Table 1. Reported extension for Mexican mangroves and seagrasses in the last 48 years (1970–2018).

Period (decade)	Mangroves extension (ha)	Seagrass extension (ha)	References
1970–1980	1,420,0001 1,124,0002 856,4053	–	1, 2, 3
1981–1990	985,6002 855,5663	–	2,3
1991–2000	932,8004 885,0002	–	2, 4
2001–2010	820,0002 774,1343 773,8543 764,7743	688,2307	2, 3, 7
2011–2018	741,9176 939,5218 775,5553	919,30010 456,059–461,05811	3, 6, 8, 10, 11

Notes.

Data from: ¹Flores et al. (1971); ²FAO (2007); ³Valderrama-Landeros et al. (2017); ⁴Spalding, Blasco & Field (1997); ⁶Giri et al. (2011); ⁸INEGI (2014); ⁷Green & Short (2003); ¹⁰CCA (2016); ¹¹CONABIO (2018).