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 > MA1311 - Baltic hydrolittoral rock and boulders dominated by Fucus spp.

Baltic hydrolittoral rock and boulders dominated by Fucus spp.

Description (English)

Baltic bottoms in the hydrolittoral zone (with level fluctuations due to tide or weather) with at least 90 % coverage of rock, boulders or stones of more than 63 mm in diameter. Perennial attached algae covers at least 10 % of the seabed, and more than other perennial attached erect groups. Out of the perennial attached algae Fucus spp. constitute at least 50 % of the biovolume.
Physical environment
Salinity range: >5; Exposure range: all, more common in exposed areas;
Characteristic species
Fucus radicans, F. serratus, F. vesiculosus
Quality descriptors
Lower limit of vegetation, amount of epiphytic algae
Geographic range
Baltic Sea up to the Quark in the north and central Gulf of Finland approximately to the Russian border in the east

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code MA1311
Relation to Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A1.472 Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): level bottoms dominated by macrophyte vegetation same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A1.473 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 A1.423 Hydrolittoral solid rock (bedrock): reefs 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 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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