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4-1 Area (acres) of Marine Waters in Each of the Coastal 



Regions and Its Percentage Contribution to the Total .... 4-6 



4-2 Composition, Formation and Primary 



Abiotic Forces Affecting the Substrata 



of the Estuarine System and Subsystem 4-8 



4-3 Tidal Terms and Definitions 4-19 



4-4 Movements of Coastal Water 4-27 



4-5 Habitat, Abundance, and Seasonality 



of Fish Inhabiting the Marine System 4-36 



4-6 Dominant Taxa of Zooplankton 



Found in the Characterization Area 4-66 



4-7 Percentage Composition of Zooplankton Groups in Coastal 



Waters of the Gulf of Maine in 1965 and 1966 4-67 



4-8 Acreages and Percentages of Intertidal Marine Habitat 



Types in the Regions of the Characterization Area 4-77 



4-9 Species Found in all Habitats and at All Tidal Heights in 



the Marine Intertidal Subsystem in the Characterization Area 4-78 



4-10 Qualitative Assessment of Species Abundance Irish Moss 

 Zone at 12 Exposed Headlands on the Maine 

 Coast in August, 1977 4-81 



4-11 Fauna of the Intertidal Zones on Exposed Bedrock Shore 



on the Maine Coast based on Data from 13 sites 4-83 



4-12 Species Composition of the Four Defined Faunal Communities . 4-91 



4-13 Fauna of Sandy Beaches of Two Exposure Levels in 



Decreasing Order of Relative Abundance 4-93 



4-14 Mean Density, Range, Total Number of Species per Study, and 

 Range of Species Encountered per Study in Sand Beach 

 Investigations in Northern New England 4-94 



5-1 Major Estuarine Systems of Coastal 



Maine and Their Sizes (acres 5-2 



5-2 Acreages of the Estuarine System and Its Component 

 Subsystems and Classes in each of the 

 Characterization Area, by region 5-13 



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