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Substrate from biological origin. Think of shells from dead mussels or other species that break down over time.  
The EUNIS classification refers to "biogenic habitat" but the EMODnet Seabed Habitats agreed to "refer to "biogenic substrate" to highlight that this is specifically about substrate-modifying features."


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"Biogenic substrate strictly refers to beds or reefs of a species that meet similar criteria to Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica meadows" (seagrass meadows) meaning that they:
 
* Cover and replace the underlying substrate as a structuring factor, so that the underlying substrate cannot always be detected
 
* Can occur on different substrate types, so that the underlying substrate is difficult to infer 
* Are detectable using acoustic survey techniques, so that they are typically mapped in the same way as other substrate types
 
'''Source:'''
 
Lillis H., Allen H., Agnesi S., Annunziatellis A., Vasquez M. (2021). "A combined, harmonized data product showing the best evidence for the extent of biogenic substrate in Europe". Retrieved from: [https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/media/1856/d306_biogenic-substrate-report_simplified.pdf www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu], accessed on 2022-03-15.   
 
 
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Latest revision as of 12:08, 15 March 2022

The EUNIS classification refers to "biogenic habitat" but the EMODnet Seabed Habitats agreed to "refer to "biogenic substrate" to highlight that this is specifically about substrate-modifying features."

"Biogenic substrate strictly refers to beds or reefs of a species that meet similar criteria to Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica meadows" (seagrass meadows) meaning that they:

  • Cover and replace the underlying substrate as a structuring factor, so that the underlying substrate cannot always be detected
  • Can occur on different substrate types, so that the underlying substrate is difficult to infer
  • Are detectable using acoustic survey techniques, so that they are typically mapped in the same way as other substrate types

Source:

Lillis H., Allen H., Agnesi S., Annunziatellis A., Vasquez M. (2021). "A combined, harmonized data product showing the best evidence for the extent of biogenic substrate in Europe". Retrieved from: www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu, accessed on 2022-03-15.


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