Ecosystem Reference
Ecosystem Strait of Georgia
Type Sea/Bay/Gulf
Salinity saltwater
Other Names Georgia Strait
Location
Part of the Salish Sea. Between Vancouver Island and mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. 50° N 48° N - 126° W 122° W
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Size Ref
River Length Area 6800 km2 Drainage Area
Depth
Average Depth 156 m Max Depth 447 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 Favaro et al. (2010: Ref. 91783), 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/Georgia_Strait
URL 2 http://staff.wwu.edu/stefan/salishsea.htm
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Total
SeaLifeBase Literature
Species Families Species Families Reference
1625 478
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