INTRODUCTION
DUE TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT CONSERVATION GOALS ECOLOGICALLY CLASSIFICATION OF GOMISHAN WETLAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTH EAST OF CASPIAN SEA WAS PERFORMED. FOR ACHIEVING THIS CMECS (COASTAL MARINE ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION STANDARD) WERE USED AND HABITATS OF THE STUDY AREA WAS IDENTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO CMECS CLASSIFIERS AND MODIFIERS. COASTAL WETLANDS ARE AMONG THE MOST COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS IN THE TRANSITIONAL ZONE LOCATED BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND ADJACENT SEAS.THERE IS AN INCREASING NEED FOR CLASSIFICATION OF COASTAL AND MARINE SYSTEM DUE TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT CONSERVATION GOALS. MANY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR REGIONAL OR LOCAL APPLICATIONS [1].