Lets look at some examples. The site type of Duck Bay is a protected embayment. The aquatic system is lacustrine wetland, that is, it occurs along the Great Lakes shoreline. Protected embayments typically support extensive zones of emergent and submergent marsh vegetation. Another lacustrine wetland is the Barrier Beach lagoon site type, which because it is isolated from the open lake, often has more bog-like vegetation than that seen in protected embayments.
Sand River is a riverine system rather than a lacustrine system.
It is further classified as an open estuary site type, with water chemistry influenced both by the river and the Great Lakes. In our paper's appendices, you will find additional information on the classification and where available, the exact location and size of these wetlands. Using Lake Ontario as an example, this map shows the location of all of the coastal wetlands on both the Canadian and U.S. shorelines. You may note that some of the eco-reaches cover extensive lengths of shoreline, while others are much smaller. For example, OS4 is roughly twice the length of OS3a .