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Table 18.1
Biogeographic regions after Briggs (
1995
) with the respective northern and southern mean oceanic sea surface isotherms limiting the respective
region derived from global sea-surface isotherm maps 1980-1999 (Muller et al.
2009
)
Biogeographic region Atlantic
Pacific
Indic
Western coastlines
a
Eastern coastlines Western coastlines
c
Western coastlines Eastern coastlines
Eastern coastlines
Winter
Summer Winter
Summer Winter
Summer Winter Summer Winter
Summer Winter Summer
<
0/2
C
b
Northern hemisphere Polar-Arctic
SB
<
0
C
<
10
C
<
9
C
<
0
C
<
9
C
<
0
C
<
9
C- - - -
0/2
C
b
Cold-temperate
NB 0
C10
C
9
C0
C
9
C
0
C9
C
-
-
-
-
12/14
C
c
SB 10
C7C10
C
17
C
26
C14
C8C-
-
-
-
12/14
C
c
Warm-temperate NB 10
C7C10
C
17
C
26
C14
C8C-
-
-
-
SB 23
C9C21
C
27
C22
C29
C20
C6C-
-
-
-
>
23
C
>
29
C
>
21
C
>
27
C
>
22
C
>
29
C
>
20
C
>
26
C- - - -
Tropical
NB
>
22
C
>
27
C
>
18
C
>
24
C
>
21
C
>
27
C
>
21
C
>
26
C0
C24
C21
C5
C
Southern hemisphere
SB
Warm-temperate NB 22
C7C18
C
24
C21
C27
C21
C6C20
C24
C21
C5
C
SB 10
C9C-
14
C20
C11
C6C-
14
C8
C
-
-
NB 10
C9C-
14
C20
C11
C6C-
14
C8
C
Cold-temperate
-
-
SB -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polar-Antarctic NB Winter:
<
1
C / Summer:
<
4
C
SB southern boundary, NB northern boundary, - no exact data available as there are no further land masses south of the continents in the southern hemisphere
or in the case of the Indian Ocean no ocean-land boundaries further north
a
The border of the W-Pacific to the Indian Ocean was considered to be located in central Asia (northern hemisphere) and in southeastern Australia (southern
hemisphere)
b
Temperature boundaries for Barents Sea/North Atlantic
c
Temperature boundaries for Korea/Japan
