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GLOBAL ECU DISTRIBUTION: UNITS 1–8
Shown in black for each of the 16 ecological coastal units
1 ECU 1—Steeply sloping, sinuous, low erodibility, trop- ical moist, moderate river discharge, low wave energy, moderately tidal, euhaline-oxic-warm to very warm, moderately turbid, low chlorophyll.
2 ECU 2—Steeply sloping, sinuous, high erodibility, tropical dry, moderate river discharge, low wave energy, moderately tidal, euhaline-oxic-warm to very warm, moderately turbid, moderate chlorophyll.
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3 ECU 3—Steeply sloping, sinuous, low erodibility, warm temperate moist, high river discharge, low wave energy, moderately tidal, euhaline-oxic-moderate, moderately turbid, moderate chlorophyll.
4 ECU 4—Sloping, sinuous, high erodibility, tropical moist, high river discharge, low wave energy, moder- ately tidal, euhaline-oxic-warm to very warm, moder- ately turbid, moderate chlorophyll.
