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Indian River Lagoon Project Library

Our Virtual Library includes Digital Media, References, Web Links, Glossary Definitions and Abbreviations commonly used in the Indian River Lagoon Project.

Reference Link Directory: A repository for the source materials cited in the Indian River Lagoon Project, including databases, documents, images, maps, videos and website links from the conservation, ecology, education, government, research, and science institutions that study the Indian River Lagoon.

Digital Media Center: Web Site links to rich media archives, image galleries, interactive tools, maps, news feeds, podcasts and videos used in the Indian River Lagoon Project.

Web Link Directory: Web Site links that connect you with Indian River Lagoon Estuary activities, locations, volunteer opportunities and social media groups.

Dictionary: A whole new language develops when 100's of organizations get involved. The IRL Dictionary contains terms, definitions, and abbreviations used in Indian River Lagoon terminology.

Glossary of Terms

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barrier island A long, narrow, sandy island that is above high tide and parallel to the shore that commonly has dunes, vegetated zones, and swampy terrains extending lagoonward from the beach.
salt marsh Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides.
Environmental Protection Agency An agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the EPA is responsible for creating standards and laws promoting the health of individuals and the environment.
wetland areas inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support , and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.”
National Environmental Policy Act The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347) helps federal agencies make decisions based on an understanding of environmental consequences and take actions that protect, restore, and enhance the environment.
reasonable assurance plan Reasonable Assurance Plans (RAP) provide an implementation schedule and resource commitments that there are, or will be, pollutant loading reductions that will result in the waterbody achieving water quality targets to attain and maintain the designated use.
onsite sewage treatment and disposal system Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems (OSTDS), commonly referred to as septic systems, can contain any one or more of the following components: septic tank; subsurface drainfield; aerobic treatment unit; graywater tank; laundry wastewater tank; grease interceptor; pump tank; waterless, incinerating or organic waste-composing toilet; and sanitary pit privy. An OSTDS must provide for subsurface effluent disposal and must not have any open tanks or open treatment units.
eutrophication process by which large additions of nutrients causes an overgrowth of algae and subsequent depletion of oxygen.
reef A ridge-like or mound-like structure, layered or massive, built by sedentary calcareous organisms, especially corals, and consisting mostly of their remains; it is wave-resistant and stands above the surrounding contemporaneously deposited sediment. Reefs may also include a mass or ridge of rocks, especially coral and sometimes sand, gravel, or shells, rising above the surrounding estuary or sea bottom to or nearly to the surface.
  • a line of rocks or sand just above or just below the surface of the sea
decomposition the process of decaying or rotting; breaking down or separating a substance into smaller or simpler components.
mudflat part of benthic (bottom) zone exposed at low tide and comprised of extremely fine sediments.
zooplankton animal or animal-like protists, small or microscopic, that drift with the currents, may be either herbivores or carnivores.
zonation distribution of plants or animals arranged in zones or bands, caused by gradations of abiotic and/or biotic factors.
water a molecule-composed compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
wastewater The combination of liquid and pollutants from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any ground water, surface runoff, or leachate that may be present.
vessel Every watercraft or other contrivance capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
vertebrate animal having a backbone.
upland Land above the mean high water line (shoreline) and subject to private ownership, as distinguished from tidelands, the ownership of which is prima facie in the state but also subject to divestment under state statutes.
turbid water that is so full of small particles, such as silt, that the water is no longer transparent but instead appears cloudy.
tributary a stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.
tidewater Water activated by the tide generating forces and/or water affected by the resulting tide, especially in coastal and estuarine areas. Also, a general term often applied to the land and water of estuarine areas formed by postglacial drowning of coastal plain rivers.
tide periodic rise and fall of ocean waters due to gravitational pull of sun and moon, and rotation of earth.
stakeholder an individual, group of people, or organization that has an interest, concern, or will be affected by an action or issue.
