List of mangrove ecoregions List ordered by region
This is a list of mangrove ecoregions ordered according to whether they lie in the Afrotropical , Australasian , Indomalayan , or Neotropical realms of the world. Mangrove estuaries such as those found in the Sundarbans of southwestern Bangladesh are rich productive ecosystems which serve as spawning grounds and nurseries for shrimp , crabs , and many fish species, a richness which is lost if the area is cleared and converted to ponds for shrimp farming or rice paddies .[ 1]
Afrotropical
Red Sea mangroves
Djibouti , Egypt , Eritrea , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Sudan , Yemen
Central African mangroves
Angola , Cameroon , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Ghana , Niger Delta
East African mangroves
Kenya , Mozambique , Somalia , Tanzania
Guinean mangroves
Senegal , Gambia , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Sierra Leone , Liberia , Ivory Coast
Madagascar mangroves
Madagascar
Southern Africa mangroves
Mozambique , South Africa
Australasian
Indomalayan
Godavari–Krishna mangroves
India
Indochina mangroves
Cambodia , Malaysia , Thailand , Vietnam
Indus River Delta–Arabian Sea mangroves
Pakistan
Myanmar coast mangroves
Bangladesh , Myanmar , India , Malaysia , Thailand
Sunda Shelf mangroves
Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia
Sundarbans mangroves
Bangladesh , India
Nearctic
Neotropical
Alvarado mangroves
Mexico
Amapá mangroves
Brazil
Bahamian mangroves
Bahamas , Turks and Caicos Islands
Bahia mangroves
Brazil
Belizean Coast mangroves
Belize
Belizean reef mangroves
Belize
Bocas del Toro–San Bastimentos Island–San Blas mangroves
Costa Rica , Panama
Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
Venezuela
Esmeraldas–Pacific Colombia mangroves
Colombia , Ecuador
Florida mangroves
United States
Greater Antilles mangroves
Cuba , Dominican Republic , Haiti , Jamaica , Puerto Rico
Guianan mangroves
French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela
Gulf of Fonseca mangroves
El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua
Gulf of Guayaquil–Tumbes mangroves
Ecuador , Peru
Gulf of Panama mangroves
Panama
Ilha Grande mangroves
Brazil
Lesser Antilles mangroves
Lesser Antilles
Magdalena–Santa Marta mangroves
Colombia
Manabí mangroves
Ecuador
Maranhão mangroves
Brazil
Marismas Nacionales–San Blas mangroves
Mexico
Mayan Corridor mangroves
Mexico
Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves
Mexico
Moist Pacific Coast mangroves
Costa Rica , Panama
Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves
Costa Rica , Honduras , Nicaragua
Northern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves
El Salvador , Guatemala
Northern Honduras mangroves
Guatemala , Honduras
Pará mangroves
Brazil
Petenes mangroves
Mexico
Piura mangroves
Peru
Ría Lagartos mangroves
Mexico
Rio Negro–Rio San Sun mangroves
Costa Rica , Nicaragua
Rio Piranhas mangroves
Brazil
Rio São Francisco mangroves
Brazil
Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves
Costa Rica , Nicaragua
Tehuantepec–El Manchón mangroves
Mexico
Trinidad mangroves
Trinidad and Tobago
Usumacinta mangroves
Mexico
See also
Notes
Taxa Ecology By region
Africa Asia Oceania Americas
Conservation Related