24.31 - River sand deposits

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Sand deposits of Palaearctic streams, occupying the edges of the stream, forming islands in the channel or supporting the arms and rivulets constituting the stream, together with their associated animal communities. The presence of vascular vegetation is indicated by use of unit 24.32. Water-fringing communities, in particular of units 53, 37.7, 37.8, 37.9, may contribute to the colonisation of the deposits.

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Clark, 1990; Schubert, 1991; Summerfield, 1991; Leser, 1994; Einarsson, 1994; Waugh, 1995; Gudmundsson and Kjartansson, 1996.