2 - Non-marine waters

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

All inland and landlocked waters of natural origin, standing or flowing, saline, brackish or fresh, and the aquatic or amphibious, nonmarine, communities associated with them; seminatural aquatic communities occupying manmade water bodies. Included are coastal lagoons, freshwater lakes, ponds or pools, the waters of athalassal saline, hypersaline or brackish pools, lakes and inland seas, permanent or temporary streams and rivers.

Bibliography

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)