Title

CLME: Marine Ecoregions of the Wider Caribbean

License

Not Specified

+ The original author did not specify a license.

Abstract

This layer displays marine ecoregions in and around the CLME+ region. Marine ecoregions are a biogeographic classification of the coastal and continental shelf waters. Hierarchically, nested above the marine ecoregion are realms and provinces.

Combining this layer with a land file will provide an approximate representation of the marine coverage of these marine ecoregions.

Data source: The Nature Conservancy

Pubblication Date

July 19, 2019, 9:38 a.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

1 Marine Environment , features , meow_lmes

Category

Environment

environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape

Regions

Americas

Responsible

CLME+_ICM_Secretariat

Group

CLME

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

The layer provides a geographic framework for a broad range of analyses relating to biodiversity (including measures of condition, threat, and conservation …

Language

English

Data Quality

Geographic coordinate system WGS84, not projected

Supplemental Information

This shapefile does NOT accurately represent outer MEOW boundaries: As specified in the original publications, the boundaries in this shapefile have been exten…

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