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CR.LCR Low energy circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This habitat complex occurs on wave-sheltered circalittoral bedrock and boulders subject to mainly weak/very weak tidal streams. The biotopes identified within this habitat complex are often dominated...
SS.SMp.SSgr Sublittoral seagrass beds
Published date 2015-03Beds of seagrass (Zostera subg. Zostera marina or Ruppia spp.) in shallow sublittoral sediments. These communities are generally found in extremely sheltered embayments, marine inlets, estuaries and l...
IR.HIR High energy infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Rocky habitats in the infralittoral zone subject to exposed to extremely exposed wave action or strong tidal streams. Typically the rock supports a community of kelp Laminaria hyperborea with foliose ...
LS.LBR.LMus.Myt.Mu Mytilus edulis beds on littoral mud
Published date 2015-03Dense mussel beds found in sheltered conditions on mud. There is a build up of pseudofaeces that results in a bed that is very soft to walk on, and sediment which is anoxic to the surface. Pools are o...
IR.LIR Low energy infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Infralittoral rock in wave and tide-sheltered conditions, supporting silty communities with Laminaria hyperborea and/or Saccharina latissima (K). Associated seaweeds are typically silt-tolerant and in...
LR.LLR.FVS.PelVS Pelvetia canaliculata on sheltered variable salinity littoral fringe rock
Published date 2015-03Lower littoral fringe bedrock or stable boulders and mixed substrata on very sheltered to extremely sheltered variable salinity shores characterised by a dense cover of the wrack Pelvetia canaliculata...
M.AtMB.Co Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea coarse sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species or burrowing fauna such as a...
LR.LLR.F.Fves.FS Fucus vesiculosus on full salinity moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral bedrock and large boulders characterised by a dense canopy of the wrack Fucus vesiculosus (Abundant to Superabundant). Beneath the seaweed canopy the roc...
SS.SMx.CMx.ClloMx.Nem Cerianthus lloydii with Nemertesia spp. and other hydroids in circalittoral muddy mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03In sheltered muddy sandy gravel with appreciable quantities of surficial cobbles, pebbles and shells a community similar to SS.SMx.CMx.ClloMx may develop with frequent Cerianthus lloydii and other bur...
M.AtLA.Co Atlantic lower abyssal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea coarse sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species or burrowing fauna such as a...