Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, channel/slough, eulittoral
Most channels and sloughs in Washington state occur through marshes and thus are unlikely to have gravel-sand substrates. No surveys have been done in such habitats.
Habitat attributes
Class ID:
72
Class name:
Estuarine, intertidal, gravel, channel/slough, eulittoral
Length:
0.6 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:
Diagnostic species:
- Exosphaeroma
- Hemipodia simplex
- Armandia brevis
- Zostera marina
- Salicornia depressa
Species notes:
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