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Plate 8. -Classification: SYSTEM Estuarine, subsystem Subtidal, class Unconsolidated Bottom, SUBCLASS Mud, water regime 

 Subtidal, water chemistry Mixohaline. This site lies within the Fjord Biogeographic Province. Glacier-mantled mountains plunge 

 steeply into water more than 180 m (600 ft) deep. (Lynn Canal, Haines Borough, Alaska; June 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



