Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
IUCN IVMarine Protected Area · 1998
480 km²
County · USA
Atlantic
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
6 509
Observations
1 772 786
Area
1 492,6km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Atlantic : 21 espèces reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
31
Interactions affichées
79
Connectance
0.170
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
6 509 distinct species · 1 772 786 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
13,3°C
Annual rain
1 149mm
Warmest m°
28,8°C
Coldest m°
-1,9°C
Elevation: 13 m on average (min -6 m, max 36 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
13,3°C
Annual rain
1 149mm
Warmest month
28,8°C
Coldest month
-1,9°C
Mean alt.
13m
Min
-6m
Max
36m
Std. dev.
9m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
4,7
Org. C
60,2g/kg
Clay
8,3%
Sand
71,2%
Silt
20,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
4,5
Org. C
128,6g/kg
Clay
7,6%
Sand
71,4%
Silt
20,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
4,7
Org. C
35,8g/kg
Clay
7,8%
Sand
71,7%
Silt
20,5%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
4,8
Org. C
16,2g/kg
Clay
9,4%
Sand
70,6%
Silt
20,0%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest55.3%
Crops3.2%
Built-up2.0%
Bare soil0.7%
Other (grassland, water…)38.7%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 26 lakes · 21 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
249,5km
Lake surface here
12,38km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 481km²
Discharge in basins
16,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 100mm/an
Mean T°
12,1°C
Moisture idx
0,05
Max snow
12%
Mean runoff
605mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
20m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Great Egg Harbor Riversub-area837,1 km²overlap614.01 km²41%
- Bassin de Patcong Creeksub-area440,7 km²overlap369.02 km²25%
- Bassin de Mullica Riversub-area1 480,7 km²overlap367.91 km²25%
- Bassin de Tuckahoe Riversub-area954,6 km²overlap92.99 km²6%
- Bassin de Maurice Riversub-area969,9 km²overlap47.91 km²3%
- Bassin de Cedar Creeksub-area763,4 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
Lakes (26, top by area)
- Vogt Pool Northarea2,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #12319area1,8 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake Lenapearea1 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 1056636area1 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1056557area0,8 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1056508area0,6 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1056670area0,5 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1056580area0,4 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1056662area0,4 km²avg depth3.3 m
17 more lakes
- Lac 1056499area0,4 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1056616area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1056770area0,3 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1056829area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1056673area0,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1056730area0,3 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1056628area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1056527area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1056598area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1056572area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1056652area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1056760area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1056544area0,1 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1056456area0,1 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1056510area0,1 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1056358area0,1 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1056710area0,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
Rivers / streams (21, ord ≥ 4)
- Great Egg Harbor Riverord 3len here85.95 km97%total89 km
- Mullica Riverord 4len here25.52 km36%total71 km
- Tuckahoe Riverord 3len here23.80 km46%total51 km
- Patcong Creekord 2len here19.43 km99%total20 km
- South Riverord 1len here18.44 km100%total18 km
- Hospitality Branchord 3len here12.23 km34%total35 km
- Mechescatauxin Creek / Sleeper Branchord 2len here11.15 km100%total11 km
- Negro Creekord 1len here7.23 km98%total7 km
- North Branch Absecon Creekord 2len here7.00 km100%total7 km
- Landing Creekord 2len here6.83 km100%total7 km
