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Atlantic upper bathyal rock

Description (English)

Rock and other hard substrate has a more diverse epifaunal community as species attach to the hard surface that in turn attract more fauna. Deep-sea rock is generally encrusted in a range of species including sponges and cold water water corals. Rock includes bedrock mixed substrate of pebbles, cobbles and boulders, and isolated drop stones. It can occur in a mosaic with sediment habitats. Hard artificial surfaces are considered 'other hard substrate' as is carbonate and hard clay. Rock does not have an infaunal community.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code ME12
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)	Reefs	1170	Narrower	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]
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)	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	A6.1	Narrower	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)	A6.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrates	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.1	Bathyal zone hard substrates	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A5.1	Bathyal zone rock (continental slope floor)	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.211	Bathyal benthic communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.211	Bathyal benthic communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.211		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.211		wider

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