EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB6 - Infralittoral mud > MB62 - Atlantic infralittoral mud > MB623 - Vegetated communities in reduced salinity Atlantic infralittoral mud

Vegetated communities in reduced salinity Atlantic infralittoral mud

Description (English)

Beds of submerged or slightly emergent vascular vegetation of brackish seas, sea inlets, estuaries, permanent pools of mud or sand flats, and coastal lagoons.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB623
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]

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)	A5.54	Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.54	Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.55	Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.55	Sublittoral macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.55	Aquatic macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.56	Aquatic macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B1.2	Communities of coastal saline and brackish waters	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.4	Brackish sea vascular vegetation	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.4	Brackish sea vascular vegetation	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.4		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.4		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.4		wider

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