Analysis of Marine Ecoregions, prioritization and more for the coasts of South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. This publication created an ecoregion layer that is currently being used as a reference for global marine ecoregions. A more comprehensive prioritization analysis was done for the provinces, ecoregions and coastal systems in the Caribbean. This site includes a copy of the final publication in digital form (pdf) and the GIS layers that were created (shapefiles).

Final Report

Cover Sheet & Table of Contents (100 Kb, pdf)

Executive Summary (430 Kb, pdf)

Chapter 1 - Delineating Provinces and Ecoregions (500 Kb, pdf)

Chapter 2 - Assessing and Ranking Ecoregions (190 Kb, pdf)

Chapter 3 - Identifying and Ranking Coastal Systems in the Central Caribbean Ecoregion (130 Kb, pdf)

Appendix A - Maps (2Mb, pdf)

Appendix B - Coastal Systems in the Central Caribbean (90kb, pdf)

Appendix C - Sources and Quality of information (30 Kb, pdf)

Appendix D - Glossary (40 Kb, pdf)

Appendix E - List of Participants (30 Kb, pdf)

Bibliography (150 Kb, pdf)

Also available at Biodiversity Support Programe Site: http://www.worldwildlife.org/bsp/publications/lac/marine/Titlepage.htm.

 

GIS Files

Coastal Biogeographic Regions (Marine Ecoregions) and Provinces of Latin America and the Caribbean. (1999, 6 Mb, zip file).

Coastal Systems of the Central Caribbean Coastal Biogeographic Region (or Marine Ecoregion). (1999, 1.2 Mb, zip file).

 

Maps

Maps of the ecoregions, provinces and systems in the study area (14 maps from Appendix A)