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Classification of Natural Communities

Estuarine

The classification descriptions of individual estuarine natural communities are below:

 

List of Estuarine Communities
Estuarine Intertidal: Brackish Tidal Marsh Estuarine Subtidal: Coastal Salt Pond
Estuarine Intertidal: Coastal Salt Pond Marsh Estuarine Subtidal: Fresh/Brackish Flats
Estuarine Intertidal: Freshwater Tidal Marsh Estuarine Subtidal: Saline/Brackish Flats
Estuarine Intertidal: Fresh/ Brackish Flats Marine Intertidal: Flats
Estuarine Intertidal: Fresh/Brackish Tidal Swamp Marine Intertidal: Gravel/Sand Beach
Estuarine Intertidal: Fresh/Brackish Tidal Shrubland Marine Intertidal: Rocky Shore
Estuarine Intertidal: Saline/Brackish Flats
Marine Subtidal: Flats
Estuarine Intertidal: Salt Marsh (2012)  

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management's web pages have additional information on coastal resources, such as their Seafloor Mapping Program that includes a seafloor habitat classification, links to EEA's Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan with habitat discussions, papers on eelgrass habitat, and guides for barrier beach management and salt marsh monitoring. CZM's mission is to balance the impacts of human activity with the protection of coastal and marine resources.

Last Updated: 09/10/2007