Estuarine, intertidal, sand, open, eulittoral
These habitats consist of gently to moderately sloping beaches, often bordered on their uppermost portions by a gravelly zone. Relatively few areas in the Salish Sea are mapped using this category, however, as most are considered "partly enclosed."
Habitat attributes
Class ID:
73
Class name:
Estuarine, intertidal, sand, open, eulittoral
Length:
14.0 km (in WA)
Primary substrate:
Sand
Secondary substrate:
Tertiary substrate:
Substrate stability:
Mobile
Substrate key details:
No stable surface features
Wave exposure:
Semi-exposed, Semi-protected
Blue book classes:
Estuarine intertidal sand: Open
Map/survey site examples:
Mouth of Grays Harbor only; Shorezone considers all Puget Sound sand sites "partly enclosed"
Fish sampling sites:
Diagnostic species:
- Zostera marina
- Gracilaria pacifica
- Macoma secta
- Neotrypaea californiensis
- Angulus modestus
VEC common associates:
Clinocardium nuttallii
Tresus
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