Baltic offshore circalittoral mixed bottoms macroscopic epibenthic biotic structures
Description (English)
Baltic offshore bottoms in the aphotic zone, below halocline/pycnocline 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. Coverage of sessile macroscopic epifauna is ?10%.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code MD431 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies 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 |
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 |
