Bering Sea 
NE Pacific Marine Ecoregions 
Aleutian Islands 
Gulf of Alaska 
: 5 North American Pacific Fijordland 
Northern California 
Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf 
Puget Trough/Georgia Basin 
Southern California Bight 
I Nautical Miles 
0 125 250 
500 
170°0'0"W 
160°0'0"W 
150°0'0"W 
140°0'0"W 
130°0'0"W 
120°0'0"W 
Figure 3.5.10. Marine ecoregions bordering the Pacific Coast of the United 
States from Southern California through the Aleutian Islands based on the 
MEOW biogeographic schema (Spalding et al. 2007). The ecoregions 
constituting the Cold Temperate Northeast Pacific Realm are the Aleutian 
Islands, Gulf of Alaska, North American Pacific Fijordland, Puget Trough/ 
Georgia Basin, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf, and 
Northern California. The Southern California Bight ecoregion falls in the 
Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific Realm. 
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