Marine Protected Area · usa
North Shore Ocean Sanctuary
- Area
- 427 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1972
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1972
- Managing authority
- State Department of Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 682 distinct species · 60 070 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 North Shore Ocean Sanctuary : 26 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
7,3km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
13 016km²
Discharge in basins
1,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 141mm/an
Mean T°
9,3°C
Moisture idx
0,16
Max snow
17%
Mean runoff
807mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
27m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Merrimack Riverord 6len here4.31 km2%total232 km
- West Gutterord 3len here0.96 km22%total4 km
- Essex Riverord 1len here0.58 km12%total5 km
- West Creekord 2len here0.50 km14%total4 km
- Castle Neck Riverord 1len here0.48 km6%total8 km
- Essex Riverord 1len here0.23 km11%total2 km
- Ipswich Riverord 4len here0.14 km0%total47 km
- Paine's Creekord 1len here0.12 km4%total3 km
- Rolly Barbara Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal2 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
- 42.69410, -70.63026
- 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.