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Wyville Thomson Ridge Survey WTR0924S (Blog #3): Wyville’s Weird Wonders
Published date 2024-08-21Find out about some of the organisms the offshore survey team found on their visit to Wyville Thomson Ridge, in their third blog post.So far, you have heard about the geography of Wyville Thomson Ridg...
Braemar Pockmarks MPA
Published date 2024-08-23Please be advised, a consultation has begun by Scottish Government on fisheries management measures within Scottish MPA. This will run until 14 October 2024. For more information please visit the Scot...
North-West Orkney MPA
Published date 2024-08-23Please be advised, a consultation has begun by Scottish Government on fisheries management measures within Scottish MPA. This will run until 14 October 2024. For more information please visit the Scot...
Birds of Conservation Concern 5 breeding seabird update
Published date 2024-09-03The latest status assessment of breeding seabird species in the United Kingdom has been published (Monday 2 September 2024). This addendum completes the 2021 Birds of Conservation Concern 5 (BoCC5) re...
SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR Saccharina latissima and red seaweeds on infralittoral sediments
Published date 2015-03On infralittoral mixed muddy substrata communities characterised by the kelp Saccharina latissima and mixed filamentous and foliose red algae can be found. This biotope contains a number of sub-biotop...
SS.SCS.OCS.GlapThyAmy Glycera lapidum, Thyasira spp. and Amythasides macroglossus in offshore gravelly sand
Published date 2015-03Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with coarse sands and gravel, stone or shell and occasionally a little silt (Glycera lapidum and Amythasides macroglossus with the bivalve Thyasira spp. (particu...
LR.LLR.F.Fves.X Fucus vesiculosus on mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Sheltered and very sheltered mid eulittoral pebbles and cobbles lying on sediment in fully marine conditions typically characterised by the wrack Fucus vesiculosus. The wrack Ascophyllum nodosum can o...
LR.LLR.FVS.Fcer Fucus ceranoides on reduced salinity eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very sheltered to extremely sheltered bedrock and stable boulders in the eulittoral zone that are subject to reduced salinity and characterised by the wrack Fucus ceranoides. Species richness is typic...
LR.HLR.FT.FserT Fucus serratus, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered lower eulittoral bedrock, boulders and cobbles that are subject to increased tidal water movement and characterised by the wrack Fucus serratus and a rich assemblage o...
IR.HIR.KFaR.Ala.Myt Alaria esculenta, Mytilus edulis and coralline crusts on very exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock
Published date 2015-03Very exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock characterised by the kelp Alaria esculenta and dense patches of small individuals of the mussel Mytilus edulis, both of which grow over a dense cover of encrust...