silt tiny specs of dirt, sized between sand and clay particles, that can be suspended in water or fall out of suspension to cover plants and the bottom of lakes or pool sections of rivers and streams.
shoreline The intersection of the land with the water surface. The shoreline shown on charts represents the line of contact between the land and a selected water elevation. In areas affected by tidal fluctuations, this line of contact is the mean high water line. In confined coastal waters of diminished tidal influence, the mean water level line may be used.
shore The narrow strip of land immediately bordering any body of water, esp. the sea or a large lake; specifically the zone over which the ground is alternately exposed and covered by tides or waves, or the zone between high water and low water.
shoal A shoal is a submerged or partially-submerged long and narrow ridge, normally of sand, that form in rivers and oceans.
ship A ship is any vessel or conveyance that floats on or operates on the water and is equal to or larger than 197 feet (60 meters) length overall (LOA). A ship may be used for pleasure, commercial, or residential purposes.
shellfish aquatic invertebrates with exoskeletons used as food, including various species of mollusks and crustaceans, such as crabs, shrimp, clams, and oysters.
septage The liquid and solid materials pumped from a septic tank during cleaning operations.
seagrass submerged rooted aquatic plants that tolerate salinity.
salinity the concentration of salts dissolved in salt water.
residuals The solids generated or retained during the treatment of wastewater. They include trash, rags, grit, sediment, sludge, biosolids, septage, scum, and grease, as well as those portions of treatment systems that have served their useful life and require disposal, such as the sand or peat from a filter. Because of the different characteristics of residuals, management requirements can differ as stipulated by the appropriate federal regulations.
runoff precipitation that drains into a water body from the surface of the surrounding land
restoration make physical changes in a destroyed or impaired habitat that returns a site to the type of habitat it was prior to human made impacts.
response ecological responses are behavioral and physical changes that happen during the lifetime of a single organism and increase individual’s chance of survival as opposed to evolutionary adaptation, which takes place over multiple generations and is a result of a change in the species genetic makeup.
organism a living thing, such as animal, plant or micro-organism, that is capable of reproduction, growth and maintenance.
protist often unicellular but they can be multi-cellular or colonial the organisms in this Kingdom have characteristics of plants, animals and fungi and contains most algae.
producer autotroph; organism that creates energy-rich compounds from sunlight (through photosynthesis) or certain chemicals (through chemosynthesis); first level in any food web; in estuarine systems, most abundant producers are phytoplankton.
predation the killing and/or consumption of living organisms by other living organisms.
pollution contamination of natural environment.
pollutant Generally any substance, such as a chemical or waste product, introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource.
pleasure craft Pleasure Craft, in a marine context, are all boats used for recreational not commercial purposes. Though craft applies to all sizes of vessels, by convention pleasure craft are boats, and most commonly are small to moderate sized boats, under approximately 80 feet (24.3 meters) LOA.
plankton free-floating organisms drifting in water, unable to swim against currents.
phytoplankton floating plants or plant-like photosynthetic single cellular organisms
photosynthesis process of using energy in sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen.
periphyton a complex mixture of algae, detritus, bacteria, and microbes that are attached to submerged objects in most aquatic ecosystems.
pathogenic Causing disease; commonly applied to microorganisms that cause infectious diseases.
parasitism similar to predation in that one species benefits from the relationship and the other is harmed; differs from predation in that parasitism generally not fatal to adversely affected organism.
omnivore animals that feed at several levels of food web; diet includes a mix of living and/or dead plants and animals.
nutrient a substance required by organisms in order to grow and survive such as nitrogen and phosphorus.
nursery term used colloquially to refer to estuaries. Many fish species are dependent on estuaries for part of their lives.
mutualism form of relationship in which both species involved gain from the interaction.
muck Muck is the black ooze accumulating on the bottom of the lagoon. Silt, sediment, and other fine particles carried in by tributaries, canals, and storm drains accumulate and break down on the bottom, forming the thick black ooze.
mollusks soft bodied, shelled animals such as clams, oysters, nudibraches and octopi (the latter two have either small remnant shell within their bodies or an embryonic shell).
migration the movement of living organisms from one biome to another, commonly with changing seasons.
marsh soft wet land usually characterized by grasses.
  • an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times.
