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LR.LLR Low energy littoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered rocky shores with very weak to weak tidal streams are typically characterised by a dense cover of fucoid seaweeds which form distinct zones (the wrack Pelvetia canalic...
SS.SMp.Mrl.Pcal Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds in infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand
Published date 2015-03Maerl beds characterised by Phymatolithon calcareum in gravels and sands. Associated epiphytes may include algae such as Dictyota dichotoma, Halarachnion ligulatum, Metacallophyllis laciniata, Cryptop...
LR.HLR.FR.RPid Ceramium sp. and piddocks on eulittoral fossilised peat
Published date 2015-03Outcrops of fossilised peat in the eulittoral are soft enough to allow a variety of piddocks such as Barnea candida and Petricolaria pholadiformis to bore into them. The surface of the peat can be cha...
IR.HIR.KFaR.Ala.Ldig Alaria esculenta and Laminaria digitata on exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock
Published date 2015-03Exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock characterised by a mixture of the kelps Laminaria digitata and Alaria esculenta with an understorey of red seaweeds including Palmaria palmata and Corallina officina...
LR.FLR.Rkp.H Hydroids, ephemeral seaweeds and Littorina littorea in shallow eulittoral mixed substrata pools
Published date 2015-03Shallow pools on mixed cobbles, pebbles, gravel and sand characterised by abundant hydroids. Species present may include Obelia geniculata, O. dichotoma, O. longissima, Sertularia cupressina, Tublaria...
LS.LSa.St.MytFab Mytilus edulis and Fabricia stellaris in littoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Pebbles, 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 2015-03Mid 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 2015-03Modiolus 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 2015-03Shallow 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 2015-03Tide-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...