MA5-532 - Faciès du sable des salines du médiolittoral en Méditerranée

Mediterranean mediolittoral sand facies of saltworks

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Evaporative environments over sand and muddy sand in which water with low or normal salinity evaporates either in the summer period (northern Mediterranean: salterns) or the whole year round, except for the rainy season (in the eastern parts of the southern Mediterranean: bahiret, sebkha, chotts). Dessication may be total, with the production of ‘salt’ (evaporative brine of varied composition, usually sodium chloride (halite) but also potassic salts, magnesian salts, bromates, gypsum, etc.). Temperature plays a crucial part in establishing saltworks.

Bibliography

European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity 2022. EUNIS marine habitat classification 2022 including crosswalks. Table Excel. (Source)