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Black sea supralittoral rock

Description (English)

The rocky supralittoral zone (depth 0-5 m) where the upper supralittoral rock is colonised by yellow lichens and cyanobacteria such as Lyngbiasp. and the lower supralittoral rock is colonised by encrusting black lichens, littorinids, isopods and barnacles. In locations with freshwater runoff and where nitrate levels are elevated the rock surfaces may be coated with green algae and a film of cyanobacteria.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA141
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

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
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Reefs	1170	Narrower	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A1.1	High energy littoral rock	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	BLSA1.15	Pontic Supralittoral Rock	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1.1	High energy littoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.1	High energy littoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.1	Littoral rock very exposed to wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.1	Littoral rock very exposed to wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A1.1	Littoral rock very exposed to wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A1.2	Eulittoral (inter-tidal) rock very exposed to wave action	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	ELR	Exposed littoral rock (mussel/barnacle shores)	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	ELR		same

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