Estuarine, intertidal, mixed coarse, lagoon, eulittoral
This habitat category refers to small, very protected beach areas in largely-enclosed inlets. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Habitat attributes
Class ID:
67
Class name:
Estuarine, intertidal, mixed coarse, lagoon, eulittoral
Length:
16.0 km (in WA)
Primary substrate:
Gravel
Secondary substrate:
Sand
Tertiary substrate:
Cobble
Substrate stability:
Semi-stable surface features
Substrate key details:
Some stable surface features (cobbles)
Wave exposure:
Protected, Very protected
Blue book classes:
[No class in 1990 publication]
Map/survey site examples:
Small very protected areas in South Sound inlets
Fish sampling sites:
Diagnostic species:
- Neotrypaea californiensis
- Crassostrea gigas
- Zostera marina
- Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Cottus asper
Species notes:
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