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Vents and seeps in Atlantic circalittoral mud

Description (English)

No description available

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MC622
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)	A5.7	Features of sublittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.71	Seeps and vents in sublittoral sediments	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.715	Oil seeps in sublittoral sediments	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.716	Vents in sublittoral sediments	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.715	Oil seeps in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.716	Vents in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.7	Features of sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.71	Seeps and vents in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.84	Vents in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.8	Seeps and vents in sublittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.83	Oil seeps in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.84	Vents in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.8	Seeps and vents in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.83	Oil seeps in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.83	Oil seeps in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.84	Vents in sublittoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.8	Seeps and vents in sublittoral sediments	same

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