18.16 - Mediterraneo-Pontic sea-cliffs and rocky shores

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Sea-cliffs, their associated faces, ledges and caves, rocky shores and isolated rocks of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The endangered Monachus monachus depends on their caves for reproduction. Calonectris diomedea diomedea, Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus, Puffinus yelkouan yelkouan, Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii, Falco eleonorae, Larus audouinii are characteristic breeders. Their vascular aerohaline communities, as well as the rock communities of unit 62 that colonize their less salt-influenced reaches, are particularly diverse and rich in endemics. They are indicated by combination of appropriate units of 18.2 and/or 62 with unit 18.16.

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)

Augier, 1982; Löfgren, 1984; Lovric, 1993a; Lovric, 1993b; Draganovic, 1996.