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Black sea mediolittoral sands

Description (English)

Coarse, medium and fine sands in the Mediolittoral zone, typically exposed, moderately exposed or sheltered from wave action.The dominant environmental conditions which define the sediment characteristic and species composition are high levels of physical disturbance from wave action, wide temperature variability, and periods of desiccation. In the microtidal Black Sea (tidal range of about 0.3 m) this habitat is limited to narrow beach strip covered by the swash. Community composition depends on grain size and origin of sand (siliceous/calcareous, biogenic/abiogenic) with three associated biotopes distinguished. Diversity is usually low due to high physical disturbance from wave action but abundances may be high.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA541
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)	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]
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)	Littoral sand and muddy sand	A2.2	Same	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)	A2.2	Littoral sand and muddy sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.26	Strictly Pontic communities of mediolittoral sands	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	BLSA2.2x	Pontic mediolittoral sands	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.2	Littoral sand and muddy sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.2	Littoral sand and muddy sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.2	Littoral sands and muddy sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.2	Littoral sands and muddy sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.2	Littoral sands and muddy sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.2	Littoral muddy sands	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.27	Part of Soft sediment littoral communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	14.1	Part of Mud flats and sand flats	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	14	Part of Mud flats and sand flats	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.27	Part of Soft sediment littoral communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	14		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.27		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.27		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	14		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	14		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	14		wider
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LMS	Littoral muddy sands	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	LMS		same

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