CLASSIFICATION OF WETLANDS AND DEEPWATER HABITATS OF
THE UNITED STATES

By

Lewis M. Cowardin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Jamestown, North Dakota 58401

Virginia Carter
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, Virginia 229092

Francis C. Golet
Department of Natural Resources Science
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881

and

Edward T. LaRoe
U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration
Office of Coastal Zone Management
Washington, D.C. 20240

Performed for
U.S. Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Biological Services
Washington, D.C. 20240