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Here we report on a new global system for coastal and shelf areas: the Marine Ecoregions of the World, or MEOW, a nested system of 12 realms, 62 provinces, and 232 ecoregions. This system provides considerably better spatial resolution than earlier global systems, yet it preserves many common elements and can be cross-referenced to many regional biogeographic classifications. The designation of terrestrial ecoregions has revolutionized priority setting and planning for terrestrial conservation; we anticipate similar benefits from the use of a coherent and credible marine system.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "Dataset contains the Marine Provinces of the World as determined by Spalding et al. 2007. Symbology has been made transparent for contextual use.", "title": "MEOW_Provinces", "tags": [ "Marine", "Provinces" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "Mark D. Spalding, Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson, Zach A. FerdaƱa, Max Finlayson, Benjamin S. Halpern, Miguel A. Jorge, Al Lombana, Sara A. Lourie, Kirsten D. Martin, Edmund McManus, Jennifer Molnar, Cheri A. Recchia, James Robertson, Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas, BioScience, Volume 57, Issue 7, July 2007, Pages 573\u2013583, https://doi.org/10.1641/B570707", "licenseInfo": "" }