{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"AS-009","name":"Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal","parent":"AS-002","scope":"Subsystem: The Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal Subsystem includes the most upstream region of the estuary, in those areas between MHHW to the 4 meter depth contour below MLLW in waters that (a) can be regularly influenced by tides and (b) where salinity is below 0.5 during the period of annual low flow. ..."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"AS-002","name":"Estuarine","parent":"AS-C000","scope":"System: The Estuarine System is defined by salinity and geomorphology. ..."},{"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-024","name":"Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal Intertidal","parent":"AS-009","scope":"Tidal Zone: The substrate in this zone is regularly and periodically exposed and flooded by tides. ..."},{"code":"AS-023","name":"Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal Subtidal","parent":"AS-009","scope":"Tidal Zone: The substrate is generally continuously submerged in this zone and includes those areas below MLLW."}],"rt":[]}