18.11 - High Arctic sea-cliffs and rocky shores

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Sea-cliffs and their associated features, rocky shores and isolated seaside rocks of the High Arctic seas bordering middle and northern Greenland, Spitzbergen, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, the New Siberian Islands, Wrangel Island and the northern Siberian mainland from the north coast of the Yamal peninsula eastwards. Together with floating ice (unit 11.5), they constitute the main hauling-out places for Odobenus rosmarus. Fulmarus glacialis, Larus glaucoides, Larus hyperboreus, Cepphus grylle, Plautus alle, Uria lomvia, Branta bernicla are among characteristic bird species.

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)

Löfgren, 1984.