General Details
Open sea and tidal areas
1110 Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
PAL.CLASS.: 11.125, 11.22, 11.31
1. Sublittoral sandbanks, permanently submerged. Water depth is seldom more than 20 m below Chart Datum. Non-vegetated sandbanks or sandbanks with vegetation belonging to the Zosteretum marinae and Cymodoceion nodosae.
2. Plants: Zostera marina, free living species of the Corallinaceae family. In the Baltic Sea also Potamogeton pectinatus, Ruppia cirrhosa and Tolypella nidifica. Around Tenerife, Halophila decipiens communities
3. Animals: Important wintering habitat for many bird species, in particular Melanitta nigra but also Gavia stellata and Gavia arctica. Resting places for seals. Invertebrate communities of sandy sublittoral (e.g. polychaetes
4. Corresponding categories : German classification : "040202a Sandbank der Ostsee (stdnding wasserbedeckt)", "030202a Sandbank der Nordsee (stdnding wasserbedeckt)". Nordic classification : "4411 Zostera marina-typ", "4412 Ruppia maritima-typ".
5. These sandbanks can be found in association with mudflats and sandflats (1140).
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