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Baltic infralittoral sand

Description (English)

Baltic bottoms in the photic zone with at least 90 % coverage of sand. Sand has less than 20 % of mud/silt/clay fraction (<63

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB53
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]

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)	A5.213	Baltic sand banks of the infralittoral photic zone	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.2	Sublittoral sand	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.212	Baltic sand bars of the infralittoral photic zone	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.21	Sublittoral sand in low or reduced salinity	wider

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.2	Sublittoral sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.212	Baltic sand bars of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.21	Sublittoral sand in low or reduced salinity	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.213	Baltic sand banks of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.246	Baltic sand banks of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.26	Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity muddy sands	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.2	Sublittoral sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.72	Animal communities of deep circalittoral sandy bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.245	Baltic sand bars of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.24	Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity shallow clean sands	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.24	Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity shallow clean sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.246	Baltic sand banks of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.26	Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity muddy sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.2	Sublittoral sands and muddy sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.72	Animal communities of deep circalittoral sandy bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.245	Baltic sand bars of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.252	Baltic sand bars of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.27	Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity muddy sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.253	Baltic sand banks of the infralittoral photic zone	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.2	Sublittoral sands and muddy sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.24	Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity shallow clean sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.14	Estuarine sublittoral gravels and sands	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IGS.EstGS	Estuarine sublittoral gravels and sands	wider

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