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Click here for a comprehensive listing of sources by province and ecoregion, as well as a listing of expert reviewers who contributed to the MEOW effort.

Expert Reviewers

The following were asked to review Marine Ecoregions of the World. We appreciate their contributions.

Asa Andersson - Baltic Sea
Jeff Ardron - NE Europe
Allison Arnold - New Zealand
Mike Beck - Temperate W Hemisphere
Ahmet Birsel - Europe
John Bolton - Southern Africa
George Branch - Southern Africa
Georgina Bustamente - Latin America
Rodrigo Bustamente - Latin America and Australia
Carel Drijver - Europe
Jose Farina - Temperate South America
Sergio Floeter - Tropical Atlantic
Angus Gascoigne - Sao Tome and Principe
Charlie Griffiths - East Africa
Huw Griffiths - Antarctic
Randy Hagenstein - Alaska/Bering
Chris Howe - New Zealand
David John - West Africa
Kenneth Kassem - SE Asia
Jerry Kemp - E Africa and Middle East
Phil Kramer - Wider Caribbean
Josh Laughren - Canada
Katrin Linse - Antarctic and Magellanic
Gilly Llewellyn - SE Asia
Melanie McField - Latin America
Vangie Miclat - SE Asia
Kasin Moosa - Indonesia
Alexis Morgan - Canada
Dag Nagoda - Barents Sea
Sergio Navarete - Temperate S America
Kate Newman - SE Asia
Ray Nias - Antarctica
(Bina) Maya Paul - Canada
Sian Pullen - Europe
Callum Roberts - Pacific
Rod Salm - Indo-Pacific
Katherine Short - Europe
Vassily Spiridonov - Arctic Russia
Andrew Smith - Pacific
Jen Smith - Canada
Victor Springer - Pacific
Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero - Europe
Katarina Veem - Baltic Sea
Charlie Veron - Tropics
Mohideen Wafar - India
Carden Wallace - Andaman/Java
Kathy Walls - New Zealand
David Woodland - SE Asia

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