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Baltic hydrolittoral coarse sediment

Description (English)

Baltic hydrolittoral bottoms (with level fluctuations due to tide or weather) in the photic zone with at least 90 % coverage of coarse sediment. Coarse sediment has less than 20 % of mud/silt/clay fraction (<63

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA33
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)	Baltic esker islands with sandy, rocky and shingle beach vegetation and sublittoral vegetation	1610	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 islets and small islands	1620	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)	A2.843	Hydrolittoral gravel substrata: banks	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.1	Littoral coarse sediment	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.843	Hydrolittoral gravel substrata: banks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.1	Littoral coarse sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.523	Hydrolittoral gravel substrates: banks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.1	Littoral coarse sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.1	Littoral gravels and coarse sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.523	Hydrolittoral gravel substrates: banks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.1	Littoral gravels and coarse sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.523	Hydrolittoral gravel substrates: banks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.1	Littoral gravels and coarse sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.1	Littoral shingle, gravel and sand	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	16.1	Sand beaches	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.28	Pebbly shore littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	17.1	Unvegetated shingle beaches	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.28	Pebbly shore littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	17.1	Unvegetated shingle beaches	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	16.1	Sand beaches	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.28		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	17.1		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	16.1		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.28		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	17.1		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	16.1		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	17.1		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	16.1		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	16.1		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	17.1		wider
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LGS	Littoral gravels and sands	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	LGS		same

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