Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment dominated by Fucus spp.

Baltic bottoms in the photic zone with more than 10 %, but less than 90 % coverage of both hard and soft substrata. Perennial algae cover at least 10 % of the seabed and more than other perennial attached erect groups. Out of the perennial attached algae, Fucus spp. constitutesat least 50 % of the biovolume.$$$Physical environment $$$Salinity range: >4.5 psu((( Exposure range: low to moderately high((( Depth range: photic zone from about 0.5 to 5 meters and deeper in clear waters.$$$Characteristic species $$$Fucus vesiculosus, F. radicans, F. serratus maritimus$$$Geographic range$$$Baltic Sea up to the Quark in the north and central Gulf of Finland in the east

Código Eunis 2021: MB4331