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.

Arctic realm

(no provinces identified)

Temperate Northern Atlantic

Northern European Seas

Lusitanian

  • South European Atlantic Shelf
  • Saharan Upwelling
  • Azores Canaries Madeira

Mediterranean Sea

Cold Temperate Northwest Atlantic

Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic

  • Carolinian
  • Northern Gulf of Mexico

Black Sea

Temperate Northern Pacific

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 Atlantic

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

North Brazil Shelf

  • Guianian
  • Amazonia

Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

St. Helena and Ascension Islands

  • St. Helena and Ascension Islands

West African Transition

Gulf of Guinea

  • Gulf of Guinea West
  • Gulf of Guinea Upwelling
  • Gulf of Guinea Central
  • Gulf of Guinea Islands
  • Gulf of Guinea South
  • Angolan

Western Indo-Pacific

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

Bay of Bengal

  • Eastern India
  • Northern Bay of Bengal

Andaman Sea

Central Indo-Pacific

South China Sea

Sunda Shelf

Java Transitional

  • Southern Java
  • Cocos-Keeling/Christmas Island

South Kuroshio

  • South Kuroshio

Tropical Northwestern Pacific

Western Coral Triangle

Eastern Coral Triangle

Sahul Shelf

Northeast Australian Shelf

  • Torres Strait and Northern Great Barrier Reef
  • Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef

Northwest Australian Shelf

Tropical Southwestern Pacific

Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands

  • Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands

Eastern Indo-Pacific

Hawaii

Marshall, Gilbert, and Ellice Islands

Central Polynesia

Southeast Polynesia

Marquesas

Easter Island

Tropical Eastern Pacific

Tropical East Pacific

Galapagos

  • Northern Galapagos Islands
  • Eastern Galapagos Islands
  • Western Galapagos Islands

Temperate South America

Warm Temperate Southeastern Pacific

Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas

  • Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas

Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic

Magellanic

Tristan Gough

  • Tristan Gough

Temperate Southern Africa

Benguela

  • Namib
  • Namaqua

Agulhas

Amsterdam-St Paul

  • 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

  • Shark Bay
  • Houtman

Southern Ocean

Subantarctic Islands

Scotia Sea

Continental High Antarctic

Subantarctic New Zealand

See also

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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