Marine Protected Area · usa
Indian River - Malabar to Vero Beach Aquatic Preserve
- Area
- 111 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1969
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1969
- Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; State Department of Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 996 distinct species · 444 591 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Indian River - Malabar to Vero Beach Aquatic Preserve : 32 espèces reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.6%, 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).
Hydrology1 basins · 1 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
6,3km
Lake surface here
0,31km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 264km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 291mm/an
Mean T°
22,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,07
Mean runoff
350mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
7m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (6, ord ≥ 4)
- Gifford Cutord 1len here2.71 km35%total8 km
- South Prong Saint Sebastian Riverord 2len here1.99 km35%total6 km
- North Prong Saint Sebastian Riverord 2len here1.07 km21%total5 km
- Fern Creekord 1len here0.32 km10%total3 km
- Fern Creekord 2len here0.21 km4%total5 km
- Sottile Canalord 1len here0.01 km0%total7 km
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
- 27.85453, -80.47272
- 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.