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Chapter 3 - Benthic HabitatsDepth (m) Sediment Grain Size (mm) Seabed Forms0-4242-6161-7070-8484-101101-143143-233>=233p-value0-0.04 (mud and silt)0.04-0.17 (very fine sand)0.17-0.36 (fine sand)0.36-0.54 (sand)>=0.54 (coarse sand and gravel)p-valueDepressionMid FlatHigh FlatLow SlopeHigh SlopeSideslope/Steep**p-valueGulf ofMaineBenthicHabitat(Code)1 32% 16% 2% 46% 5% 0.00 16% 69% 15% 0.00 63% 37% 0.052 8% 18% 47% 28% 0.00 41% 38% 21% 0.00 90% 5% 5% 0.03*4 1% 11% 23% 51% 14% 0.00 19% 68% 13% 0.00 53% 47% 0.005 37% 63% 0% 0.00 15% 67% 18% 0.00 35% 30% 22% 13% 0.247 12% 15% 8% 66% 0.00 39% 33% 14% 15% 0.00 55% 32% 12% 0.048 100% 0.00 89% 8% 3% 0.00 93% 3% 4% 0.009 19% 19% 42% 21% 0.00 89% 11% 0.00 88% 12% 0.0012 22% 44% 11% 4% 20% 0.00 85% 16% 0.00 56% 9% 35% 0.0018 14% 56% 30% 0.01 34% 55% 11% 0.00 100% 0.0024 3% 35% 62% 0.00 7% 87% 7% 0.00 100% 0% 0.0072 1% 99% 0.00 96% 4% 0.00 78% 22% 0.0387 12% 88% 0.00 95% 5% 0.00 80% 20% 0.0091 34% 41% 21% 4% 0.00 89% 11% 0.00 100% 0.00103 100% 0.00 50% 49% 2% 0.00 47% 49% 4% 0.04133 3% 75% 22% 0.00 97% 3% 0.00 100% 0.00*139 44% 11% 39% 5% 0.00 86% 14% 0.00 48% 12% 32% 8% 0.00183 12% 17% 41% 30% 0.00 92% 8% 0.00 88% 12% 0.00247 9% 32% 59% 0.00 92% 9% 0.00 45% 49% 6% 0.15557 3% 57% 39% 2% 0.00 72% 29% 0.00 100% 0.001028 15% 27% 59% 0.00 87% 13% 0.00 95% 6% 0.00*1078 16% 50% 35% 0.00 97% 3% 0.00 100% 0.001451 24% 18% 48% 10% 0.00 90% 10% 0.00 100% 0.002367 100% 0.00 5% 95% 0.00 100% 0.00*Apparently poor samples, few species, no diagnostics. Not a habitat type, but included here for completeness.**Groups were combined due to few sampling points.Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment • Phase 1 Report 3-59