Saline coastal lagoons
Description (English)
Lagoons are expanses of shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity and water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sand banks or shingle, or, less frequently, by rocks. Salinity may vary from brackish water to hypersalinity depending on rainfall, evaporation and through the addition of fresh seawater from storms, temporary flooding of the sea in winter or tidal exchange. With or without vegetation of seagrasses or charophytes. Habitat types typical of lagoons are included in A5, although many other habitat types may also occur in lagoons.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code X02 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Coastal lagoons | 1150 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
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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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 21 | Coastal lagoons | same |
CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.1. | Coastal lagoons | n/a |
Ramsar Wetland Types | J | Coastal brackish/saline lagoons | wider |
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK) | 42 | Saline lagoons | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | X02 | Saline coastal lagoons | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | X02 | Saline coastal lagoons | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | X02 | Saline coastal lagoons | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | X02 | Saline coastal lagoons | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | X02 | Saline coastal lagoons | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | X02 | Saline coastal lagoons | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 21 | Coastal lagoons | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 21 | Coastal lagoons | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 21 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 21 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 21 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 21 | same |