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A 2014 book proposed a distinction between the Chocoan and Equatorial-Pacific mangrove forests. [13] Endemic species such as Avicennia tonduzi and Avicennia bicolor are found in the Pacific mangroves. [12] More than 70% of Colombia's mangroves grow on the Pacific coast. They form tall, well-structured forests with trees up to 30 metres (98 ft ...
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 ...
Sint Eustatius (/ j uː ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə s / yoo-STAY-shəs, Dutch: [sɪnt øːˈstaː(t)sijʏs] ⓘ), [7] known locally as Statia (/ ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə / STAY-shə), [8] is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. [9] The island is in the northern Leeward Islands, southeast of the ...
Madagascar mangroves; Magdalena–Santa Marta mangroves; Manabí mangroves; Maranhão mangroves; Marismas Nacionales–San Blas mangroves; Mayan Corridor mangroves; Mesoamerican Gulf–Caribbean mangroves; Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves; Moist Pacific Coast mangroves; Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves; Myanmar Coast mangroves
Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withstand freezing temperatures.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago; San Félix–San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests; San Lucan xeric scrub; Santa Marta páramo; Sechura Desert; Semi-arid Pampas; Sierra de la Laguna pine–oak forests; Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests; Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forests; South American Pacific mangroves; Southern Andean ...
Twenty-five species of mangrove are found on various Pacific islands, with extensive mangrove forests on some. Mangroves on Guam, Palau, Kosrae and Yap have been badly affected by development. [85] Mangroves are not native to Hawaii, but the red and oriental mangroves have been introduced and are now naturalized. [86]
Bocas del Toro–San Bastimentos Island–San Blas mangroves (Costa Rica, Panama) Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) Northern Honduras mangroves (Guatemala, Honduras) Rio Negro–Rio San Sun mangroves (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)