Concept: Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries) in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.32
Preferred label	Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries)
Definition	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.
Notation	A5.32
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A5.3 (Sublittoral mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.321 ([Polydora ciliata] and [Corophium volutator] in variable salinity infralittoral firm mud or clay) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.322 ([Aphelochaeta marioni] and [Tubificoides] spp. in variable salinity infralittoral mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.323 ([Nephtys hombergii] and [Tubificoides] spp. in variable salinity infralittoral soft mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.324 (Infralittoral fluid mobile mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.325 ([Capitella capitata] and [Tubificoides] spp. in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.326 (Oligochaetes in variable or reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.327 ([Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri], [Tubifex tubifex] and [Gammarus] spp. in low salinity infralittoral muddy sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.328 (Pontic mud with [Spisula subtruncata], [Syndesmia fragilis], and [Cardium paucicostatum] in low and variable salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/5432