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LR.FLR.Rkp.Cor.Par Coralline crusts and Paracentrotus lividus in shallow eulittoral rockpools
Published date 2015-03Shallow and relatively smal rockpools throughout the eulittoral zone on very exposed to exposed shores, characterised by a covering of encrusting coralline algae on which Corallina officinalis forms a...
LR.LLR.F.Fves Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed to very sheltered mid eulittoral bedrock and large boulders characterised by a dense canopy of the wrack Fucus vesiculosus (Abundant to Superabundant). Beneath the seaweed canopy th...
LR.LLR.F.Asc.FS Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Bedrock, stable boulders and cobbles in the mid-eulittoral zone of moderately exposed to extremely sheltered shores, in fully marine conditions, characterised by a dense canopy of the wrack Ascophyllu...
LR.MLR.BF.Fser.R Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed lower eulittoral bedrock characterised by mosaics of the wrack Fucus serratus and turf-forming red seaweeds including Osmundea pinnatifida, Mastocarpus stellatus or Corallina offici...
IR.LIR.K.Slat.Ft Saccharina latissima forest on very sheltered upper infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered sublittoral fringe and infralittoral bedrock, boulders and cobbles characterised by a dense canopy of the kelp Saccharina latissima. In such sheltered conditions, a di...
SS.SMu.OMu.AfalPpin Ampharete falcata turf with Parvicardium pinnulatum on cohesive muddy sediment near margins of deep stratified seas
Published date 2015-03Dense stands of Ampharete falcata tubes which protrude from muddy sediments, appearing as a turf or meadow in localised areas. These areas seem to occur on a crucial point on a depositional gradient b...
IR.MIR.KR.Ldig.Pid Laminaria digitata and piddocks on sublittoral fringe soft rock
Published date 2015-03Soft rock, such as chalk, in the sublittoral fringe characterised by Laminaria digitata and rock-boring animals such as piddocks Barnea candida and Pholas dactylus, the bivalve Hiatella arctica and wo...
LR.LLR.F.Asc Ascophyllum nodosum on very sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered mid eulittoral rock with the wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. The red seaweed Vertebrata lanosa is often found growing as an epiphyte on the A. nodosum fronds while disturbe...
IR.MIR.KR.Ldig.Bo Laminaria digitata and under-boulder fauna on sublittoral fringe boulders
Published date 2015-03This Laminaria digitata biotope is found predominantly on moderately exposed boulder shores and occasionally also on exposed or sheltered shores. Upper surfaces of the boulders are colonised by dense ...
LR.MLR.MusF.MytFR Mytilus edulis, Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Lower eulittoral moderately exposed bedrock covered by a dense community of large individuals of the mussel Mytilus edulis, often with a scarce covering of the wrack Fucus serratus and red seaweeds. T...