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Unvegetated Atlantic littoral mixed sediment

Description (English)

Eulittoral mixed substrata where the substratum is too mobile or disturbed to support a seaweed community (MA4-231). This is a biotope with a low species diversity and the relatively high number of species in the characterising species list are due to a variation in the species composition from site to site, not to high species richness on individual sites.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA423
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)	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide	1140	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]

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)	A2.43	Species-poor mixed sediment shores	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.42	Species-rich mixed sediment shores	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	NEAA2.43	Species-poor Atlantic littoral mixed sediment	same
European Red List of Habitats	NEAA2.42	Species-rich Atlantic littoral mixed sediment	wider

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.43	Species-poor mixed sediment shores	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.42	Species-rich mixed sediment shores	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.24	Ephemeral green or red seaweeds (freshwater- or sand-influenced) on moderately exposed littoral rock	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.41	Sheltered combination sediment shores	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.41	Sheltered combination sediment shores	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.24	Ephemeral green or red seaweeds (freshwater- or sand-influenced) on moderately exposed littoral rock	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.43	Sheltered mixed sediment shores	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.23	Ephemeral green or red seaweeds (freshwater- or sand-influenced) on moderately exposed littoral rock	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A1.23	Green or red ephemeral seaweeds (sand- or freshwater-influenced)	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A1.33	Green or red ephemeral seaweeds (sand- or freshwater-influenced)	overlap
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	MLR.Eph	Ephemeral green or red seaweeds (freshwater- or sand-influenced)	overlap
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	MLR.GR		overlap

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