11.26 - Sublittoral cave communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of marine invertebrates and algae colonizing the bottom and sides of caves (unit 12.7) situated under the sea or the sublittoral part of caves having an entirely, periodically or partly submerged opening.

Bibliographie

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)

Augier, 1982, 1985; Harmelin & al., 1987; Fiala-Médione & al., 1987; Barnes and Hughes, 1988; Boury-Esnoult & al., 1993.