Marine Protected Area · usa
Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Area
- 528 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1971
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1971
- Managing authority
- National Park Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 929 distinct species · 195 369 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Gulf Islands National Seashore : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 1 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
3,4km
Lake surface here
0,49km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 264km²
Discharge in basins
0,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 557mm/an
Mean T°
19,4°C
Moisture idx
0,14
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
716mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
26m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de East Bay Riversub-area2 150,1 km²overlap91.11 km²17%
- Bassin de Graveline Bayousub-area87,8 km²overlap24.34 km²5%
- Bassin de Elevenmile Creeksub-area537,2 km²overlap17.66 km²3%
- Bassin de Wolf Riversub-area2 263,9 km²overlap13.92 km²3%
- Bassin de West Fowl Riversub-area436 km²overlap11.92 km²2%
- Bassin de Old Fort Bayousub-area194,1 km²overlap3.77 km²1%
- Bassin de Gulf Intracoastal Waterwaysub-area940,4 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (2, 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
- 30.23022, -88.64987
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.