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LR.FLR.Rkp.SwSed Seaweeds in sediment-floored eulittoral rockpools
Published date 2015-03Rockpools with sediment (mud, sand, gravel) floors support distinct communities of scour-tolerant seaweeds. Deep pools with sediment are similar to FK, and are typically dominated by fucoids and kelp ...
LS.LMu Littoral mud
Published date 2015-03Shores of fine particulate 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). ...
IR.HIR.KFaR.FoR Foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03A dense turf of foliose red seaweeds on exposed or moderately exposed lower infralittoral rock, generally, at or below the lower limit of the kelp. Most of the red seaweeds are common to the kelp zone...
SS Sublittoral sediment
Published date 2015-03Sediment habitats in the sublittoral near shore zone (i.e. covering the infralittoral and circalittoral zones), typically extending from the extreme lower shore down to the edge of the bathyal zone (2...
LS.LMu.UEst.Hed.Ol Hediste diversicolor and oligochaetes in littoral mud
Published date 2015-03A species-poor community found in mud or slightly sandy mud in low salinity conditions, typically at the head of estuaries. The infauna is dominated by the ragworm Hediste diversicolor which is typica...
SS.SCS.ICS.HchrEdw Halcampa chrysanthellum and Edwardsia timida on sublittoral clean stone gravel
Published date 2015-03Periodically disturbed sublittoral stone gravel with small pebbles characterised by the presence of the anemones Halcampa chrysanthellum and Edwardsia timida. Associated species are often typical of a...
SS.SSa.CFiSa Circalittoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03Clean fine sands with less than 5% silt/clay in deeper water, either on the open coast or in tide-swept channels of marine inlets in depths of over 15-20 m. The habitat may also extend offshore and is...
LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco Amphipods and Scolelepis spp. in littoral medium-fine sand
Published date 2015-03Mobile clean sandy beaches on exposed and moderately exposed shores, with sediment grain sizes ranging from medium to fine, often with a fraction of coarser sediment. The sediment contains little or n...
IR.LIR.K.Slat.Gz Grazed Saccharina latissima with Echinus, brittlestars and coralline crusts on sheltered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Coralline encrusted rock with scattered tufts of red seaweed and a relatively high abundance of grazing echinoderms which typically include the urchin Echinus esculentus and/or the brittlestars Ophiot...
IR.LIR.K.LhypLoch Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forest on moderately exposed or sheltered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forest on upper infralittoral moderately exposed or sheltered rock is restricted to the coast of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Unlike L. hyperbo...