Identification

Title
TM_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.
see http://www.marineregions.org/sources.php#meow

License
Not Specified
+ The original author did not specify a license.

Publication Date
May 4, 2017, 7:24 a.m.
Type
Vector Data
Keywords
Biogeography Ecoregion features marine meow_ecos realm
Category
Conservation
Information about
Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
DOI
None
Attribution
None
Responsible

Name
LEONARDO JOSE ARIAS ALEMAN (leonardo.arias)
email
leonardo.arias@invemar.org.co
Position
None
Organization
INVEMAR
Location
470003 Santa Marta Magdalena COL
Voice
None
Fax
None
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
EPSG:4326
Extension x0
-180.000015258789000
Extension x1
180.000000000000000
Extension y0
-89.900001525878900
Extension y1
86.919403076171900
Features

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 classi…

Language
English
Supplemental Information

USERS PLEASE NOTE - shapefile does NOT accurately represent outer MEOW boundaries:
As specified in the original publications, the boundaries in this sha…

Contact Points

Name
LEONARDO JOSE ARIAS ALEMAN (leonardo.arias)
email
leonardo.arias@invemar.org.co
Position
None
Organization
INVEMAR
Location
470003 Santa Marta Magdalena COL
Voice
None
Fax
None

References

Link Online
/layers/cma_geonode_data:geonode:meow_ecos
Metadata Page
/layers/cma_geonode_data:geonode:meow_ecos/metadata_detail

Original Dataset
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).zip
JPEG
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).jpg
PDF
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).pdf
PNG
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).png
Zipped Shapefile
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).zip
GML 3.1.1
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).gml
CSV
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).csv
Excel
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).excel
GeoJSON
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).json
Shapefile Comprimido
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).zip
GML 2.0
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).gml
Legend
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).png
Remote Thumbnail
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).png
Thumbnail
TM_Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW).png

OGC WMS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WMS
OGC WFS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WFS
Metadata Author

Name
LEONARDO JOSE ARIAS ALEMAN (leonardo.arias)
email
leonardo.arias@invemar.org.co
Position
None
Organization
INVEMAR
Location
470003 Santa Marta Magdalena COL
Voice
None
Fax
None