94269970-d35c-11eb-8ce8-0242c0a82008 eng utf8 dataset Seascape Belgium Marine Data & GIS Specialist Oostende 8400 BEL tim.collart@seascapebelgium.be pointOfContact Seascape Belgium Marine Data & GIS Specialist Oostende 8400 BEL tim.collart@seascapebelgium.be author 2022-02-22T14:49:23Z ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003 4326 EPSG 6.11 geonode:Marine_Provinces Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) 2016-11-25T13:20:00Z publication mapDigital Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) is a biogeographic classification of the world's coasts and shelves. It is the first ever comprehensive marine classification system with clearly defined boundaries and definitions and was developed to closely link to existing regional systems. 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. The project was led by WWF and The Nature Conservancy, with broad input from a working group representing key NGO, academic and intergovernmental conservation partners. This classification represents a new work, derived by a team representing various conservation NGOs and acadamics. It is partly derived from existing classifications. The layer provides a geographic framework for a broad range of analyses relating to biodiversity (including measures of condition, threat, and conservation progress) in the marine environment. completed jesse.cleary@duke.edu originator http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/uploaded/thumbs/layer-94269970-d35c-11eb-8ce8-0242c0a82008-thumb.png Thumbnail for 'Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW)' image/png ESRI Shapefile 1.0 Biogeography Downloadable Data Ecoregion features Marine Layer Marine_Provinces Oceans Realm Shelf World theme Global place license Not Specified: The original author did not specify a license. limitation not listed All data are provided as is. This is not a survey quality dataset. The authors make no warranty as to the currency, completeness, accuracy or utility of any specific data. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. eng utf8 oceans -101.149711609 71.1657180786 -86.4057235718 86.9194030762 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 distance). This outer boundary buffer is primarily drawn here to ease visibility of ecoregions in global and regional scale maps. Similarly the inland boundaries of the ecoregions extend far inland - a convention to ensure inclusion of any coastline and estuarine/lagoonal systems which may be derived from different map sources. As specified, the ecoregional classification relates primarily to coast and shelf biotas for which a 200m depth contour is a more accurate indicative boundary. It is therefore not an appropriate use of the data to calculate total ecoregion areas or generate other area or volumetric dependent statistics using these boundaries alone. https://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Online link to the 'Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW)' description on GeoNode http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/uploaded/thumbs/layer-94269970-d35c-11eb-8ce8-0242c0a82008-thumb.png WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (Thumbnail Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?layers=geonode:Marine_Provinces&crs=EPSG:4326&service=WMS&format=image/png8&access_token=uz5AggFg6sUvuYFlVSvVlqi3la0u2t&request=GetMap&height=180&width=240&version=1.1.1&bbox=-101.149711608887000,-86.405723571777300,71.165718078613300,86.919403076171900 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (Remote Thumbnail Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetLegendGraphic&format=image/png&WIDTH=20&HEIGHT=20&LAYER=geonode:Marine_Provinces&STYLE=Marine_Provinces&legend_options=fontAntiAliasing:true;fontSize:12;forceLabels:on WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (Legend Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?srsName=EPSG%3A4326&outputFormat=json&service=WFS&srs=EPSG%3A4326&request=GetFeature&typename=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&version=1.0.0 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .json Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (GeoJSON Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?outputFormat=excel&service=WFS&srs=EPSG%3A4326&request=GetFeature&typename=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&version=1.0.0 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .excel Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (Excel Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?outputFormat=csv&service=WFS&srs=EPSG%3A4326&request=GetFeature&typename=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&version=1.0.0 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .csv Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (CSV Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?outputFormat=text%2Fxml%3B+subtype%3Dgml%2F3.1.1&service=WFS&srs=EPSG%3A4326&request=GetFeature&typename=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&version=1.0.0 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .gml Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (GML 3.1.1 Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?outputFormat=gml2&service=WFS&srs=EPSG%3A4326&request=GetFeature&typename=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&version=1.0.0 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .gml Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (GML 2.0 Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?outputFormat=SHAPE-ZIP&service=WFS&srs=EPSG%3A4326&request=GetFeature&format_options=charset%3AUTF-8&typename=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&version=1.0.0 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .zip Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (Zipped Shapefile Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?layers=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&service=WMS&format=image%2Fpng&request=GetMap&height=550&width=550&bbox=-101.149711608887000%2C-86.405723571777300%2C71.165718078613300%2C86.919403076171900&srs=EPSG%3A4326 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .png Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (PNG Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?layers=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&service=WMS&format=application%2Fpdf&request=GetMap&height=550&width=550&bbox=-101.149711608887000%2C-86.405723571777300%2C71.165718078613300%2C86.919403076171900&srs=EPSG%3A4326 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .pdf Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (PDF Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows?layers=geonode%3AMarine_Provinces&service=WMS&format=image%2Fjpeg&request=GetMap&height=550&width=550&bbox=-101.149711608887000%2C-86.405723571777300%2C71.165718078613300%2C86.919403076171900&srs=EPSG%3A4326 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .jpg Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (JPEG Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/download/221 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download .zip Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) (Original Dataset Format) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows OGC:WFS geonode:Marine_Provinces Service - Provides Layer: Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) http://www.geonode.iatlantic.eu/geoserver/ows OGC:WMS geonode:Marine_Provinces Service - Provides Layer: Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) dataset The general standard used to delineate biogeographic boundaries is that they follow taxonomic (phylogenetic) boundaries, with the finest level (ecoregional) boundaries marking out areas of relatively homogenous species composition. The classification is largely based on existing regional classifications and there is some variance in the approaches used by the original authors although every effort was made to develop an internally consistent report and to reject sources that were not in accord with the definitions developed and presented in Spalding et al 2007.