congregate there in social groups to eat and to mate. Conservation The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is considered critically endangered according to the criteria of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems. See also List of reefs Assisted evolution Coral Reef Alliance References External links Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Project Mesoamerican Reef Alliance (MAR), a collaborative project for the management and conservation of the reef system, coordinated by the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) Coral reefs Marine ecoregions Ecoregions of Central America Natural history of Mesoamerica Regions of Central America Ecoregions of Belize Ecoregions of El Salvador Ecoregions of Guatemala Ecoregions of Honduras Ecoregions of Mexico Protected areas of Belize Protected areas of Mexico Caribbean Sea articles missing geocoordinate data IUCN Red List of Ecosystems