The following is a list of ecoregions in French Polynesia, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial
editFrench Polynesia is in the Oceanian realm
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
editFreshwater
editMarine
editFrench Polynesia is in the Eastern Indo-Pacific marine realm.
Southeast Polynesia province
edit- Tuamotus
- Rapa-Pitcairn
- Southern Cook/Austral Islands
- Society Islands
Marquesas province
edit- Marquesas
References
edit- Abell, R., M. Thieme, C. Revenga, M. Bryer, M. Kottelat, N. Bogutskaya, B. Coad, N. Mandrak, S. Contreras-Balderas, W. Bussing, M. L. J. Stiassny, P. Skelton, G. R. Allen, P. Unmack, A. Naseka, R. Ng, N. Sindorf, J. Robertson, E. Armijo, J. Higgins, T. J. Heibel, E. Wikramanayake, D. Olson, H. L. Lopez, R. E. d. Reis, J. G. Lundberg, M. H. Sabaj Perez, and P. Petry. (2008). Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58:403-414, [1].
- 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.