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M.AtMB.Co.MixCor.DisLop Discrete Lophelia pertusa colonies on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs on coarse sediment and coral rubble. Small growths of Lophelia pertusa and often Madrepora occulata are present. Lophelia pertusa reef framework may also be present adjacent to thi...
M.AtUB.Ro.SpaEnc.PsoSpo Psolus squamatus and encrusting sponge assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This assemblage occurs on cobble, boulder and bedrock areas with the holothurian Psolus being the most conspicuous faunal compenent and lamellate sponges also being present. A range of encrusting spec...
LS.LSa.MoSa Barren or amphipod-dominated mobile sand shores
Published date 2015-03Shores consisting of clean mobile sands (coarse, medium and some fine-grained), with little very fine sand, and no mud present. Shells and stones may occasionally be present on the surface. The sand m...
LS.LMu.MEst Polychaete/bivalve-dominated mid estuarine mud shores
Published date 2015-03Mid estuarine shores of fine sediment, mostly in the silt and clay fraction (particle size less than 0.063 mm in diameter), though sandy mud may contain up to 40% sand (mostly very fine and fine sand)...
LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx Hediste diversicolor in littoral gravelly muddy sand and gravelly sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Sheltered gravelly sandy mud, subject to reduced salinity, mainly on the mid and lower shore. The infaunal community is dominated by abundant ragworms Hediste diversicolor. Other species of the infaun...
LR.LLR.F.Fserr Fucus serratus on sheltered lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered lower eulittoral rock with Fucus serratus (for detailed description of the rich associated community please see Fserr.FS). Two variants of this biotope have been descr...
Training - Cathy 30/3 Science
Published date 2023-03-30Links This review was initiated to address the need to understand the role of below-ground biodiversity in agricultural systems. It complements the recent review by Hole et al. (2005) that highlighted...
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EO in the South Atlantic, and beyond!
Published date 2019-09-30It has been an exciting year full of Earth Observation (EO) activity in the Falkland Islands. As part of JNCC’s role in the UK’s Overseas Territories, I have been providing advice, sharing approaches ...
Latest Bird Indicators now published
Published date 2019-07-04Latest Bird Indicators now published The latest updates of the UK and England bird indicators based on population trends of wild birds were published today by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). ...