Ecology of estuarine channels of the Pacific northwest coast: a community profile

This profile of the estuarine channel habitats of the Pacific Northwest is one in a series of community profiles synthesizing information pertinent to specific habitats of particular interest to environmental managers. The intent of the series is to provide scientific information in a format that is useful to a broad spectrum of users including environmental managers, college educators, and interested laypersons. This specific profile focuses on the complex network of channels of various origins in the estuarine reseaches of the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest. The geographic scope of study area is primarily that region of the coast from Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north to Cape Medocino, California, on the soutn.