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Fal and Helford

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Of particular importance are the maerl ( Phymatolithon calcareum and Lithothamnion corallioides ) beds ... supports extensive and rich sediment communities, which include the largest and most south-westerly maerl

SS.SCS.CCS.Nmix Neopentadactyla mixta in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand

Published date 2015-03

Sublittoral plains of clean, shell, maerl and / or stone gravels or sometimes coarse sands, with frequent ... This biotope may occur adjacent to maerl beds and to some extent in the lower infralittoral where some

Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann Traigh)

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This site is particularly significant in that it supports some of the most extensive beds of maerl in ... These maerl beds have very rich associated communities that include several rare and scarce species,

Sound of Barra

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Maerl is also present over a wide area, located within deeper more, exposed environments of the Sound ... Although the abundance of live maerl is often low, this habitat still provides a complex niche for a

Large shallow inlets and bays

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There are patchy areas of maerl around St Tudwal’s Islands. ... Maerl has been found at only one other site in Wales, in Milford Haven.

SS.SMx.CMx.KurThyMx Kurtiella bidentata and Thyasira spp. in circalittoral muddy mixed sediment

Published date 2015-03

bryozoans Escharella spp. particularly Escharella immersa, Disporella hispida, and, in shallower waters, maerl ... (Phymatolithon calcareum), although at very low abundances and not forming maerl beds.

LR.HLR.FT.FserTX Fucus serratus with sponges, ascidians and red seaweeds on tide-swept lower eulittoral mixed substrata

Published date 2015-03

Sites in Scottish sea lochs may support maerl Lithothamnion spp. and bivalves Venerupis corrugata (see

SS.SMp Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated communities on sediments

Published date 2015-03

This complex includes maerl beds, seaweed dominated mixed sediments (including kelps such as Saccharina

Pen Llŷn a'r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau

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There are patchy areas of maerl around St Tudwal’s Islands. ... Maerl has been found at only one other site in Wales, in Milford Haven.

SS.SCS.CCS.MedLumVen Mediomastus fragilis, Lumbrineris spp. and venerid bivalves in circalittoral coarse sand or gravel

Published date 2015-03

represented in moderately exposed, shallower areas, with muddy mixed gravel or sand with shell sediments and maerl