Estuarine, intertidal, boulder, lagoon, eulittoral
Most lagoons in Washington state form behind sand-gravel spits and thus would not be placed into this boulder category, which may actually be artificial. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Habitat attributes
Class ID:
55
Class name:
Estuarine, intertidal, boulder, lagoon, eulittoral
Length:
0.3 km (in WA)
Primary substrate:
Bedrock
Secondary substrate:
Gravel
Tertiary substrate:
Substrate stability:
Stable
Substrate key details:
No mobile sediment
Wave exposure:
Prot, Very Prot
Blue book classes:
[No class in 1990 publication]
Map/survey site examples:
Fish sampling sites:
Diagnostic species:
- Fucus distichus
- Littorina
- Balanus glandula
- Mytilus trossulus
- Mopalia
- Sargassum muticum
Species notes:
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