GIWA Large Marine Ecosystem/Basin Delineation

GIWA_LME: Global International Waters Assessment's Terrestrial WSs and Large Marine Ecosystems, a medium resolution WS delineation based on terrestrial modifications to the NOAA-URI Large Marine Ecosystems. The GIWA_LME shapefile data layer is comprised of 2936 derivative vector large marine ecosystems and terrestrial basins features derived based on ~100 000 cell data originally from GIWA - URI. The layer provides nominal analytical/mapping at 1:20 000 00. Data processing is complete and under revision globally. NOAA - U.S. National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration; URI - University of Rhode Islands, USA; GIWA - Global International Water Assessment watershed delineation; LME - Large Marine Ecosystems.