Black Sea infralittoral coarse sediment
Description (English)
Coarse sediments in the Black Sea including coarse sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle and cobbles which are often unstable due to wave action. They typically have a low silt content and a lack of a significant seaweed component. They are characterised by a robust fauna including venerid bivalves.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MB34 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
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) | A5.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.73 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.71 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.73 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.71 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.1 | Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.1 | Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands | same |