Concept: Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.5
Preferred label	Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment
Definition	This habitat type includes maerl beds, seaweed dominated mixed sediments (including kelps such as [Laminaria saccharina] and filamentous/foliose red and green algae), seagrass beds, and lagoonal angiosperm communities. These communities develop in a range of habitats from exposed open coasts to lagoons and are found in a variety of sediment types and salinity regimes.
Notation	A5.5
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Change in name and generalisation to include Posidonia, which had been separated at level 3 in 1999 (Southampton workshop).
Has broader	A5 (Sublittoral sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.51 (Maerl beds) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.52 (Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.53 (Sublittoral seagrass beds) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.54 (Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1733