EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA1 - Littoral rock > MA13 - Baltic hydrolittoral rock > MA131 - Baltic hydrolittoral rock and boulders characterized by perennial algae

Baltic hydrolittoral rock and boulders characterized by perennial algae

Description (English)

Baltic bottoms in the hydrolittoral zone (with level fluctuations due to tide or weather) wwith at least 90 % coverage of rock, boulders or stones of more than 63 mm in diameter. Perennial attached algae cover at least 10 % of the seabed and more than other perennial attached erect groups.
Physical environment
Salinity range: all; Exposure range: all, more common in exposed areas;
Characteristic species
Fucus spp., Furcellaria lumbricalis, Coccotylus truncatus, Deleseria sanguinea,Polysiphonia spp, Cladophora rupestris, Sphacelaria spp.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA131
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

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
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	Estuaries	1130	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Narrower
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	Reefs	1170	Narrower
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	Baltic esker islands with sandy, rocky and shingle beach vegetation and sublittoral vegetation	1610	Overlap
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	Boreal baltic islets and small islands	1620	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Algae Cladophora rupestris

Algae Furcellaria lumbricalis

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Cladophora rupestris		Algae
Furcellaria lumbricalis		Algae

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A1.472	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.832	Hydrolittoral stony substrata: level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A1.473	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): reefs	narrower

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1.473	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1.472	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.832	Hydrolittoral stony substrata: level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.423	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.422	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.512	Hydrolittoral stony substrates: level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.512	Hydrolittoral stony substrates: level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.423	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.422	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.512	Hydrolittoral stony substrates: level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.423	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.422	Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation	same

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