EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A8 - Ice-associated marine habitats > A8.1 - Sea ice > A8.11 - Seasonal pack-ice

Seasonal pack-ice

English name: Seasonal pack-ice

Description (English)

Semi-continuous ice sheets forming on the sea for part of the year, characteristic of the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, Bothnia Bay, the Bothnia Sea, and coastal areas of the Åland Sea, the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga, exceptional in other areas.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A8.11

Legal status

Vegetation types

Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.52	Seasonal ice pack	source
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	A8.11	Seasonal pack-ice	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A8.11	Seasonal pack-ice	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A8.11	Seasonal pack-ice	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A7.912	Seasonal pack-ice	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A6.92	Seasonal pack-ice	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A8.62	Seasonal pack-ice	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.52	Seasonal ice pack	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.52	Seasonal ice pack	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.52		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.52		same

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