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Ma sset

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P rince R upert

British Columbia

Alaska

Legend!( U nit Brea k P oints

U ndefinedImmobile Substrates

1 - Bedrock - CC 1-20 - V E2 - Bedrock - CC 1-20 - E3 - Bedrock/Boulder - CC 1-23, 32, 33 - SE4 - Bedrock/G ra vel - CC 1-23, 33 - SP5 - Bedrock/G ra vel - CC 1-23,33 - P /V P

Mobile/Partially Mobile Substrates6 - Sa nd & G ra vel - CC 24-26, 32 -SP7 - Sa nd & G ra vel - CC 24-26,32 - V P /P8 - Estua ry or Sa nd/Mud - CC 27-31 - V P /P /SP9 - Sedim ent - CC 21 - 30 - SE/E

Current Dominated10 - Bedrock or Sedim ent - CC 34 - V P /P /SP

Tidal Lagoon11 - Bedrock or Sedim ent - CC 35 - V P /P /SP

Shoreline Habitat

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The Ha bita t Type provides a sim plified picture of the "look" of the unit overa ll, ba sed on the deta iled biophysica l a ttributes tha t ha vebeen m a pped. The Ha bita t Type ca tegory is a sum m a ry of the observa tions of both the unit's biologia l a nd geom orphologica lfea tures.Ea ch Ha bita t Type ha s a definition tha t includes the typica l substra te, wa ve exposure a nd bioba nds. For exa m ple, for theSem i-exposed, Im m obile substra te Ha bita t Type, pa rt of the definition of tha t cla ss is a certa in com bina tion of the m ost likely bioba nds a nd indictor species present a t a bedrock shoreline with no m obile sedim ent present. How is Ha bita t Type determ ined?Ea ch Ha bita t Type ha s typica l biologica l fea tures (including both a n indica tor species list a nd typica l a ssocia ted bioba nds). To determ ine the Ha bita t Type, the biom a pper looks a t the a long-shore U nits a s designa ted a nd described by the physica l m a pper, a nd1.records the observa tions of the bioba nds in the unit a nd looks for indica tor species, 2.a ssigns a bio-(wa ve) exposure ca tegory, 3.reviews the physica l m a pped inform a tion, a nd 4.a ssigns the Ha bita t Type tha t best describes the unit.The Ha bita t Type is ba sed on the whole unit a nd is sim ila r to the physica l m a ppers use of the ‘Coa sta l Cla ss’ ca tegory, in tha t thedeta iled a cross-shore da ta a re sum m a rized into one a ttribute. The sim plified ca tegory describes the fea tures of the whole unit. Ha bita t Type is a sum m a ry of the biophysica l cla ssifica tion of the whole shore unit, ba sed on:•the bioba nds observed, •the wa ve exposure a s indica ted by the ba nds, a nd •the substra te types in the unit.Legend DefinitionsCC - Coa sta l Cla ssifica tion num berW a ve ExposureE - Exposed - V ery high wa ve exposure, open ocea n swellsm usua lly fetches >500kmV E - V ery Exposed - Extrem e high wa ve exposureSE - Sem i Exposed - High wa ve exposure, open shorelines, a rea s between fully exposed a nd m ore sheltered, usua lly fetches 50 to 500kmP - P rotected - Low wa ve expsoure, sheltered inlets, usua lly fetches less tha n 10kmSP - Sem i P rotected - Modera te wa ve expsoure, pa rtly sheltered, usua lly fetches 10-50kmV P - V ery P rotected - V ery low wa ve exposure, fethces < 1km , sheltered a nchora ges a t hea ds of ba ys a nd inletes

Data Source:Shoreline TypeG eoBC Coa sta l R esource Shorezone Da ta ba se, 2008Ba se Inform a tion1:20,000 G eoBC Terra in R esource Inform a tion Ma na gem ent (TR IM) Da ta ba se

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