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Aquatic biomes		  

Aquatic biomes

  • Can aquatic biomes bemapped in a similar way to terrestrial biomes?

  • How are freshwater and marine biomesdistinguished?
       
 


Oceanic realms

  

Aquatic Biomes and Realms

The oceans cover about 70 % of the Earth's surface.

[Hayden et al. 1984] have mapped oceanic realms on the basis of geophysical and zoogeographic information.