Concept: Pelagic water column in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A7
Preferred label	Pelagic water column
Definition	The water column of shallow or deep sea, or enclosed coastal waters. Note that because of the strong temporal nature of the pelagic environment, the water column at a given location will be classified differently at different times of the year.
Notation	A7
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Revised to omit ice-associated habitats (Southampton workshop).
Has broader	A (Marine habitats) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A7.1 (Neuston) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.2 (Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.3 (Completely mixed water column with full salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.4 (Partially mixed water column with reduced salinity and medium or long residence time) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.5 (Unstratified water column with reduced salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.6 (Vertically stratified water column with reduced salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.7 (Fronts in reduced salinity water column) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.8 (Unstratified water column with full salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.9 (Vertically stratified water column with full salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A7.A (Fronts in full salinity water column) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/3