Figure 2.5. Distribution of the seven major benthic assemblages
in the Gulf of Maine. (1 = sandy offshore banks; 2 = rocky offshore ledges;
3 = shallow (<50 m) temperate bottoms with mixed substrate; 4 = boreal
muddy bottom, overlain by Maine Intermediate Water, 50-160 m (approximate);
5 = cold deep water, species with broad tolerances, muddy bottom; 6 = deep
basin warm water, muddy bottom; and 7 = upper slope water, mixed sediment.
Source: Watling (1998).)
