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Sublittoral coarse sediment

English name: Sublittoral coarse sediment

Description (English)

Coarse sediments including coarse sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle and cobbles which are often unstable due to tidal currents and/or wave action. These habitats are generally found on the open coast or in tide-swept channels of marine inlets. They typically have a low silt content and a lack of a significant seaweed component. They are characterised by a robust fauna including venerid bivalves.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A5.1
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A5)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	1110	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Estuaries	1130	Overlap
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Coastal lagoons	1150	Overlap
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap

Vegetation types

Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	5.2.3.	Sea and ocean	n/a
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405	SS.SCS	Sublittoral coarse sediment (unstable cobbles and pebbles, gravels and coarse sands)	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.1	Sublittoral coarse sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.73	Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.71	Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.1	Sublittoral coarse sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.73	Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.71	Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.1	Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.1	Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands	same

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