Biomes shaped by salt water and the tidal boundary between land and ocean: the open marine biome, estuaries and mangrove forest. Distinguished from the freshwater and wetland biomes by salt or brackish water as the defining setting.
Facts
Comparison
WWF Biome Realm Marine and Coastal Biomes
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Biome
WikipediaBiome, Biomes (marine) section, intro sentenceQuote, Biome, Biomes (marine) section, intro sentence
Biomes of the coastal and continental shelf areas (neritic zone):
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