Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) · GBR
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
- Area
- 26 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2011
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
- Established
- 2011
- Managing authority
- OSPAR Commission
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 090 distinct species · 6 711 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4) : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 1 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
4,3km
Lake surface here
0,00km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
991km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
552mm/an
Mean T°
9,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,18
Max snow
8%
Mean runoff
284mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
27m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (6, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 51.71833, 0.84297
- 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.