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LS.LMu.UEst.Tben Tubificoides benedii and other oligochaetes in littoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Extreme upper estuarine fine sandy mud, sometimes with a fine sand fraction, in very sheltered conditions and subject to reduced salinity. An anoxic layer is usually present within the upper 3 cm of t...


LS.LMu.UEst.Hed.Cvol Hediste diversicolor and Corophium volutator in littoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Sheltered estuarine shores of sandy mud, which may become firm and compacted if present in the upper shore where there is more time for drainage between high tides. An anoxic layer is usually present ...


M.ArUA Arctic upper abyssal

Published date 2015-03

Arctic waters are much cooler than Atlantic waters (typically below 0°C). Within the UK, Arctic seabed habitats occur at depths greater than 600 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The Arctic upper abyss...


M.AtMB Atlantic mid bathyal

Published date 2015-03

Atlantic waters are warm (typically >8°C within the UK) and Atlantic seabed habitats occur around most of the UK, excluding depths greater than 300 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The Atlantic mid b...


M.AtLA Atlantic lower abyssal

Published date 2015-03

Atlantic waters are warm (typically >8°C within the UK) and Atlantic seabed habitats occur around most of the UK, excluding depths greater than 300 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The Atlantic lower...


M.AAUB Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal

Published date 2015-03

The Atlanto-Arctic is an area of mixing between warm Atlantic waters and cool Arctic waters, where water temperature fluctates dramatically between approximately 0 and 8°C. Atlanto-Arctic waters are ...


M.ArLB.Mx Arctic lower bathyal mixed sediment

Published date 2015-03

Deep-sea mixed sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species. In the absence of ecological...


M.ArUA.Mu Arctic upper abyssal mud

Published date 2015-03

Deep-sea mud sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, but aggregations of erect fauna such as glass sponges, seapens and soft c...


M.ArUA.Mx Arctic upper abyssal mixed sediment

Published date 2015-03

Deep-sea mixed sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species. In the absence of ecological...


M.ArUA.Bi Arctic upper abyssal biogenic structure

Published date 2015-03

A biogenic structure is formed when reef-forming species, such as cold water corals, attach to any hard substrate present and grow over the surrounding area forming a secondary substrate over the top....



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