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.
Habitat attributes
Class ID:
71
Class name:
Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, lagoon, eulittoral
Length:
3.0 km (in WA)
Primary substrate:
Gravel
Secondary substrate:
Sand
Tertiary substrate:
Substrate stability:
Mobile
Substrate key details:
Few stable surface features
Wave exposure:
Protected
Blue book classes:
[No class in 1990 publication]
Map/survey site examples:
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
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