Concept: Deep-sea bed in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A6
Preferred label	Deep-sea bed
Definition	The sea bed beyond the continental shelf break. The shelf break occurs at variable depth, but is generally over 200 m. The upper limit of the deep-sea zone is marked by the edge of the shelf. Includes areas of the Mediterranean Sea which are deeper than 200 m but not of the Baltic Sea which is a shelf sea. Excludes caves in the deep sea which are classified in A4.71 irrespective of depth.
Notation	A6
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A (Marine habitats) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A6.1 (Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.2 (Deep-sea mixed substrata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.3 (Deep-sea sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.4 (Deep-sea muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.5 (Deep-sea mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.6 (Deep-sea bioherms) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.7 (Raised features of the deep-sea bed) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.8 (Deep-sea trenches and canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A6.9 (Vents, seeps, hypoxic and anoxic habitats of the deep sea) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/421