Glossary:I Words
From Indian River Lagoon Project
The Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program (IRLNEP) is an estuary of national significance under the EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP).
The Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO), based at FAU Harbor Branch in Fort Pierce, Florida, is investigating the IRL’s plants, animals, and environment, and how natural and human-induced stressors impact them.
IRLO research and education activities are enhanced by the deployment of an estuarine observation network of land/ocean biogeochemical observatory (LOBO) units and weather sensors to provide real-time, high-accuracy and high-resolution water quality/weather data through a dedicated interactive website.
Indian River Lagoon Research Institute (IRLRI) is a part of the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) Oceanographic Institute in Melbourne, Florida
organisms living between the grains of sand or mud.
inland waters noun
Waters landward of the baseline from which the marginal seas are measured and over which complete sovereignty is exercised.
1. A recess, such as a bay or cove, along a coast.
- a stream or bay leading inland, as from the ocean; an estuary.
- a narrow passage of water, as between two islands.
In beach terminology, the zone of variable width between the shoreface and the seaward limit of the breaker zone.
The coastal environment between mean low tide and mean high tide that alternates between subaerial and subaqueous depending on the tidal cycle.
- The zone between the mean higher high water and mean lower low water lines.
invasive species noun
non-native species of plants or animals that out-compete native species in a specific habitat.
an animal that does not have a backbone; such as snails, worms, and insects.
An area of land completely surrounded by water.
aquatic crustaceans with flat, oval body and seven pairs of legs.
