Marine Protected Area · usa
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Area
- 524 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1963
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1963
- Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; National Park Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 814 distinct species · 1 053 174 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge : 17 espèces reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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 · 16 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Lake surface here
10,16km²
Basins crossed
1
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 (16, top by area)
- Lake #14360area3,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Indian River Lagoonarea1,4 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #14367area1 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1067934area0,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1068051area0,6 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1068021area0,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1067932area0,5 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1067953area0,4 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1067985area0,4 km²avg depth1.8 m
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
- 28.62081, -80.74317
- 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.