- South Branch Absecon Creekord 1len here5.62 km100%total6 km
- Mattix Runord 1len here5.56 km100%total6 km
9 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Absecon Creekord 2len here5.05 km98%total5 km
- Hammonton Creekord 1len here4.06 km100%total4 km
- Great Swamp Branchord 2len here3.17 km83%total4 km
- Clark Branchord 1len here2.63 km61%total4 km
- Doughty Creekord 1len here1.93 km100%total2 km
- Nescochague Creekord 3len here1.39 km100%total1 km
- Blue Anchor Brookord 2len here1.21 km23%total5 km
- Manumuskin Riverord 1len here0.75 km4%total21 km
- Sleeper Branchord 1len here0.54 km3%total16 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
4,5nW
Built-up
200,4%
Pesticides
33,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas88
IUCN V · 77IUCN IV · 3IUCN Not Assigned · 3IUCN VI · 2IUCN Ib · 2IUCN Not Reported · 1🌊 Marine · 27
Wharton
IUCN VState Forest
440 km²
Edwin B. Forsythe
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
179 km²
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN IVMarine Protected Area · 1939
176 km²
Peaslee
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
117 km²
Tuckahoe
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
77 km²
Complete list88 protected areas
- Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research ReserveMarine Protected AreaIUCN IV1998480 km²
- WhartonState ForestIUCN V440 km²
- Edwin B. ForsytheNational Wildlife RefugeIUCN IV179 km²
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife RefugeMarine Protected AreaIUCN IV1939176 km²
- PeasleeWildlife Management AreaIUCN V117 km²
- TuckahoeWildlife Management AreaIUCN V77 km²
- Tuckahoe Wildlife Management AreaMarine Protected AreaIUCN VI199365 km²
- Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife RefugeWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)IUCN Not Reported198664 km²
- Makepeace LakeWildlife Management AreaIUCN V47 km²
- WinslowWildlife Management AreaIUCN V34 km²
- Conservation AreaConservation AreaIUCN V33 km²
- Great Egg Harbor RiverWildlife Management AreaIUCN V26 km²
- Hammonton CreekWildlife Management AreaIUCN V24 km²
- Maple LakeWildlife Management AreaIUCN V19 km²
- Brigantine NationalWilderness AreaIUCN Ib197518 km²
- AbseconWildlife Management AreaIUCN V15 km²
- White Oak BranchWildlife Management AreaIUCN V11 km²
- HamiltonPreserveIUCN V9 km²
- Njcf #023 / 642Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned8 km²
- Brigantine NationalWilderness AreaIUCN Ib19757 km²
- PreservePreserveIUCN V7 km²
- Port Republic Wildlife Management AreaMarine Protected AreaIUCN VI19627 km²
- Port RepublicWildlife Management AreaIUCN V6 km²
- Estuary or MarshEstuary or MarshIUCN V6 km²
- North BrigatineNatural AreaIUCN V5 km²
- North Brigantine State Natural AreaMarine Protected AreaIUCN V19785 km²
- Bear CreekPreserveIUCN V4 km²
- BatstoState Conservation AreaIUCN V4 km²
- Clarks LandingPreserveIUCN V3 km²
- MankillerPreserveIUCN V3 km²
- Pork IslandWildlife Management AreaIUCN V3 km²
- ForestForestIUCN V2 km²
- PancoastPreserveIUCN V2 km²
- Cedar LakeWildlife Management AreaIUCN V2 km²
- Hirst PondsPreserveIUCN V2 km²
- WildlifeRefugeIUCN V2 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Atlantic, NJReserve ProgramIUCN V20101 km²
- Bears HeadPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Wooded LotWooded LotIUCN V1 km²
- CatawbaPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Malibu BeachWildlife Management AreaIUCN V1 km²
- ThompsontownPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Three RiversPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- John's WoodsPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Atlantic Goose PondsPondIUCN V1 km²
- Natural AreaNatural AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Allen's WoodsPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Pomona WoodsPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Hirst PondsPondIUCN V20141 km²
- Estuary or MarshEstuary or MarshIUCN V1 km²
- Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Atlantic, NJReserve ProgramIUCN V19961 km²
- Wildlife PreservesPreserveIUCN V1 km²
- Powell CreekNatural AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Recreation ComplexWooded LotIUCN V0 km²
- Hirst PondsPondIUCN V19850 km²
- Bear Creek - ElwoodCorridorIUCN V0 km²
- Babcock CreekPreserveIUCN V0 km²
- Pleasant MillsPreserveIUCN V0 km²
- Weymouth Focus AreaPrivate Conservation LandIUCN V20080 km²
- UnknownWildlife Management AreaIUCN V0 km²
+ 28 protected areas (top 60 shown)
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN