Concept
High energy littoral rock
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/C35/current/A1_1/ | |
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| Within Vocab | European Nature Information System Level 3 Habitats | |
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| Definition | Extremely exposed to moderately exposed or tide-swept bedrock and boulder shores. Extremely exposed shores dominated by mussels and barnacles, occasionally with robust fucoids or turfs of red seaweed. Tide-swept shores support communities of fucoids, sponges and ascidians on the mid to lower shore. Three biological subtypes have been described: Communities on very exposed to moderately exposed upper and mid eulittoral bedrock and boulders dominated by the mussel [Mytilus edulis], barnacles [Chthamalus] spp. and/or [Semibalanus balanoides] and the limpets [Patella] spp. (A1.11); red and brown seaweeds able to tolerate the extreme conditions of exposed rocky shores, primarily the physical stresses caused by wave action (A1.12), and tide-swept shores in more sheltered areas (such as narrow channels in sea loch) with canopy forming fucoids and a rich filter-feeding community (A1.15). | |
| Date | 2010-02-18T14:46:17 | |
| Identifier | SDN:C35::A1_1 | |
| Note | accepted | |
| Has Current Version | 1 | |
| version | 1 | |
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