mangrove tree species that grow in non-freezing estuaries. There are about 12 species though the black, red, and white are most common.
  • a tree or shrub that grows in chiefly tropical coastal swamps that are flooded at high tide. Mangroves typically have numerous tangled roots above ground and form dense thickets.
longitude Longitude is a measurement of distance on the earth’s surface, east or west of the Greenwich, England (0° Longitude) meridian, expressed in angular measurements of degrees or hours from 180° West (or -180°) to 180° East. Degrees of longitude are imaginary lines drawn 60 minutes apart from North Pole to South Pole around the Earth. Each minute of longitude can be further divided into 60 seconds.
loading The total quantity of pollutants in stormwater runoff that contributes to the water quality impairment.
levee Artificial bank confining a stream channel or limiting adjacent areas subject to flooding; an embankment bordering a submarine canyon or channel, usually occurring along the outer edge of a curve.
latitude The angular distance between a terrestrial position and the equator measured northward or southward from the equator along a meridian of longitude.
lagoon Lagoons are separated from larger bodies of water by sandbars, barrier reefs, coral reefs, or other natural barriers. The word &quot;lagoon&quot; derives from the Italian word laguna, which means &quot;pond&quot; or &quot;lake.&quot;
  • A shallow stretch of salt or brackish water, partly or completely separated from a sea or lake by an offshore reef, barrier island, sandbank or spit
isopods aquatic crustaceans with flat, oval body and seven pairs of legs.
island An area of land completely surrounded by water.
invertebrate an animal that does not have a backbone; such as snails, worms, and insects.
intertidal 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.
inshore In beach terminology, the zone of variable width between the shoreface and the seaward limit of the breaker zone.
inlet 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.
  • infauna organisms living between the grains of sand or mud.
    hypoxic very low oxygen levels.
    herbivore an animal that eats plants.
    halophyte a plant that grows in waters of high salinity.
    habitat the natural environment in which an organism normally lives, including the surroundings and other physical conditions needed to sustain it.
    groundwater water contained below ground in soil and rock.
    gill the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
    gastropod one of a class of mollusks that includes the snails and nudibranchs.
    fry newly hatched fish.
    foreshore the area between mean low water and mean high water.
    exoskeleton a hard outer covering.
    euryhaline able to live at a variety of salinities.
    estuary Estuaries and their surrounding wetlands are bodies of water usually found where rivers meet the sea. Estuaries are home to unique plant and animal communities that have adapted to brackish water—a mixture of fresh water draining from the land and salty seawater.
    estuarine of, relating to, or formed in an estuary
    erosion Transportation of weathered (decomposed) rock material or soil by natural forces.
    erode the wearing away of the land by the action of water, ice or wind.
    epibenthos organisms that live on the bottom, rather than burrowed into, of an aquatic system.
    elasmobranch approximately 400 species of fish, including sharks and rays that have skeletons made of cartilage.
    effluent Sewage, water, or other liquid, partially or completely treated or in its natural state, flowing out of a septic tank, subsurface wastewater infiltration system, aerobic treatment unit, or other treatment system or system component.
    ecotourism travel undertaken to witness sites or regions of unique natural or ecologic quality. Often it is environmentally responsible travel that benefits nature and local communities.
    ecosystem the biotic community and its abiotic environment.
    echolocation biological sonar used by several kinds of animals where the animal makes sounds and listens to the echoes of those sounds that return from bouncing off objects near them. These echoes can be used to locate and identify prey and objects, and be used in navigating through their environment.
    ebb the falling tide when the water moves out to the sea and the water level lowers.
    dredge an excavation or digging activity carried out at least partly underwater in shallow water areas to move bottom materials from one place to another; often used to keep waterways deep enough for boat passage.
    drawbridge a bridge withspans that can be raised up, let down, or drawn aside so as to permit tall watercraft to pass
    diverse of different kinds, types, or species.
    dinoflagellates common type of phytoplankton, most abundant in fall; responsible for “red tides” as well as bioluminescence.
    dike an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
  • a ditch.
  • a bank of earth formed of material being excavated.
  • a causeway.
  • diatom one of most common groups of phytoplankton; single-celled organism that reproduces asexually.
    detritus newly dead or decaying organic matter coated with bacteria.
    desiccation loss of water.

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