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LS.LSa.St.MytFab Mytilus edulis and Fabricia stellaris in littoral mixed sediment

Published date 2015-03

Pebbles, gravel, sand and shell debris with mud in sheltered Firths with a strandline of fucoid algae. The fauna is characterised by juvenile mussels Mytilus edulis, often in very high numbers. The ne...


LR.MLR.MusF.MytFves Mytilus edulis and Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

Mid eulittoral exposed to moderately exposed bedrock, often with nearby sediment, covered by a dense band or large patches of the mussel Mytilus edulis. The community often supports scattered Fucus ve...


SS.SBR.SMus.ModT Modiolus modiolus beds with hydroids and red seaweeds on tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata

Published date 2015-03

Modiolus beds on mixed substrata (cobbles, pebbles and coarse muddy sediments) in moderately strong currents or wave exposed areas, typically on the open coast but also in tide-swept channels of marin...


SS.SMp.KSwSS.FilG Filamentous green seaweeds on low salinity infralittoral mixed sediment or rock

Published date 2015-03

Shallow muddy sediments, often with boulders, cobbles and pebbles around the edges of lagoons, or other areas that are exposed to wide salinity variations are unsuitable for colonisation by many speci...


SS.SBR.PoR.SalvMx Sabellaria alveolata on variable salinity sublittoral mixed sediment

Published date 2015-03

Tide-swept sandy mixed sediments with cobbles and pebbles, in variable salinity or fully marine conditions, may be characterised by surface accumulations of the reef building polychaete Sabellaria alv...


LR.HLR.MusB.Cht Chthamalus spp. on exposed eulittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

Very exposed to moderately exposed upper and mid eulittoral bedrock and boulders characterised by a dense community of barnacles, including Chthamalus montagui, Chthamalus stellatus and Semibalanus ba...


SS.SBR.SMus.MytSS Mytilus edulis beds on sublittoral sediment

Published date 2015-03

Shallow sublittoral mixed sediment, in fully marine coastal habitats or sometimes in variable salinity conditions in the outer regions of estuaries, are characterised by beds of the common mussel Myti...


IR.HIR.KFaR.LhypR.Loch Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forest on exposed infralittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forests on upper infralittoral exposed rock with a dense community of foliose red seaweeds such as Cryptopleura ramosa, and Plocamium cartilagineum ...


IR.HIR.KSed.XKHal Halidrys siliquosa and mixed kelps on tide-swept infralittoral rock with coarse sediment

Published date 2015-03

Tide-swept boulders and cobbles, often with a mobile component to the substrata (pebbles, gravel and sand), characterised by dense stands of the brown seaweed Halidrys siliquosa. It is can be mixed wi...


IR.MIR.KR Kelp and red seaweeds (moderate energy infralittoral rock)

Published date 2015-03

Infralittoral rock subject to moderate wave exposure, or moderately strong tidal streams on more sheltered coasts. On bedrock and stable boulders there is typically a narrow band of kelp Laminaria dig...



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