semi-arid or desert. Fresh-water habitat types include marshes, streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds; marine habitat types include salt marshes, the coast...

A marine habitat is a habitat that supports marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in the sea (the term marine comes from...

Longhurst (1998) biomes: Coastal Polar Trade wind Westerly Other marine habitat types (not covered yet by the Global 200/WWF scheme):[citation needed]...

and grain size. These habitats include 37 coastal types, 17 inshore types in the 5 to 30 m depth range, 62 offshore benthic types deeper than 30 m, and...

many types of aquatic habitats, including marine and fresh waters, and deep and shallow zones. A large number occur in near-shore marine habitat types, such...

threatened habitat types are in the southern Benguela and Agulhas regions. As of 2011, 54 (40%) of the listed marine and coastal habitat types were not...

world, covering approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water...

surface area. Marine coastal ecosystems include many very different types of marine habitats, each with their own characteristics and species composition. They...

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction...

conservation from fourteen terrestrial, three freshwater, and four marine habitat types. They are chosen for species richness, endemism, taxonomic uniqueness...