Fucoids on sheltered marine shores
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English name
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Fucoids on sheltered marine shores
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EUNIS habitat type code
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A1.31
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Level
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4
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Edition
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.
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Description ( English )
Dense blankets of fucoid seaweeds dominating sheltered to extremely sheltered rocky shores and/or in locally sheltered patches on exposed to moderately exposed rocky shores. Typically, the wrack [Pelvetia canaliculata] (A1.311) occurs on the upper shore, with the wrack [Fucus spiralis] (A1.312) below. The middle shore is dominated by vast areas of the wrack [Ascophyllum nodosum] or the wrack [Fucus vesiculosus] (A1.313, A1.314) or a mixture of both. The wrack [Fucus serratus] covers lower shore bedrock and boulders (A1.315). Sheltered to very sheltered mixed substrata (pebbles and cobbles overlying muddy sand and gravel) shores can support fucoid communities (A1.3122; A1.3132; A1.3142; A1.3152).
Situation: Sheltered shores (i.e. estuaries and sea lochs) below the lichen dominated zone and above the kelp dominated zone in the sublittoral or sheltered patches on more wave exposed shores.
Source
Connor, D.W., Allen, J.H., Golding, N., Howell, K.L., Lieberknecht, L.M., Northen, K.O. & Reker, J.B. [edited ETC/BD] (2004)
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Relationships with other classifications
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Classification
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Code
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Title
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Relation type
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410
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A1.31
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Fucoids on sheltered marine shores
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308
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A1.31
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Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308
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A1.32
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Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202
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A1.31
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Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202
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A1.32
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Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910
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A1.31
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Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910
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A1.32
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Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811
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A1.31
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Dense fucoids on sheltered rock
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811
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A1.32
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Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered mixed substrata
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712
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A1.41
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Dense fucoids on sheltered rock
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overlap
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712
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A1.42
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Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered mixed substrata
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overlap
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CORINE Land Cover
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4.2.3.
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Intertidal flats
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n/a
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Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405
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LR.LLR.F
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Fucoids on sheltered marine shores
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source
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MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)
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SLR.F
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Dense fucoids (stable rock)
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overlap
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MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)
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SLR.FX
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Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds (mixed substrata)
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overlap
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MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)
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SLR.F
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narrower
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MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)
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SLR.FX
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same
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A
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Marine habitats
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Ancestor
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A1
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Littoral rock and other hard substrata
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Ancestor
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A1.3
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Low energy littoral rock
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Parent
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