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Black Sea infralittoral mixed sediment

Description (English)

The substrate is often patchy and is comprised of a mix of cobbles, pebbles, shelly gravels and silted cobbles. The effects of currents and wave action are varied, and influences the type of substrate present and whether it is overlain by silt. These different substrates can support a diverse range of faunal communities. These include spirorbid worms, crustaceans and ascidians.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB44
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	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)	A5.43	Infralittoral mixed sediments	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	BLSA5.13	Pontic infralittoral mixed substrata	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.43	Infralittoral mixed sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.42	Infralittoral mixed sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.42	Animal communities in shallow-water mixed sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.44	Animal communities in mixed shallow-water sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.44	Animal communities in shallow mixed infralittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.43	Animal communities in shallow mixed infralittoral sediments	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IMX.FaMX	Shallow mixed sediment faunal communities	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	IMX.FaMX		same

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