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 [ edit ] Central African mangroves Angola , Cameroon , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Ghana , Niger Delta East African mangroves Kenya , Mozambique , Tanzania Guinean mangroves Senegal , Gambia , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Sierra Leone , Liberia , Ivory Coast Madagascar mangroves Madagascar Southern Africa mangroves Mozambique , South Africa
Australasian [ edit ] Indomalayan [ edit ] Nearctic [ edit ] Neotropical [ edit ] 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
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