Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary
IUCN VMarine Protected Area · 1971
2 784 km²
County · USA
Barnstable
United States
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(88 %)
Species observed
7 455
Observations
3 391 228
Area
1 080,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Barnstable : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
37
Interactions affichées
82
Connectance
0.123
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
7 455 distinct species · 3 391 228 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
10,2°C
Annual rain
1 186mm
Warmest m°
22,0°C
Coldest m°
-1,9°C
Elevation: 16 m on average (min -24 m, max 67 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
10,2°C
Annual rain
1 186mm
Warmest month
22,0°C
Coldest month
-1,9°C
Mean alt.
16m
Min
-24m
Max
67m
Std. dev.
14m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfbTemperate, no dry season, warm summer(88 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
4,8
Org. C
80,6g/kg
Clay
8,8%
Sand
64,8%
Silt
26,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: paGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
4,7
Org. C
170,1g/kg
Clay
8,9%
Sand
64,0%
Silt
27,1%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
4,8
Org. C
50,7g/kg
Clay
8,8%
Sand
64,4%
Silt
26,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
4,9
Org. C
20,9g/kg
Clay
8,6%
Sand
65,9%
Silt
25,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest50.6%
Crops1.2%
Built-up3.8%
Bare soil1.3%
Other (grassland, water…)43.0%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology1 basins · 50 lakes · 26 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
90,9km
Lake surface here
29,02km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
3 415km²
Discharge in basins
3,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 172mm/an
Mean T°
9,9°C
Moisture idx
0,26
Max snow
11%
Mean runoff
795mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
16m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Long Pondarea3,5 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Mashpee Pondarea2,6 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Wequaquet Lakearea2,1 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Great Herring Pondarea1,5 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Upper Millpondarea1,3 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Hamblin Pondarea1,3 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Dinahs Pondarea1,2 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Johns Pondarea1,2 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Great Pondarea1,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
41 more lakes
- East Harborarea1 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1053077area0,9 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 1053446area0,8 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1053498area0,6 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1053204area0,6 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1053150area0,6 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1053332area0,5 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1053407area0,5 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1053641area0,5 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1053303area0,5 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1053277area0,5 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1053334area0,4 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1052466area0,4 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1052859area0,4 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1053205area0,4 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1052259area0,4 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1053325area0,4 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1052858area0,4 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1053260area0,3 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1053396area0,3 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1053165area0,3 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1053289area0,3 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 1052841area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1053561area0,3 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1053346area0,2 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1053369area0,2 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1053247area0,2 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1053348area0,2 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1053271area0,2 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1053727area0,2 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1053731area0,2 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1053123area0,2 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1053359area0,2 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1053417area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1053255area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1053366area0,2 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1053584area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1052202area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1053345area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1053419area0,2 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1053307area0,2 km²avg depth3.6 m
Rivers / streams (26, ord ≥ 4)
- Quashnet Riverord 2len here12.79 km81%total16 km
- Mashpee Riverord 2len here8.27 km98%total8 km
- Bass Riverord 2len here7.78 km81%total10 km
- Pocasset Riverord 1len here5.88 km98%total6 km
- Coonamessett Riverord 1len here5.65 km99%total6 km
