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H1310 - Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand

General

Description habitat

This habitat type includes annuals colonising the coast, on the boundary of sea and land. In tidal areas, it colonises periodically inundated muds and sands of marine or interior salt marshes and it can be found in areas susceptible to temporary inundation. Characteristic species for this habitat type are: Glasswort (Salicornia procumbens), Annual Glasswort (Salicornia europaea), and Seepweeds (Suaeda maritima). In addition, species of the Saginion maritimae association occur: Pearlworts (Sagina maritima) and Minutina (Plantago coronopus), Cochlearia danica (Cochlearia danica) #1.

General occurrence

Well-developed Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand can be found in all sheltered coastal zones of the Dutch Wadden Sea and the Delta regions of Southern Holland and Zeeland. A large Saginion_covered area can be found in Grevelingen on dry sandflats #1.

Environmental boundary conditions

Various descriptions mention the occurrence of this habitat type near the mean high water level, a zone regularly flooded with salt water. According to measuring data of the Haringvliet #3, this type occurs, together with H1320 - Spartina swards, between the mean low water line (MLW) and the mean high water line (MHW), especially between mean tide and MHW. Between MLW and half tide, mostly silt can be found and occasionally the HABITAT types H1310 and H1320 - Spartina swards. If dynamics are high, vegetation cannot survive resulting in a bare beach. Habitat type H1310 is more vulnerable to high dynamics (maximum moderate dynamics) than Spartina swards (H1320).

The chloride concentrations as referred to in literature, vary between 0.3gCl/L and 70gCl/L #3, #4, #5.

Control and growth opportunities

This habitat type is sensitive to water level changes and water level fluctuations. As this type can also be found in brackish and salt areas, it is sensitive to water management measures, such as limitation of salt water influence in, for instance, the Zeeland Waters.

Dose-effect relations

Flowchart

Dose-effect relations

	HAI
< MLW	0
MLW - half tide	0.4
half tide - MHW	1
> MGHW	0

MLW = mean low water
MHW = mean high water

	HAI
0	0
0.3	0
4	0.5
5	1
10	1

	HAI
low	1
moderate	0.4
high	0

'Dynamics has not been qualified, for instance in terms of velocity or wave height. This topic should be studied further in a project.

Uncertainty and validation

These dose-effect relations have been validated on a limited scale. This habitat type was used for the environmental impact assessment of the Volkerak Zoommeer. A qualitative comparison was made between the results of the current situation and ecotopes. The results have been applied to this area.

Applicability

Please refer to uncertainty.

Example project (in Dutch)

Haasnoot, M. en K.E. van de Wolfshaar (ed). (2006). Habitat analyse in het kader van de Planstudie/MER voor Krammer, Volkerak en Zoommeer. WL report Q4015

References

1 http://www.minlnv.nl/natura2000
2 Haasnoot, M. en K.E. van de Wolfshaar (ed). (2006). Habitat analyse in het kader van de Planstudie/MER voor Krammer, Volkerak en Zoommeer. WL report Q4015
3 Hansson Ecodata. Calibratie van het model EMOE voor de vegetatie van de voordelta van het Haringvliet. Freiburg, 2005.
4 Schaminée, J.H.J., Weeda, E.J. en Westhoff, V. (1998). De vegetatie van Nederland. Deel 4. Plantengemeenschappen van de kust en van binnenlandse pioniermilieus. Opulus Press, Uppsala-Leiden.
5 Van der Meulen, Y.A.M.. Meren Ecotopen Stelsel. RIZA nota 97.076. 1997