Fronts in reduced salinity water column
Description (English)
A water column which is unmixed or only partially mixed because the depth of the water body is greater than the depth of mixing, and with short residence time, defined as changing diurnally. Salinity is reduced relative to the adjacent fully marine seawater. This habitat type is usually found in deeper coastal water situations and is the result of river inflow or ice melt. Note that some discretion should be used in the interpretation of “adjacent”, for example in the Baltic Sea, “adjacent” fully marine seawater is reached only in the Kattegat. Horizontal gradients give rise to fronts, which are separated at level 4 by the degree of persistence of the stratification.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A7.7 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.3. | Sea and ocean | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A7.7 | Fronts in reduced salinity water column | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A7.7 | Fronts in reduced salinity water column | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A7.7 | Fronts in reduced salinity water column | same |