Biodiversity & Conservation

Basic Information

Biotope classification

Ecology

Habitat preferences and distribution

Species composition

Sensitivity

Importance

Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand

SS.IMS.Sgr.Rup

Image Anon. - Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand. Image width ca 40 cm.
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SS.IMS.Sgr.Rup recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

UK and Ireland classification

Major habitat	SS	Sublittoral sediments
Habitat complex	SS.IMS
Biotope complex	SS.IMS.Sgr	Seagrass beds (sublittoral/lower shore)
Biotope	SS.IMS.Sgr.Rup	Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand

Additional information

UK National Vegetation Classification: SM2 Ruppia maritima saltmarsh community (Rodwell, 2000).
European Nature Information System (EUNIS) classification code: A4.543/B-IMS.Sgr.Rup - Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand (beaked tasselweed in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand) (Davies & Moss, 1998).

This review can be cited as follows:

Tyler-Walters, H. 2001. Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 18/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatclassification.php?habitatid=266&code=1997>

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