Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries)
Description (English)
Shallow sublittoral muds, extending from the extreme lower shore into the subtidal in variable salinity (estuarine) conditions. Such habitats typically support communities characterised by oligochaetes, and polychaetes such as Aphelochaeta marioni. In lowered salinity conditions the sediments may include a proportion of coarser material, where the silt content is sufficient to yield a similar community to that found in purer muds.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A5.32 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A5) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
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 |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Estuaries | 1130 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
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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Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405 | SS.SMu.SMuVS | Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries) | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.2. | Estuaries | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.32 | Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries) | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.32 | Variable or reduced salinity sublittoral muds | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.32 | Variable or reduced salinity sublittoral muds | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.32 | Variable or reduced salinity non-mobile sublittoral muds | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A4.32 | Estuarine sublittoral muds | wider |
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | IMU.EstMu | Estuarine sublittoral muds | wider |