Ecosystem Reference
Ecosystem Puget Sound
Type Sea/Bay/Gulf
Salinity brackish
Other Names
Location
Part of the Salish Sea. Inlet of the Northeast Pacific in the Olympia Peninsula, Washington state, USA. 48° N 47° N - 124° W 122° W
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Size Ref
River Length Area 2500 km2 Drainage Area
Depth
Average Depth 62 m Max Depth 280 m Ref
Temperature
Surface
100 Meters Depth
Description
Comments on faunal list The list was assembled mainly from Hart (1973: Pacific fishes of Canada; Ref. 6885). Some additions were taken from McAllister (1990: A list of the fishes of Canada; Ref. 11980) and Williams et al. (2010: Ref. 95450), and other primary literature. The coastal fishes were checked against Lamb & Edgell (2010: Coastal fishes of the Pacific Northwest; Ref. 94401).
URL 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_sound
URL 2 http://staff.wwu.edu/stefan/salishsea.htm
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Total
SeaLifeBase Literature
Species Families Species Families Reference
617 258
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