EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MD4 - Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment > MD43 - Baltic offshore circalittoral mixed sediment

Baltic offshore circalittoral mixed sediment

Description (English)

Baltic offshore bottoms in the aphotic zone, below halocline/pycnocline with with less than 90 % coverage of a certain substrate type. Mixed substrates comprise any proportion of mix of any substrate type of soft/mobile and/or hard/non-mobile substrates.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code MD43

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) A5.45 Deep circalittoral mixed sediments narrower
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A5.45 Deep mixed sediments same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A4.75 Animal communities of deep circalittoral mixed sediment bottoms same
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