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Habitat types key navigation

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You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:
  • No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
  • Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
  • No Factsheet icon[ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6
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Category : (B )Coastal habitats
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Question i :   Underlying substrate type
   Coastal habitats are divided on the basis of underlying substrate (which may be overlain with superficial deposits): <strong>sand</strong> substrates form coastal dune and sand habitats; <strong>shingle</strong> substrates form mobile or stable shingle beaches and banks; <strong>rock</strong> substrates (which include non-mobile boulders) comprise sea and coastal lagoon cliffs and rocky sea shores including the supra-littoral spray zone. Note that dune-slack pools follow path = <strong>sand</strong>.
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sand Factsheet icon [ This answer goes to category B1 B1 ] shingle Factsheet icon [ This answer goes to category B2 B2 ] rock Factsheet icon [ This answer goes to category B3 B3 ]

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