{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"AS-004","name":"Marine Nearshore","parent":"AS-001","scope":"Subsystem: The Marine Nearshore Subsystem extends from the landward limit of the Marine System to the 30 meter depth contour. ..."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"AS-001","name":"Marine","parent":"AS-C000","scope":"System: The Marine System is defined by salinity, which is typically about 35, although salinity can measure as low as 0.5 during the period of average annual low flow near fresh outflows. ..."},{"code":"AS-C000","name":"Aquatic Setting","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"AS-014","name":"Marine Nearshore Intertidal","parent":"AS-004","scope":"Tidal Zone: The substrate is regularly and periodically exposed and flooded by tidal action. This zone extends from MLLW to MHHW."},{"code":"AS-013","name":"Marine Nearshore Subtidal","parent":"AS-004","scope":"Tidal Zone: The substrate is generally continuously submerged in this zone and includes those areas below MLLW."},{"code":"AS-015","name":"Marine Nearshore Supratidal","parent":"AS-004","scope":"Tidal Zone: This zone includes areas above MHHW that are affected by wave splash and overwash but does not include areas affected only by wind-driven spray. This zone is subjected to periodic high wave energy, exposure to air, and often to variable salinity."}],"rt":[]}