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Baltic hydrolittoral biogenic habitat

Description (English)

Baltic littoral habitats formed by animals such as worms, mussels or plants (salt marshes)

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA23
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)	Estuaries	1130	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)	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	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)	* Boreal baltic coastal meadows	1630	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)	A2	Littoral sediment	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2	Littoral sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2	Littoral sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2	Littoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2	Littoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2	Littoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2	Littoral (inter-tidal) sediments	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.28	Pebbly shore littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.28	Pebbly shore littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.27	Soft sediment littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.28		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.27		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.27		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.28		not defined
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LS	Littoral sediments	same

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