13.2 - Estuaries

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Broadening of rivers entering the sea. Detailed habitats can be coded by combining subdivisions of prefix 11 with the relevant physiographic subdivisions of unit 13.2.

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)

Ketchum, 1983; Dijkema & al., 1984; Britton and Morton, 1989; Summerfield, 1991: 331-339; Lovric, 1993a; Lovric, 1993b; Einarsson, 1994; Gudmundsson and Kjartansson, 1996; Gastescu and Oltean, 1997.