Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) Shapefile 10/7/08

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The digital ecoregions layer is available for download as an ArcGIS Shapefile. It has been compressed using WinZip (www.winzip.com). This spatial data layer is available for use for valid scientific, conservation, and educational purposes. We ask that you refer to the metadata for further details, and that you cite and credit the Marine Ecoregions data as follows: 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 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. Further details about the MEOW system and PDFs of the BioScience paper the comprehensive listing of sources are available from: www.worldwildlife.org/MEOW/ www.nature.org/MEOW Users pleas