the boundaries in this shapefile have been extended out some 200 nautical miles from land (and this buffer is extended to include any additional marine areas less than 200metres in depth which lie beyond this distan...

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Vector Data
Keywords
marine_ecoregions , boundary
Category
Oceans
features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters). Examples: tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs
Regions
Africa , East Africa , Comoros , Madagascar , Mozambique , United Republic of Tanzania
Owner
More info
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Restrictions
Any modification of the original map to ecoregion boundaries, units, names, or realm and province classes must be noted and explained alongside the original citation. (For citation, see Data Set Credit.) The MEOW Working Group (authors Spalding et al.) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any sale, distribution, loan, or offering for use of these digital data, in whole or in part, is prohibited without the approval of the MEOW Working Group. The use of these data to produce other GIS products and services with the intent to sell for a profit is prohibited without the written consent of the MEOW Working Group. All parties receiving these data must be informed of these restrictions. The MEOW Working Group and its members' respective organizations shall be acknowledged as data contributors to any reports or other products derived from these data.
Purpose

This classification represents a new work, derived by a team representing various conservation NGOs and acadamics. It is partly derived from existing clas...

Language
English
Supplemental Information

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Spatial Representation Type
vector data is used to represent geographic data
Attribute Name Label Description Range Average Median Standard Deviation
ECO_CODE NA 20099.50 20100.50 2.69
ECOREGION NA
PROV_CODE NA 20.00 20.00 0.00
PROVINCE NA
RLM_CODE NA 5.00 5.00 0.00
REALM NA
ALT_CODE NA 88.25 89.00 2.68
ECO_CODE_X NA 99.50 100.50 2.69
Lat_Zone NA

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    Owner

    MOZALINK

    Project Partners: IRD (REUNION ISLAND), CORDIO (KENYA), Eduardo Mondlane University (MOZAMBIQUE), IHSM (MADAGASCAR), Ulanga Ngazidja (COMORES), University of Dar es Salaam (TANZANIA)

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    CORDIO East Africa