- Little Riverord 2len here4.51 km100%total5 km
- Herring Riverord 1len here4.30 km32%total14 km
- Marstons Mills Riverord 2len here4.21 km68%total6 km
- Herring Riverord 1len here4.02 km99%total4 km
- Cape Cod Canalord 2len here3.69 km57%total6 km
- Parkers Riverord 1len here3.41 km100%total3 km
- Swan Pond Riverord 1len here2.95 km100%total3 km
14 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Mill Creekord 1len here2.95 km100%total3 km
- Quivett Creekord 2len here2.90 km96%total3 km
- Eel Creekord 1len here2.83 km100%total3 km
- Muddy Riverord 1len here2.13 km95%total2 km
- Chase Garden Creekord 1len here1.99 km98%total2 km
- Bridge Creekord 1len here1.93 km79%total2 km
- Santuit Riverord 2len here1.68 km42%total4 km
- Scorton Creekord 1len here1.45 km100%total1 km
- Bass Riverord 1len here1.33 km100%total1 km
- Herring Riverord 1len here1.21 km100%total1 km
- Scorton Creekord 1len here1.18 km93%total1 km
- Centerville Riverord 2len here1.04 km100%total1 km
- Little Pamet Riverord 1len here0.52 km100%total1 km
- Cape Cod Canalord 2len here0.30 km51%total1 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
2,4nW
Built-up
384,4%
Pesticides
0,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas100
IUCN Not Assigned · 53IUCN V · 39IUCN IV · 3IUCN VI · 2IUCN Ib · 1IUCN III · 1IUCN Ia · 1🌊 Marine · 37
Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary
IUCN VMarine Protected Area · 1971
1 509 km²
Cape Cod Ocean Sanctuary
IUCN VMarine Protected Area · 1970
491 km²
Cape Cod National Seashore
IUCN VMarine Protected Area · 1961
164 km²
Cape Cod
IUCN VNational Seashore
110 km²
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN IVMarine Protected Area · 1944
32 km²
Complete list100 protected areas
- Cape and Islands Ocean SanctuaryMarine Protected AreaIUCN V19712 784 km²
- Cape Cod Bay Ocean SanctuaryMarine Protected AreaIUCN V19711 509 km²
- Cape Cod Ocean SanctuaryMarine Protected AreaIUCN V1970491 km²
- Cape Cod National SeashoreMarine Protected AreaIUCN V1961164 km²
- Cape CodNational SeashoreIUCN V110 km²
- Monomoy National Wildlife RefugeMarine Protected AreaIUCN IV194432 km²
- MonomoyNational Wildlife RefugeIUCN IV194432 km²
- MonomoyWilderness AreaIUCN Ib195814 km²
- Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research ReserveMarine Protected AreaIUCN IV198811 km²
- Massachusetts Audubon Society 1Private ConservationIUCN V6 km²
- Well. BayWildlife SanctuaryIUCN V2 km²
- South Cape BeachState ParkIUCN III19822 km²
- MashpeeNational Wildlife RefugeIUCN Not Assigned1 km²
- Mashpee National Wildlife RefugeMarine Protected AreaIUCN Ia19951 km²
- Santuit Pond WCEPondIUCN Not Assigned20021 km²
- Washburn IslandState Resource Management AreaIUCN VI19831 km²
- Mashpee RiverReservationIUCN Not Assigned1 km²
- Great IslandConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned1 km²
- Great MarshesConservation AreaIUCN Not Assigned20051 km²
- Quivett Creek/Paines Creek MarshConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20041 km²
- Lowell HollyReservationIUCN V1 km²
- Truro Conservation Trust 4PCLIUCN V20071 km²
- Skunknett RiverWildlife SanctuaryIUCN V19951 km²
- The George D. Hofe MemorialConservation AreaIUCN V1 km²
- Red BrookConservation AreaIUCN V0 km²
- Old Field PondPreserveIUCN V19830 km²
- Cape Cod Land Bank Acquisition CRConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20140 km²
- Crowes Pasture / Quivett Creek MarshConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20040 km²
- Dead Neck CRConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Long Pasture CRConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Waquoit BayNational Estuarine Research ReserveIUCN VI20020 km²
- MakepeaceSanctuaryIUCN V0 km²
- Barnstable Land Trust Inc 1Private ConservationIUCN V0 km²
- Strong Island NorthPCLIUCN V0 km²
- Pickerel Cove WCEConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20080 km²
- Norse Pines CrConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Whites Brook FloodplainConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned19720 km²
- Wings NeckConservation AreaIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Wellfleet BayWildlife SanctuaryIUCN V19760 km²
- Cochran PropertyPCLIUCN V0 km²
- Cape Cod Hospital Cr 10Conservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Sheep Pond Woodlands CRPondIUCN Not Assigned20020 km²
- Crowes Pasture/Quivett Creek MarshConservation AreaIUCN Not Assigned20040 km²
- Conservation AreaPCLIUCN V0 km²
- Barnstable County Hospital CRConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Punkhorn ParklandsParklandIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Dry Hill CRConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Massachusetts Audubon Society 2Private ConservationIUCN V19980 km²
- Fender and WahlConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20020 km²
- Muddy CreekConservation AreaIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Mercy LoweSanctuaryIUCN V20020 km²
- Morris Island Road / Bridge StPCLIUCN V0 km²
- Falmouth Rod And Gun Club CrClubIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Fleet CrConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20060 km²
- Tern IslandPrivate ConservationIUCN V0 km²
- Shiverick Pond CRPondIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Salt Pond AcresWildlife AreaIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Quivett Creek/Paines Creek MarshConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned20040 km²
- Smiths PointConservation EasementIUCN Not Assigned0 km²
- Ashumet HollyReservationIUCN V0 km²
+ 40 protected areas (top 60 shown)
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN