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LR.FLR.Lic.Ver Verrucaria maura on littoral fringe rock

Published date 2015-03

Bedrock or stable boulders and cobbles in the littoral fringe which is covered by the black lichen Verrucaria maura. This lichen typically covers the entire rock surface giving a distinct black band i...


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 Neopentadactyla mixta. Pecten maximus may occur occasionally along with Lanice conchilega. Oth...


LR.FLR.Rkp.Cor.Cor Coralline crusts and Corallina officinalis in shallow eulittoral rockpools

Published date 2015-03

Shallow 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...


IR.MIR.KR.LhypTX.Ft Laminaria hyperborea forest and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept upper infralittoral mixed substrata

Published date 2015-03

Moderately wave-exposed to wave sheltered, tide-swept mixed substrata, with dense Laminaria hyperborea forest and sparser Saccharina latissima, characterised by an under-storey and stipe flora of foli...


SS.SCS.ICS.SLan Dense Lanice conchilega and other polychaetes in tide-swept infralittoral sand and mixed gravelly sand

Published date 2015-03

Dense beds of Lanice conchilega occur in coarse to medium fine gravelly sand in the shallow sublittoral, where there are strong tidal streams or wave action. Several other species of polychaete also o...


IR.HIR.KFaR.LhypRVt Laminaria hyperborea and red seaweeds on exposed vertical rock

Published date 2015-03

On exposed coasts with moderately strong to weak tidal currents generally at depths of 0-10m, vertical rock communities dominated by frequent Laminaria hyperborea and its commonly associated red seawe...


LR.HLR.FT.AscT Ascophyllum nodosum, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept mid eulittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

Very sheltered to extremely sheltered areas of mid eulittoral rock that are subject to strong to moderate tidal streams, such as the narrows in sea lochs, and characterised by the wrack Ascophyllum no...


SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR Saccharina latissima and red seaweeds on infralittoral sediments

Published date 2015-03

On 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...


St Albans Head to Durlston Head

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Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country England Unitary Authority Dorset and Somerset Centroid * SZ006770 Latitude 50.5922 Longitude -1.9911 SAC EU Code UK0019863 Status Designated Speci...


The Maim

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Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country Scotland Unitary Authority North Eastern Scotland Centroid * NO268977 Latitude 57.0667 Longitude -3.2083 SAC EU Code UK0030348 Status Designated S...



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