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| Coastal and Marine Ecosystems — Species: Seagrass species, number Units: Number |
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| 1990-1999 | ||
| World | ||
| World {1} | 58 | |
| 1990-1999 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 27 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 9 | |
| Europe | 9 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 13 | |
| North America | 10 | |
| Oceania | 22 | |
| South America | 2 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 15 | |
| ISO | 1990-1999 | |
| Country | ||
| Algeria | DZA | 3 |
| Australia | AUS | 21 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 2 |
| Barbados | BRB | 1 |
| Brazil | BRA | 1 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 4 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 1 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 1 |
| Canada | CAN | 2 |
| Chile | CHL | 1 |
| China | CHN | 5 |
| Comoros | COM | 4 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 1 |
| Cuba | CUB | 4 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 4 |
| Egypt | EGY | 9 |
| Fiji | FJI | 5 |
| Finland | FIN | 1 |
| France | FRA | 4 |
| French Polynesia | PYF | 2 |
| Greece | GRC | 4 |
| Grenada | GRD | 1 |
| Honduras | HND | 1 |
| India | IND | 12 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 12 |
| Israel | ISR | 4 |
| Italy | ITA | 3 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 3 |
| Japan | JPN | 8 |
| Kenya | KEN | 9 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 2 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 1 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 8 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 9 |
| Maldives | MDV | 1 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 1 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 7 |
| Mexico | MEX | 6 |
| Morocco | MAR | 1 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 8 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 3 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 1 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 8 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 1 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 1 |
| Norway | NOR | 2 |
| Panama | PAN | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 7 |
| Philippines | PHL | 19 |
| Poland | POL | 1 |
| Portugal | PRT | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 4 |
| Samoa | WSM | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 5 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 7 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 1 |
| Singapore | SGP | 11 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 3 |
| Somalia | SOM | 4 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 3 |
| Spain | ESP | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 7 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 1 |
| Sudan | SDN | 2 |
| Sweden | SWE | 2 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 1 |
| Taiwan | TWN | 5 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 7 |
| Thailand | THA | 14 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 2 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 3 |
| Turkey | TUR | 3 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 7 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 1 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 2 |
| United States | USA | 10 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 1 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 4 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 9 |
| Virgin Islands | VIR | 5 |
| Yemen | YEM | 8 |
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| 1 - World |
| Total is from Maragos, J. E., M.N.A Peterson, L. G. Eldredge, J. E. Bardach, and H. F. Takeuchi. (Eds.) "Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Tropical Island Pacific Region. Volume 1: Species Systematics and Information Management Priorities". East-West Center Program on Environment, (Honolulu, Hawaii, US 1995) |
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| Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre, unpublished data, WCMC, Cambridge, UK (August, 1999). The data presented here has been compiled by WCMC from different published sources. |
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