Marine Protected Area · usa
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Area
- 954 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; Joint ; State Department of Conservation ; State Fish and Wildlife ; State Park and Recreation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 472 distinct species · 218 733 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 47 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve : 37 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 5 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
126,3km
Lake surface here
1,68km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
50 746km²
Discharge in basins
184,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 512mm/an
Mean T°
19,9°C
Moisture idx
0,06
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
534mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
17m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Apalachicola Riversub-area1 186,1 km²overlap213.20 km²22%
- Bassin de New Riversub-area1 719,4 km²overlap129.34 km²14%
- Bassin de Gulf County Canalsub-area601,8 km²overlap103.64 km²11%
- Bassin de Apalachicola Riversub-area1 616,7 km²overlap89.58 km²9%
- Bassin de Chipola Riversub-area248,6 km²overlap25.97 km²3%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Apalachicola Riverord 6len here68.58 km27%total254 km
- Brothers Riverord 2len here13.21 km95%total14 km
- Chipola Riverord 4len here9.69 km5%total213 km
- East Riverord 1len here9.05 km93%total10 km
- Jackson Riverord 3len here7.47 km100%total7 km
- George Creekord 3len here6.96 km30%total23 km
- Saint Marks Riverord 1len here5.45 km100%total5 km
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterwayord 3len here3.62 km9%total41 km
- River Styxord 1len here2.22 km91%total2 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 29.90247, -85.01893
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.