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SS.SSa Sublittoral sands and muddy sands
Published date 2015-03Clean medium to fine sands or non-cohesive slightly muddy sands on open coasts, offshore or in estuaries and marine inlets. Such habitats are often subject to a degree of wave action or tidal currents...
SS.SMp Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated communities on sediments
Published date 2015-03This complex includes maerl beds, seaweed dominated mixed sediments (including kelps such as Saccharina latissima and filamentous/foliose red and green algae), seagrass beds, and lagoonal angiosperm c...
IR.LIR.K.Sar Sargassum muticum on shallow slightly tide-swept infralittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Mixed substrata from the sublittoral fringe to 5m below chart datum dominated by the brown seaweed Sargassum muticum. This invasive non-native brown seaweed can form a dense canopy on areas of mixed s...
SS.SBR Sublittoral biogenic reefs on sediment
Published date 2015-03This complex includes polychaete reefs, bivalve reefs (e.g. mussel beds) and cold water coral reefs. These communities develop in a range of habitats from exposed open coasts to estuaries, marine inle...
SS.SMx.OMx Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with slightly muddy mixed gravelly sand and stones or shell. This habitat may cover large areas of the offshore continental shelf although there is relatively li...
CR.HCR.FaT Very tide-swept faunal communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex occurs in wave-exposed, tide-swept narrows and straits on circalittoral bedrock and boulders. The biotopes within this complex are characterised by a high abundance of the robust ...
CR.MCR.SfR Soft rock communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex occurs on moderately wave-exposed, circalittoral soft bedrock subject to moderately strong tidal streams. As this complex is found in highly turbid water conditions, the circalitt...
CR.LCR.BrAs Brachiopod and ascidian communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex occurs on the wave-sheltered, circalittoral bedrock and boulders subject to weak tidal streams. The biotopes within this complex are typically found in the Scottish sealochs (with...
CR.HCR.XFa.ByErSp Bryozoan turf and erect sponges on tide-swept circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope is typically found on wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock or boulders subject to tidal streams ranging from moderately strong to strong. It often has a thin layer of silt covering the seab...
CR.HCR.XFa.ByErSp.Eun Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant typically occurs on wave-exposed, steep, circalittoral bedrock, boulder slopes and outcrops, subject to varying tidal streams. This silty variant contains a diverse faunal community, domi...