The emergence of pattern in the natural world can carry important messages about underlying processes. For example, collections of broadly similar terrestrial ecosystems have historically been categorized as biomes – groupings of systems that sort along energetic and structural process axes. In marine systems however, a similar classification of biomes has not emerged. The aim here is to develop an effective classification scheme for marine biomes and communities.

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初级生产和栖息地稳定组织海洋社区

自然界中模式的出现可以传达有关潜在过程的重要信息。例如，在历史上，广泛相似的陆地生态系统的集合被归类为生物群落-沿能量和结构过程轴排序的系统的组合。然而，在海洋系统中，尚未出现类似的生物群落分类。目的是为海洋生物群落和群落制定有效的分类方案。