Shoreline Habitat Classification
Estuarine, intertidal, mixed coarse, channel/slough, eulittoral
Most channels and sloughs in Washington state occur through marshes and thus are unlikely to have coarse substrates. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Class ID
68
Class name
Estuarine, intertidal, mixed coarse, channel/slough, eulittoral
Length
3.00
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
Inside Dungeness Spit
Fish sampling sites
Beach Seine: inside Dungeness Spit
Diagnostic species
Neotrypaea californiensis
Crassostrea gigas
Zostera marina
Cymatogaster aggregata
Leptocottus armatus
Platichthys stellatus
Hypomesus pretiosus
Syngnathus leptorhynchus