Black Sea circalittoral mud
Description (English)
Black Sea circalittoral mud and cohesive sandy mud predominantly found in sheltered harbours, bays, marine inlets and estuaries and stable deeper/offshore areas where the reduced influence of wave action and currents allow fine sediments to settle.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MC64 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.3 | Sublittoral mud | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.3 | Sublittoral mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.3 | Sublittoral mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.74 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral muddy bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.3 | Sublittoral muds | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.74 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral muddy bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.3 | Sublittoral muds | same |