Description: This dataset shows the global distribution of seagrass species richness, or global seagrass biodiversity.<br /><br />The boundaries do not represent actual ranges as seagrass are distributed in waters shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate. No surface area calculations should be attempted.
Service Item Id: 917c4dc3350e4ef7bffd8ef583247e6d
Copyright Text: Green EP, Short FT (2003). World atlas of seagrasses. Prepared by UN Environment
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Berkeley (California, USA): University of
California. 332 pp. URL: https://archive.org/details/worldatlasofseag03gree Data DOI: https://doi.org/10.34892/2dc6-1y45