MB6-525 - Association à Zostera marina

Association with Zostera marina

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

The association with Zostera marina develops in lagoons that are subject to wide ranges of salinity, on varied loose substrata, from sand to mud, near the entrances to lagoons (graus), even inside the lagoons, where it develops remarkably at greater depths than Z. noltei, in ‘marinized’ lagoons and, more rarely, in the open sea, in sheltered stations. It withstands a certain amount of hydrodynamics but is very sensitive to eutrophication, turbidity and pollution of the water. The fauna is rich and is made up of brackish water species of the biocenosis to which it belongs, with sizeable additions of sea water species.

Bibliography

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