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 "snippet": "This dataset was developed to address the need for a detailed, biogeographic system to classify the oceans. It provides better spatial resolution than earlier global systems, but may also be cross-referenced to many regional biogeographic classifications.",
 "description": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset combines two separately published datasets: the  \u201cMarine Ecoregions Of the World\u201d (MEOW; 2007) and the \u201cPelagic Provinces Of the  World\u201d (PPOW; 2012). These datasets were developed by Mark Spalding and  colleagues in The Nature Conservancy. Alongside the individual authors,  partners for the MEOW layer included WWF, Ramsar, WCS, and UNEP-WCMC. The  ecoregions and pelagic provinces are broadly aligned with each other and are  non-overlapping. <\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>The MEOW dataset shows a biogeographic classification of the  world's coastal and continental shelf waters, following a nested hierarchy of  realms, provinces and ecoregions. It describes 232 ecoregions, which lie within  62 provinces and 12 large realms. The regions aim to capture generic patterns  of biodiversity across habitats and taxa, with regions extending from the coast  (intertidal zone) to the 200 m depth contour (extended beyond these waters out  by a 5 km buffer).<\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>The PPOW dataset shows a biogeographic classification of the  surface pelagic (i.e. epipelagic) waters of the world's oceans. It describes 37  pelagic provinces of the world, nested into four broad realms. A system of  seven biomes are also identified ecologically, and these are spatially disjoint  but united by common abiotic conditions, thereby creating physiognomically  similar communities.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV>",
 "summary": "This dataset was developed to address the need for a detailed, biogeographic system to classify the oceans. It provides better spatial resolution than earlier global systems, but may also be cross-referenced to many regional biogeographic classifications.",
 "title": "Marine Ecoregions and Pelagic Provinces of the World (2007; 2012)",
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  "MEOW",
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  "marine",
  "coastal",
  "high seas",
  "pelagic"
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 "accessInformation": "The Nature Conservancy (2012). Marine Ecoregions and Pelagic Provinces of the World. GIS layers developed by The Nature Conservancy with multiple partners, combined from Spalding et al. (2007) and Spalding et al. (2012). Cambridge (UK): The Nature Conservancy. DOIs: 10.1641/B570707; 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.12.016. Data URL: http://data.unepwcmc.org/datasets/38, 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. DOI: 10.1641/B570707., Spalding MD, Agostini VN, Rice J, Grant SM (2012). Pelagic provinces of the world): a biogeographic classification of the world\u2019s surface pelagic waters. Ocean and Coastal Management 60: 19-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.12.016.",
 "licenseInfo": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><P><SPAN>UNEP-WCMC General Data License (excluding WDPA). See &lt;a href='http://www.unepwcmc.org/policies/general-data-license-excluding-wdpa#data_policy' target='_blank'&gt;www.unepwcmc.org/policies/general-data-license-excluding-wdpa#data_policy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='http://www.unep-wcmc.org/policies' target='_blank'&gt;www.unep-wcmc.org/policies&lt;/a&gt;. For commercial use, please contact businesssupport@unep-wcmc.org.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV>"
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