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Mediterranean littoral rock

Description (English)

Mediterranean shores with bedrock, boulders and stones. The species composition varies with the period of emersion and with exposure to wave action.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA15
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	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]
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]
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)	Submerged or partially submerged sea caves	8330	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]

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	Littoral rock and other hard substrata	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1	Littoral rock and other hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1	Littoral rock and other hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1	Littoral rock and other hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1	Littoral rock and other hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A1	Littoral rock and other hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A1	Littoral rock	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.29	Rocky shore littoral communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.291	Mediolittoral fringe rocks	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.293	Upper mediolittoral rocks	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.292	Lower mediolittoral rocks	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.292	Lower mediolittoral rocks	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.29	Rocky shore littoral communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.291	Mediolittoral fringe rocks	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.293	Upper mediolittoral rocks	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.291		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.293		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.29		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.292		narrower
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LR	Littoral rock (and other hard substrata)	same

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