List of marine ecoregions
The following is a list of marine ecoregions, as defined by the WWF and The Nature Conservancy
The WWF/Nature Conservancy scheme groups the individual ecoregions into 12 marine realms, which represent the broad latitudinal divisions of polar, temperate, and tropical seas, with subdivisions based on ocean basins. The marine realms are subdivided into 62 marine provinces, which include one or more of the 232 marine ecoregions.
The WWF/Nature Conservancy scheme currently encompasses only coastal and continental shelf areas; ecoregions of the deep oceans have not yet been delineated.
by realm and province
(no provinces identified)
Temperate Northern Atlantic
Northern European Seas
Lusitanian
- South European Atlantic Shelf
- Saharan Upwelling
- Azores Canaries Madeira
Cold Temperate Northwest Atlantic
Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic
- Carolinian
- Northern Gulf of Mexico
Black Sea
Cold Temperate Northwest Pacific
Warm Temperate Northwest Pacific
Cold Temperate Northeast Pacific
- Aleutian Islands
- Gulf of Alaska
- North American Pacific Fjordland
- Puget Trough/Georgia Basin
- Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf
- Northern California
Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific
Tropical Northwestern Atlantic
North Brazil Shelf
Tropical Southwestern Atlantic
- Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands
- Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas
- Northeastern Brazil
- Eastern Brazil
- Trindade and Martin Vaz Islands
St. Helena and Ascension Islands
- St. Helena and Ascension Islands
West African Transition
- Gulf of Guinea West
- Gulf of Guinea Upwelling
- Gulf of Guinea Central
- Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Gulf of Guinea South
- Angolan
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Somali/Arabian
Western Indian Ocean
- Northern Monsoon Current Coast
- East African Coral Coast
- Seychelles
- Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island
- Mascarene Islands
- Southeast Madagascar
- Western and Northern Madagascar
- Bight of Sofala/Swamp Coast
- Delagoa
West and South Indian Shelf
- Western India
- South India and Sri Lanka
Central Indian Ocean Islands
- Eastern India
- Northern Bay of Bengal
Java Transitional
- Southern Java
- Cocos-Keeling/Christmas Island
South Kuroshio
Tropical Northwestern Pacific
- Ogasawara Islands
- Mariana Islands
- East Caroline Islands
- West Caroline Islands
Western Coral Triangle
- Palawan/North Borneo
- Eastern Philippines
- Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait
- Halmahera
- Papua
- Banda Sea
- Lesser Sunda
- Northeast Sulawesi
Eastern Coral Triangle
Northeast Australian Shelf
- Torres Strait and Northern Great Barrier Reef
- Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef
Northwest Australian Shelf
- Exmouth to Broome
- Ningaloo
Tropical Southwestern Pacific
Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands
- Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands
Eastern Indo-Pacific
Hawaii
Marshall, Gilbert, and Ellice Islands
Central Polynesia
- Line Islands
- Phoenix/Tokelau/Northern Cook Islands
- Samoa Islands
Southeast Polynesia
Marquesas
Easter Island
Tropical East Pacific
- Revillagigedos
- Clipperton
- Mexican Tropical Pacific
- Chiapas-Nicaragua
- Nicoya
- Cocos Islands
- Panama Bight
- Guayaquil
Galapagos
- Northern Galapagos Islands
- Eastern Galapagos Islands
- Western Galapagos Islands
Temperate South America
Warm Temperate Southeastern Pacific
- Central Peru
- Humboldtian
- Central Chile
- Araucanian
Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas
- Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas
Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic
- Southeastern Brazil
- Rio Grande
- Rio de la Plata
- Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf
Magellanic
- North Patagonian Gulfs
- Patagonian Shelf
- Malvinas/Falklands
- Channels and Fjords of Southern Chile
- Chiloense
Tristan Gough
Temperate Southern Africa
Benguela
Agulhas
Amsterdam-St Paul
Temperate Australasia
Northern New Zealand
Southern New Zealand
East Central Australian Shelf
- Tweed-Moreton
- Manning-Hawkesbury
Southeast Australian Shelf
- Cape Howe
- Bassian
- Western Bassian
Western Central Australian Shelf
Subantarctic Islands
Continental High Antarctic
Subantarctic New Zealand
References
- Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
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