Marine Protected Area · usa
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Area
- 480 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1998
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1998
- Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; Joint ; State Department of Conservation ; City Land ; Non-Governmental Organization ; State Department of Land ; State Fish and Wildlife
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 584 distinct species · 933 437 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve : 20 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.5%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 7 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
46,7km
Lake surface here
4,34km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 481km²
Discharge in basins
1,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 106mm/an
Mean T°
11,9°C
Moisture idx
0,08
Max snow
12%
Mean runoff
608mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
15m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (7, top by area)
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- Mullica Riverord 4len here25.68 km36%total71 km
- Ives Branchord 3len here5.39 km52%total10 km
- West Branch Wading Riverord 3len here2.66 km10%total26 km
- Wading Riverord 3len here2.56 km56%total5 km
- Mill Creekord 2len here2.02 km15%total13 km
- Doughty Creekord 1len here1.93 km100%total2 km
- Penn Swamp Branchord 2len here1.85 km17%total11 km
- Westecunk Creekord 2len here1.47 km13%total12 km
- Bass Riverord 2len here1.32 km22%total6 km
- Ballanger Creekord 1len here0.88 km100%total1 km
- Oswego Riverord 2len here0.84 km2%total38 km
- Tuckerton Creekord 2len here0.14 km3%total4 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 39.53195, -74.36337
- 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.