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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.MoSa.BarSa Barren littoral coarse sand
Published date 2015-03Freely-draining sandy beaches, particularly on the upper and mid shore, which lack a macrofaunal community due to their continual mobility. Trial excavations are unlikely to reveal any macrofauna in t...
CR.HCR.XFa.CvirCri Corynactis viridis and a mixed turf of crisiids, Bugula, Scrupocellaria, and Cellaria on moderately tide-swept exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on wave-exposed, vertical or steep, circalittoral bedrock or large boulders, usually subject to moderate or strong tidal streams. It is characterised by dense aggregation...
IR.MIR.KT.XKTX Mixed kelp and red seaweeds on infralittoral boulders, cobbles and gravel in tidal rapids
Published date 2015-03Mixed substrata of boulders, cobbles, pebbles and gravel, typically found in tidal rapids with kelp Saccharina latissima and Laminaria hyperborea and red seaweeds. L. saccharina usually dominates this...
SS.SCS.OCS.HeloPkef Hesionura elongata and Protodorvillea kefersteini in offshore coarse sand
Published date 2015-03Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with coarse sand may support populations of the interstitial polychaete Hesionura elongata with Protodorvillea kefersteini. Other notable species include the phy...
LS.LBR Littoral biogenic reefs
Published date 2015-03The Littoral Biogenic Reefs habitat complex contains two biotope complexes (littoral Sabellaria reefs, and mixed sediment shores with mussels), encompassing the littoral biotope dominated by the honey...
LR.FLR.Rkp.Cor Coralline crust-dominated shallow eulittoral rockpools
Published date 2015-03Shallow and smaller rockpools throughout the eulittoral zone in a wide range of wave exposures characterised by a covering of encrusting coralline algae on which Corallina officinalis often forms a de...
UKBI - Biodiversity data
Published date 2024-12-10Last updated: 2024Latest data available: 2023IntroductionGood policy making and evaluation is based on evidence. Millions of biological observations (records) have been recorded in the UK over the pas...
UKBI - Animal genetic resources
Published date 2024-12-10Last updated: 2024Latest data available: 2023IntroductionThis indicator shows the change in the average effective population sizes for breeds of goats, pigs, horses, sheep and cattle classified by the...
UKBI - European species
Published date 2024-12-10Last updated: 2024An additional update to this page was carried out on 13 February 2025 to correct the two charts that are displayed (‘Figure 1: Conservation status of UK species of European importanc...