EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB4 - infralittoral mixed sediment > MB43 - Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment

Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment

Description (English)

Baltic bottoms in the photic zone with less than 90 % coverage of a certain substrate type. Mixed substrates comprise any proportion of mix of any substrate type of soft/mobile and/or hard/non-mobile substrates.
Physical environment
Salinity range: All; Exposure range: All; Depth range: Photic zone
Characteristic species
Attached algae, phanerogams, Charales, sessile and mobile epifauna, infauna
Geographic range
Whole Baltic Sea

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB43
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)	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	1110	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)	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)	* Coastal lagoons	1150	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)	Reefs	1170	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)	Boreal Baltic narrow inlets	1650	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)	A5.412	Baltic mixed sediment bottoms of the aphotic zone	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.4	Sublittoral mixed sediments	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.4	Sublittoral mixed sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.452	Baltic mixed sediment bottoms of the aphotic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.751	Baltic mixed sediment bottoms of the aphotic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.4	Sublittoral mixed sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.75	Animal communities of deep circalittoral mixed sediment bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.76	Communities of shelf-edge detritic bottom	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.76	Communities of shelf-edge detritic bottom	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.751	Baltic mixed sediment bottoms of the aphotic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.4	Sublittoral combination sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.75	Animal communities of deep circalittoral mixed sediment bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.77	Baltic mixed sediment bottoms of the aphotic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.4	Sublittoral mixed sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.72	Biocenosis of shelf-edge detritic bottom	narrower

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