Shoreline Habitat Classification

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.

Class ID
67
Class name
Estuarine, intertidal, mixed coarse, lagoon, eulittoral
Length
16.00
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
Diagnostic species
Neotrypaea californiensis
Crassostrea gigas
Zostera marina
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Cottus asper
Habitat classification system
Shoreline Habitats
Type
Estuarine habitat
Map link
Class 67 map layer in ERMA