Baltic hydrolittoral mud characterized by sparse or no macroscopic communities
Description (English)
Baltic hydrolittoral bottoms (with level fluctuations due to tide or weather) in the photic zone with at least 90 % coverage of muddy sediment. The sediment must contain at least 20 % of mud, silt or clay (grain size less than 63
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MA633 |
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Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A2.8 | Features of littoral sediment | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A2.861 | Hydrolittoral muddy substrata: with little or no macrophyte vegetation | overlap |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.8 | Features of littoral sediment | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.861 | Hydrolittoral muddy substrata: with little or no macrophyte vegetation | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.74 | Methane seeps in littoral sediments | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.541 | Hydrolittoral muddy substrates: with little or no macrophyte vegetation | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.74 | Methane seeps in littoral sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.541 | Hydrolittoral muddy substrates: with little or no macrophyte vegetation | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.541 | Hydrolittoral muddy substrates: with little or no macrophyte vegetation | same |