You are here:
Eionet
Data Dictionary
Vocabulary

Concept: Fronts in reduced salinity water column in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A7.7
Preferred label Fronts in reduced salinity water column
Definition A water column which is unmixed or only partially mixed because the depth of the water body is greater than the depth of mixing, and with short residence time, defined as changing diurnally. Salinity is reduced relative to the adjacent fully marine seawater. This habitat type is usually found in deeper coastal water situations and is the result of river inflow or ice melt. Note that some discretion should be used in the interpretation of “adjacent”, for example in the Baltic Sea, “adjacent” fully marine seawater is reached only in the Kattegat. Horizontal gradients give rise to fronts, which are separated at level 4 by the degree of persistence of the stratification.
Notation A7.7
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note
  • Proposed new unit (Galway working group April 2001)
Has broader
Has narrower
Has exact match