Atlantic and Mediterranean moderate energy infralittoral rock
Description (English)
Predominantly moderately wave-exposed bedrock and boulders, subject to moderately strong to weak tidal streams. On the bedrock and stable boulders there is typically a narrow band of kelp Laminaria digitata in the sublittoral fringe which lies above a Laminaria hyperborea forest and park. Associated with the kelp are communities of seaweeds, predominantly reds and including a greater variety of more delicate filamentous types than found on more exposed coasts (cf. A3.11).
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A3.2 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A3) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Laminaria hyperborea | Algae |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.3. | Sea and ocean | n/a |
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405 | IR.MIR | Moderate energy infralittoral rock | same |
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) | 22 | Inshore sublittoral rock | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A3.2 | Atlantic and Mediterranean moderate energy infralittoral rock | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A3.2 | Moderate energy infralittoral rock | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A3.2 | Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action and/or currents and tidal streams | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A3.2 | Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action and/or currents and tidal streams | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A3.2 | Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action or tidal currents | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A3.2 | Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action | same |
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | MIR | Moderately exposed infralittoral rock | same |
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland) | MIR | same |