1 - Coastal and halophytic communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Oceanic, inshore and offshore waters and their open-water and bottom communities; marine communities of the littoral zone and of coastal lagoons, bays, inlets, estuaries and tidal rivers; coastal and azonal interior halophyte or gypsophyte communities of saltmarshes, salt steppes, salt scrubs and gypsum scrubs; coastal sand dunes, sand beaches, shingle beaches, sea cliffs, rocky shores, coastal islets, rock stacks, reefs, banks and shoals; characteristically coastal agrosystems incorporating seminatural elements.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)