Shoreline Habitat Classification
Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, lagoon, eulittoral
Most lagoons in Washington state form behind sand-gravel spits and are mapped as having sand as the primary substrate. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Class ID
71
Class name
Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, lagoon, eulittoral
Length
3.00
Primary substrate
Gravel
Secondary substrate
Sand
Substrate stability
Mobile
Substrate key details
Few stable surface features
Wave exposure
Protected
Blue book classes
[No class in 1990 publication]
Fish sampling sites
Beach Seine: Fidalgo Bay
Diagnostic species
Exosphaeroma
Hemipodia simplex
Armandia brevis
Zostera marina
Salicornia depressa
Syngnathus leptorhynchus
Cymatogaster aggregata
Pholis ornata
Leptocottus armatus
Blepsias cirrhosus