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.

Habitat attributes

Class ID: 
68
Class name: 
Estuarine, intertidal, mixed coarse, channel/slough, eulittoral
Length: 
3.0 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: 
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
Species notes: