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GLOBAL ECU DISTRIBUTION: UNITS 9–16
Shown in black for each of the 16 ecological coastal units
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ECU 9—Sloping, sinuous, low erodibility, boreal moist, moderate river discharge, low wave energy, moderately tidal, euhaline-highly oxic-superchilled, turbid, moderate chlorophyll.
10 ECU 10—Sloping, sinuous, medium erodibility, polar moist, low river discharge, low wave energy, moder- ately tidal, euhaline-highly oxic-superchilled, turbid, moderate chlorophyll.
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ECU 11—Sloping, sinuous, high erodibility, polar moist, moderate river discharge, low wave energy, minimally tidal, mesohaline-severely hypoxic-very cold, turbid, high chlorophyll.
12 ECU 12—Sloping, sinuous, low erodibility, polar moist, low river discharge, low wave energy, moder- ately tidal, euhaline-highly oxic-superchilled, turbid, low chlorophyll.
