Marine Protected Area · usa
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Pres National Historical Park
- Area
- 88 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1978
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1978
- Managing authority
- National Park Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
587 distinct species · 6 774 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 48 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 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Pres National Historical Park : 37 espèces reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.9%, 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).
Hydrology6 basins · 2 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
3,2km
Lake surface here
3,40km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 178 851km²
Discharge in basins
45,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 594mm/an
Mean T°
20,2°C
Moisture idx
0,13
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
746mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
4m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Gulf Intracoastal Waterwaysub-area2 090 km²overlap82.36 km²94%
- Bassin de Mississippi Riversub-area2 700,1 km²overlap5.42 km²6%
- Bassin de Bayou Saint Johnsub-area1 203,6 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Bayou Techesub-area2 204,7 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Bayou Lafourchesub-area2 702,5 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Bayou des Cannessub-area1 863,5 km²overlap0.01 km²0%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (5, 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
- 29.80739, -90.14195
- 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.