EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A6 - Deep-sea bed > A6.9 - Vents, seeps, hypoxic and anoxic habitats of the deep sea > A6.91 - Deep-sea reducing habitats > A6.911 - Seeps in the deep-sea bed

Seeps in the deep-sea bed

English name: Seeps in the deep-sea bed

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EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A6.911
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	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

Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.255	Gas vent communities	overlap
CORINE Land Cover	5.2.3.	Sea and ocean	n/a

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

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.911	Seeps in the deep-sea bed	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.91	Seeps in the deep-sea bed	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.91	Seeps in the deep-sea bed	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.6	Seeps in the bathyal zone	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.255	Gas vent communities	overlap

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