HydroLAKES lake · #8955
Porters Lake
Surface area
18,43km²
Avg depth
14,4m
Volume
264,71km³
Shoreline
89,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HalifaxNova Scotia · Canada18.47 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
257 distinct species · 4 715 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Porters Lake : 32 espèces reliées par 100 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
18,43km²
Avg depth
14,4m
Volume
264,710km³
Watershed
186km²
Shoreline
89,2km
Shore dev. idx
5,86
Residence time
530days
Elevation
1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.