GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
ADAPTIVE HABITAT MANAGEMENT : GRASS : one of the three programs of Terra Peninsular that comprise the conservation actions of protected spaces , it has the objective of monitoring , evaluating , studying and applying different measures of management for landscape conservation and functionality of habitats . plants that have great ecological amplitude , so they are usually found as part of the natural , ornamental or agronomic vegetation of human population . Species that are important sources of food for humans and livestock are part of this botanical family .
ANOSTRACA : in Zoology , they are one of the orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda . They are characterized by their lack of carapace . SOURCE : text from www . enciclonet . com
BIOTA : plant and animal life of a particular region .
CALIFORNIAS : region and covers both Baja California and Baja California Sur in Mexico , along with the state of California , U . S . A .
ENDEMIC SPECIES : the species that inhabit and have their origin in a determined place that for their nature are not possible to find elsewhere in the world .
FOOD WEB : the set of food chains of an ecosystem , interconnected through feeding relationships .
PUNTA MAZO NATURE RESERVE : it is a nature reserve protected and managed by Terra Peninsular since 2014 . It is located in the San Quintin Bay , in Baja California and it ’ s described as a sandbar of 4.97 miles of length and 2057.05 acres of surface .
SESSILE ORGANISMS :
organisms , usually marine , that grow attached to a substrate and that do not move from one place to another . For example , marine sponges or corals .
VALLE TRANQUILO NATURE RESERVE : it is a nature reserve protected and managed by Terra Peninsular since 2016 , with an extension of 9121.15 acres and it is located in the south of Ensenada , between San Quintin and El Rosario , in Baja California .
WATER TABLE : water body in the subsoil located in a low profundity , generally a few meters from the surface .
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