Earth has six major biomes worldwide that are then divided into sections with the Coastal Ocean areas belonging to the Ocean biome. Ocean biomes are probably the most important of all the biomes as they have a great effect on the global climate and they contain several billion photosynthetic plankton which accounts for most of the photosynthesis occurring on Earth. Without this biome you would find there would be a lack of oxygen to support the population and animal life of the world.
The Coastal Ocean Biome has been threatened with overfishing and pollution and could eventually make oceans an ecological disaster. In recent years there have been much stricter regulations put in place to prevent further destruction of the Coastal Ocean biomes.
Two thirds of our planet is covered with water and as the sea levels rises with the tides the shores can sometimes be very wet or dry. Winds drive across the open ocean and smash against the coast with enormous force at which time they stir up waves that continuously crash into the land. Each stretch of land is... (... more information below the photos)
Starfish Most Starfish are found on rocky outcrops on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. |
Vancouver Island Sunset Soft colours form at sunset near Port McNeill on Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. |
Destination Kaikoura New Zealand A clear day at the popular holiday destination of Kaikoura along the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand |
Clayquot Sound An elevated view over Clayquot Sound and the islands it encompasses, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. |
Coastal Landforms Watering Cove Abel Tasman National Park The constant wearing of the coast in the Abel Tasman National Park of New Zealand has created some interesting coastal landforms which can be seen during a hike from Anchorage Bay to Watering Cove. |
Coastal Erosion Abel Tasman NP New Zealand While kayaking the coastal waters of the Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island of New Zealand, the erosion of the soft granite rocks can be clearly seen. |
Curio Bay Coastline South Island The water crashes against the coastline of Curio Bay in Otago on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Coastal Image Taranaki The coastal cliffs of the North Taranaki Bight glow in the sunset light as evening takes over the region. |
Coastal Ocean Biomes The planet is made up of 6 major biomes and the Coastal Ocean areas belong to the Ocean biome of the world. |
Italian Beaches This beautiful beach in Monterosso, Italy is just one of the many beaches along the Italian coastline. |
Wave Power Moulding the coastline with constant wave action the Pacific Ocean shows the power of water along the Oregon Coast, USA. |
Kincheloe Point The long stretches of sandy beach along the breakers near Kincheloe Point in Oregon are popular for crabbing and fishing. |
Ocean Scene Rainbow A beautiful Pacific Ocean scene of a wave topped by sea spray and a rainbow along the coast of Oregon, USA. |
Beach Vacation Homes The completely unobstructed views make these beach homes a great place for a vacatio along the Oregon Coast, USA. |
California Coast Photo A massive wave pounds the rocky shores along the California Coast in the USA. |
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Scalloped Hammerhead shark |
Broughton Archipelago A marine park, the Broughton Archipelago of Northern Vancouver Island |
Beach Photos Photo of the red beach on santorini Island in Greece |
Milford Sound Track Stock photo of the sights that greet you at the end of the Milford Sound Track Mitre Peak dominates the sound. |
Ocean Sunset Pictures A beautiful ocean sunset photographed on the Otago Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand near Dunedin. |
Pictures Of Geology The places where the land meets the sea is where features of geology are formed. |
Pancake Rocks Photo of the Pancake Rocks located in the Paparoa National Park on the South Island of New Zealand |
Biome Stock Photo of Biome |
Rock Crab Pictures |
Coast Of California Rocks are pounded along the the rugged Pacific Coast of California, USA. |
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... different depending on the tides, water currents, winds, temperature, climate and the types of rock from which Mother Nature created the land.
Search the inter-tidal coast where many marine animals live that have come to adjust to the tides that can be calm and soothing one moment and full of roughness and brutality the next.
If everybody took a small step in protecting the Ocean biomes as well as the freshwater, desert, forest, grassland and tundra biomes, then we would all be making an effort in preserving the Earth's natural biomes and protecting our world.
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