Large Marine Ecosystems (LME)

regions of the world's oceans characterized by distinct bathymetry, hydrography, productivity, and trophically dependent populations. The system of LMEs has been developed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to identify areas of the oceans for conservation purposes.

Data in this ontology is not updated: please refer to the Reference Tables Online Browser (under "Water area" -> "Environmental Area" -> "Large Marine Ecosystem"), or directly to the NOAA website.

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Note! The ontologies published here are draft versions  and should not be used as official expressions of any of the classifications sytems modeled.