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The mangroves are partially protected from the open sea by the Belize Barrier Reef, and this ecoregion is distinct from the reef-based Belizean Reef mangroves ecoregion offshore. [2] [3] There is a large population of the vulnerable West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in the area. It covers an area of around 2850 km 2. [4]
The Belizean reef mangroves ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1406) covers the mangrove habitats along the islands and cayes of the Belize Barrier Reef.This ecoregion is distinct from the mainland Belizean Coast mangroves ecoregion, and may be considered a sub-unit of the overall Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves ecoregion.
1.3 Mangroves. 2 Freshwater ecoregions. ... This is a list of ecoregions in Belize as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World ...
The rate of loss of Belize's mangroves—at 0.07% per year between 1980 and 2010—was much lower than Belize's overall rate of forest clearing (0.6% per year in the same period). [128] These findings can also be interpreted to indicate Belize's mangrove regulations (under the nation's) [129] have largely been effective.
In 1980, by contrast, mangrove cover stood at 762.5 km 2 (294.4 sq mi) — also 3.4% of Belize's territory, although, based on the work of mangrove researcher Simon Zisman, [23] Belize's mangrove cover in 1980 was estimated to represent 98.7% of the precolonial extent of those ecosystems.
However, a given mangrove swamp typically features only a small number of tree species. It is not uncommon for a mangrove forest in the Caribbean to feature only three or four tree species. For comparison, the tropical rainforest biome contains thousands of tree species, but this is not to say mangrove forests lack diversity.
Barro Colorado Island’s history already features over 100 years of research, but locating a previously unknown mangrove species and opening up an entirely new world of lost forests from over 22 ...
South Water Caye Marine Reserve is the largest marine reserve in the Stann Creek district of Belize. It was established in 1996 and covers 47,702 hectares (117,870 acres) of mangrove and coastal ecosystems. [2] It includes the crown reserve of Man-O-War Caye, a nesting site for the brown booby and magnificent frigatebird.