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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


The Vadills

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still to fast-flowing water, and from soft, flocculent, peaty mud through coarse sediments including maerl


IR.MIR.KT Kelp and seaweed communities in tide-swept sheltered conditions

Published date 2015-03

canopy (L. hyperborea and L. saccharina; typically Frequent), with a rich red seaweed component and maerl


SS.SCS.ICS.MoeVen Moerella spp. with venerid bivalves in infralittoral gravelly sand

Published date 2015-03

A variation of the biotope may include the presence of maerl, which may support diverse epifaunal communties


Loch Laxford

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Beds of maerl Phymatolithon calcareum , with their associated species-rich communities, also occur in


IR.HIR.KSed.SlatChoR Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and dense red seaweeds on shallow unstable infralittoral boulders or cobbles

Published date 2015-03

At a few sites, this biotope can occur within more extensive maerl beds (SS.SMP.Mrl) but more commonly


Coastal lagoons

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still to fast-flowing water, and from soft, flocculent, peaty mud through coarse sediments including maerl



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