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LR.FLR.CvOv.SpR.Den Sponges, shade-tolerant red seaweeds and Dendrodoa grossularia on wave-surged overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and caves
Published date 2015-03Overhanging bedrock on the lower shore, at cave entrances, to and on inner walls of caves, subject to wave surge and low light levels, and characterised by a high density of small groups of the solita...
M.AtMB.Mu.EreCor Erect coral field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03Dense aggregations of erect soft corals occuring on fine sediments. The species composition will vary with depth and location. This broad community is functionally similar to seapen fields.
CR.LCR.BrAs.NovPro.VS Novocrania anomala, Dendrodoa grossularia and Rolandia coralloides on variable salinity circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant typically occurs on lower circalittoral silty, bedrock or boulder cliffs and ridges in very wave-sheltered fjordic sealochs subjected to variable salinity regimes (such as Loch Etive). In...
LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco.Eur Eurydice pulchra in littoral mobile sand
Published date 2015-03Well-draining beaches of medium- to fine-grained mobile sand, often (but not always) well sorted. Occasionally, a small fraction of coarse sand may be present. The biotope generally occurs on exposed ...
LS.LMu.UEst.Hed Hediste diversicolor in littoral mud
Published date 2015-03Mud 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.LSa.FiSa Polychaete/amphipod-dominated fine sand shores
Published date 2015-03Shores of clean, medium to fine and very fine sand, with no coarse sand, gravel or mud present. Shells and stones may occasionally be present on the surface. The sand may be duned or rippled as a resu...
M.ArUA.Bi Arctic upper abyssal biogenic structure
Published date 2015-03A biogenic structure is formed when reef-forming species, such as cold water corals, attach to any hard substrate present and grow over the surrounding area forming a secondary substrate over the top....
M.AtMB Atlantic mid bathyal
Published date 2015-03Atlantic waters are warm (typically >8°C within the UK) and Atlantic seabed habitats occur around most of the UK, excluding depths greater than 300 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The Atlantic mid b...
M.AAUB Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal
Published date 2015-03The Atlanto-Arctic is an area of mixing between warm Atlantic waters and cool Arctic waters, where water temperature fluctates dramatically between approximately 0 and 8°C. Atlanto-Arctic waters are ...
M.AtMB.Sa Atlantic mid bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea sand sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, or burrowing fauna such as anemones and brittlestars visible at the surf...