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So far in my studies of biogeography, we've mainly looked at how life distributes and structures itself on land. Today we're changing that by taking a deep dive into the many similarities and differences between terrestrial and marine environments.
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Sources / Further Reading
https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/marine-ecoregions-of-the-world-a-bioregionalization-of-coastal-and-shelf-areas
https://databasin.org/datasets/3b6b12e7bcca419990c9081c0af254a2/
https://databasin.org/maps/new/#datasets=3b6b12e7bcca419990c9081c0af254a2
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-global-coral-reef-distribution-Coral-reefs-are-outlined-in-red-Source-UNEP-WCMC_fig1_248385521
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234834414_A_review_of_marine_phylogeography_in_southern_Africa
https://www.marinebio.org/oceans/geography/
https://conservation.reefcause.com/corals-in-the-arctic-an-undiscovered-treasure-trove/
https://www.alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Animals-of-the-Arctic-Ocean.pdf
https://www.themarinediaries.com/tmd-blog/kelp-forests-of-the-sea
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https://www.coral-reef-info.com/red-sea-coral-reefs/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00074/full
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Generalised-trophic-pyramid-for-the-tropical-Pacific-Ocean-The-base-of-the-food-web_fig1_236597538
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.745855/full
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https://www.lifesciencestudios.com/updates/category/science-illustration
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Global-distribution-of-seagrass-species-richness-Numbers-1-6-indicate-geographic_fig1_268389095
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https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/ca-kelpwatch/
https://obis.org/
https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/red-sea-coral-reef-biodiversity/
https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Documents/Spalding%20et%20al%20MEOW.pdf
https://www.ccber.ucsb.edu/ucsb-natural-history-collections-botanical-algae/ecology-seaweed-and-its-environmental-significance