Water Supratidal Depth Intertidal Subtidal Shallow Deep Abysmal Light >15% or Photic zone Availability 5 – 15% Low light zone <5% Aphotic zone Nutrient High or Oligotrophic Availability Medium Mesotrophic Low Eutrophic Exposure Sheltered Exposed Lacustrine and Landform High Energy palustrine Upland Slope Low Energy Upland (Plateau) Lowland Lacustrine and Soils Porous palustrine Peat (organic) Mineral (soil) Sand (non-soil Non-porous Rock (non-soil) Dominant Forested vegetation Shrub Sedge/grass/forb No emergent vegetation Dominant Surface water water Groundwater source Both surface and ground (where there is temporal dominance by one (>70%) or the other) Localised rainfall
Water Depth Supratidal Intertidal Subtidal Shallow Deep Abysmal Light Availability >15% 5 – 15% <5% or Photic zone Low light zone Aphotic zone Nutrient Availability High Medium Low or Oligotrophic Mesotrophic Eutrophic Exposure Sheltered Exposed Lacustrine and palustrine Landform High Energy Upland Slope Low Energy Upland (Plateau) Lowland Lacustrine and palustrine Soils Porous Peat (organic) Mineral (soil) Sand (non-soil Non-porous Rock (non-soil) Dominant vegetation Forested Shrub Sedge/grass/forb No emergent vegetation Dominant water source (>70%) Surface water Groundwater Both surface and ground (where there is temporal dominance by one or the other) Localised rainfall
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