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Concept: [Zostera] beds in full salinity infralittoral sediments in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.533
Preferred label [Zostera] beds in full salinity infralittoral sediments
Definition Beds of seagrass ([Zostera marina] or [Ruppia] spp.) in shallow sublittoral sediments. These communities are generally found in extremely sheltered embayments, marine inlets, estuaries and lagoons, with very weak tidal currents. They may inhabit low, variable and full salinity marine habitats. Whilst generally found on muds and muddy sands they may also occur in coarser sediments, particularly marine examples of [Zostera] communities.
Notation A5.533
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note
  • There is a certain degree of duplication among some habitat classes in the EUNIS system coming either from BioMar, Palaearctic, Barcelona or HELCOM classifications. Therefore this means that all level 4 definitions should be checked, and given a new name if necessary. A mixture of parameters (plant species, salinity, substrate and depth) is used to define level 4 units: a decision is needed on the primary criterion. The biogeographic details are to be addressed in level 5 habitats.
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