Table 2.3
Marine and coastal extent, by depth class and marine ecoregion


Table 2.3
Marine and coastal extent, by depth class and marine ecoregion
Table summary
This table displays the results of Marine and coastal extent. The information is grouped by Marine ecoregion (appearing as row headers), Maximum water depth class, Coastal epipelagic, Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic , Abyssalpelagic and Total, calculated using km units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Marine ecoregion Maximum water depth class
Coastal epipelagic Epipelagic Mesopelagic Bathypelagic Abyssalpelagic Total
km2
Total exclusive economic zone 812,532 1,866,901 1,459,181 1,485,749 122,533 5,746,894
Strait of Georgia 3,273 3,173 2,522 2 0 8,970
Southern Shelf 4,132 11,176 4,583 8,267 0 28,158
Offshore Pacific 3 15 211 315,495 0 315,724
Northern Shelf 23,423 39,737 25,109 13,060 0 101,328
Arctic Basin 142 13,117 224,802 513,992 0 752,053
Western Arctic 177,824 189,473 172,497 0 0 539,793
Arctic Archipelago 43,739 91,959 133,099 0 0 268,797
Eastern Arctic 77,149 154,899 362,773 187,819 0 782,639
Hudson Bay Complex 343,386 759,653 141,606 0 0 1,244,644
Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves 49,994 350,532 287,743 344,977 8,410 1,041,656
Scotian Shelf 25,963 145,984 28,277 102,137 114,123 416,485
Gulf of St. Lawrence 63,504 107,183 75,959 0 0 246,646
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