Estuarine, intertidal, organic, lagoon, eulittoral
Lagoons are formed when longshore water-borne sediments are deposited to form a spit closing off (partially or totally) an embayment. This category includes a variety of marsh types, varying with intertidal elevation and salinity. Characteristic vegetation varies with these two key factors.
Habitat attributes
Class ID:
87
Class name:
Estuarine, intertidal, organic, lagoon, eulittoral
Length:
31.0 km (in WA)
Primary substrate:
Organic
Secondary substrate:
Mud
Tertiary substrate:
Substrate stability:
Stabilized by vegetation
Substrate key details:
No stable surface features
Wave exposure:
Protected, Very protected
Blue book classes:
[No class in 1990 publication]
Map/survey site examples:
Mouth of Pysht River, parts of Cultus Bay, Foulweather Bluff
Fish sampling sites:
Skagit Bay lagoons and pocket beaches
Diagnostic species:
- Carex lyngbyei
- Distichlis spicata
- Salicornia depressa
- Triglochin maritima
- Jaumea carnosa
- Schoenoplectus maritimus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Cymatogaster aggregata
- Leptocottus armatus
- Clevelandia ios
- Hypomesus pretiosus
- Cottus asper
Species notes:
Diagnostic species dependent on salinity and substrate
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