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Mytilid dominated Black sea moderately exposed upper infralittoral rock with fucales

Description (English)

Rocky habitats in the infralittoral zone subject to moderately exposed wave action. This habitat includes a range of rock sizes, from complete uninterrupted bedrock to fragmented rocks and boulder fields. Rocks are typically covered with Fucales,Cystoseriaspecies are the most common species encountered; Mytilids are a constant component and Corrallines are also occasionally present. The habitat occurs in shallow water and illumination is a key environmental factor. The moderately exposed nature of the habitat allows species less tolerant of high energy environments to colonise and become established. Characteristic species: Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilaster lineatus, Cystoseira barbata f. hoppii, Ulva rigida, Polysiphonia subulifera / P.opaca, Cystoseira crinita,andCladostephus spongiosus, Corallina elongata.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB149
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)	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	Narrower	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)	A3.2	Atlantic and Mediterranean moderate energy infralittoral rock	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	BLSA3.25	Mytilid-dominated Pontic moderately exposed upper infralittoral rock, blocks and boulders with Fucales	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.2	Atlantic and Mediterranean moderate energy infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A3.2	Moderate energy infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A3.2	Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action and/or currents and tidal streams	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A3.2	Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action and/or currents and tidal streams	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A3.2	Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action or tidal currents	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A3.2	Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	MIR	Moderately exposed infralittoral rock	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	MIR		same

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