EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA1 - Littoral rock > MA15 - Mediterranean littoral rock > MA152 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean pools of variable salinity

Biocenosis of Mediterranean pools of variable salinity

Description (English)

Rockpools in the littoral fringe or upper eulittoral zone subject to widely fluctuating temperatures and salinity due to rainwater influence are characterised by ephemeral green alga of the genus Ulva along with Cladophora spp.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA152
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]

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)	A1.42	Communities of rockpools in the supralittoral zone	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1.42	Communities of rockpools in the supralittoral zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.52	Communities of rockpools in the supralittoral zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.52	Communities of rockpools in the supralittoral zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.52	Communities of rockpools in the supralittoral zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	B3.12	Supralittoral rockpools	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A1.13	Supralittoral rock pools	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.297	Supralittoral rock pools	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.297	Supralittoral rock pools	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.297		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.297		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	18.17		same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	RKP		narrower

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