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Ocean Facts and Figures : General
- Coastal and Ocean Facts and Figures
-- Impressive factsheet. "Oceans and marginal seas account for nearly 71% of the Earth's surface...Almost 98% of the Earth's water is included in the oceans and sea ice...In 1993, 56% of the U.S. commercial fishery catch came from Alaskan waters...The United Nations reports that world commercial fishery landings are 101.4 million metric tons..."
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- Ocean facts and statistics
-- Contains information on fisheries, geography, sealife, polar regions, pollution, minerals, territorial waters, EEZs, etc.
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- "Amazing Ocean Facts"
-- A short list of interesting facts about the ocean. "The oceans occupy nearly 71% of our planet's surface...more than 97% of all our planet's water is contained in the ocean...the top ten feet of the ocean hold as much heat as our entire atmosphere..."
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- Coral reef ecosystems
-- "Coral reefs and their associated communities cover an estimated 600,000 square kilometers, mostly between between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. Coral reefs represent less than 0.2 percent of the total area of oceans (and cover an area equivalent to 4 percent of the world's cropland area)."
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- Coral reef ecosystems: Amazon of the oceans
-- Coral reefs and their associated communities cover an estimated 600,000 square kilometers, mostly between between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. Coral reefs represent less than 0.2 percent of the total area of oceans (and cover an area equivalent to 4 percent of the world's cropland area).
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- Index Sizes Up State of Global Oceans
-- Do you need to know what percentage of global fish populations are exploited, overexploited or severely depleted? Do you want to find out what country is the global leader in fisheries production? The index will tell you instantly that the answers are 75 percent and China.
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- Ocean census finds 3 new species a week
-- An unprecedented census of life in the world's oceans is discovering three new fish species a week on average and predicts as many as 5,000 unknown fish species may be lurking undetected, according to the first interim report.
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- Selected U.S. Ocean and Coastal Data
-- "Exclusive Economic Zone area: 3.36 million square miles...Estuarine Drainage Area: 261,003 square miles...Coastal Wetlands: 32,432 square miles - approximately 12% of total estuarine drainage area..."
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- United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
-- "The UN Atlas of the Oceans is an Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans." Includes extensive databases on ocean geography, species, fisheries, and public policy issues.
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