Athalassic saline lakes

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Common name:

Inland saline lakes

Habitat code:

C1.51

Description:

Athalassic (inland), permanent or temporary, brackish, saline or hypersaline waterbodies and their associated animal, charophyte, green algal or lower algal pelagic and benthic communities. The macrophytic, euhydrophytic based communities that colonize them are separately listed (unit C1.52), the macrophytic amphibious communities and the terrestrial communities that may develop during dry phases or in drying and dried portions as units of D6.1or E6, fringing belts or island rafts of rooted or floating tall emergent vegetation as units C3.2112 or D6.2.

References:

ILE SAS, 2005

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
C1.511	Salt basins and salt basin pelagic communities	Salt basins and salt basin pelagic communities
C1.513	Salt basin benthic communities	Salt basin benthic communities

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
A00050027	A00050027	YGROTOPOS XEROKAMPOU
A00200040	GR1120001	LIMNI VISTONIDA (BOUROU) KAI LIMNOTHALASSA PORTO LAGOS
A00060109	GR1230001	LIMNI PIKROLIMNI