Unstratified water column with full salinity
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. Salinity is the same as that in adjacent seawater. Unstratified water columns have very weak or no horizontal or vertical gradients.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A7.8 |
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Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
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 | A7.8 | Unstratified water column with full salinity | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A7.8 | Unstratified water column with full salinity | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A7.8 | Unstratified water column with full salinity | same |