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CR.LCR.BrAs.NovPro.FS Novocrania anomala and Protanthea simplex on very wave-sheltered circalittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

This variant typically occurs on deep, lower circalittoral bedrock or boulder slopes (often-vertical walls) in the landward, very sheltered basins of fjordic sealochs. In these very sheltered conditio...


LS.LSa.FiSa.Po.Mten Polychaetes and Macomangulus tenuis in littoral fine sand

Published date 2015-03

This biotope occurs on the mid and lower shore on moderately wave-exposed and sheltered coasts, with predominantly fine sand which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle. The sediment is often ripple...


IR.MIR.KT.XKT Mixed kelp with foliose red seaweeds, sponges and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

Stable, tide-swept rock characterised by dense kelp Laminaria hyperborea and/or Saccharina latissima forest on scoured, coralline-encrusted rock. This biotope occurs in the sheltered narrows and sills...


IR.MIR.KR.LhypVt Laminaria hyperborea on moderately exposed vertical rock.

Published date 2015-03

LhypVt is found on moderately exposed coasts in moderately strong to weak tidal streams generally in 0-20m water depth. It is characterised by the kelp Laminaria hyperborea, the soft coral Alcyonium d...


LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx.Cir Hediste diversicolor, cirratulids and Tubificoides spp. in littoral gravelly sandy mud

Published date 2015-03

Sheltered gravelly sandy mud, subject to variable salinity. The infaunal community consists of the ragworm Hediste diversicolor, Pygospio elegans, Streblospio shrubsolii, and cirratulid polychaetes su...


LS.LMu.UEst.Hed Hediste diversicolor in littoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Mud and sandy mud shores in sheltered marine inlets and estuaries subject to variable or reduced salinity. The biotope is typically found on the mid and lower shores in the upper and mid estuary. If p...


LS.LMu.UEst.Hed.Cvol Hediste diversicolor and Corophium volutator in littoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Sheltered estuarine shores of sandy mud, which may become firm and compacted if present in the upper shore where there is more time for drainage between high tides. An anoxic layer is usually present ...


LS.LSa.MoSa.Ol.FS Oligochaetes in full salinity littoral mobile sand

Published date 2015-03

A species-poor community of oligochaetes occurring in fully marine conditions on open shores with mobile, medium to fine, usually clean, sand. Oligochaetes, including enchytraeid oligochaetes, constit...


IR.HIR.KSed Sediment-affected or disturbed kelp and seaweed communities

Published date 2015-03

Infralittoral rock habitats, subject to disturbance through mobility of the substratum (boulders or cobbles) or abrasion/covering by nearby coarse sediments or suspended particulate matter (sand). The...


LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco.Pon Pontocrates arenarius in littoral mobile sand

Published date 2015-03

Mainly on the mid and lower shore on wave-exposed or moderately wave-exposed coasts of medium and fine sand, sometimes with a fraction of coarse sand, which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle and...



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