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…ed from wave action and is dominated by fucoid brown algae, typically egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. This represents the sheltered algal dominated rocky shores which are so characteristic of the south-western rias. Rocky shores to the north of the Percuil, between Castle Point an…

Sunart

…e communities dominated by brown algae, typically lush growths of knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. Beds of the internationally important egg wrack variety Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackaii have developed at a number of extremely sheltered locations with freshwater influence. Und…

The Vadills

…of habitats and species, with the notified features being the beds of egg-wrack Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackayi on sheltered mid-shore substrata, the saline lagoon and the tidal rapids. The basins are separated from the outer voe and each other by shallow rock, boulder or shingl…

Tyrella and Minerstown

… is generally sheltered in character and dominated by fucoids and knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, although more exposed rock tops are Patellobarnacle dominated. This part of the area ranges from a moderately exposed boulder shore in the mid-eulittoral with rockpools present, t…

Yealm Estuary

…he upper shore has patches of the seaweeds channel wrack, flat wrack, egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, flat wrack Fucus vesiculosus and the bright green Enteromorpha sp. The mid shore is characterised by dense lugworm Arenicola marina. The infauna includes smaller numbers of other …

Glannau Porthaethwy

… this level, followed by successive zones lower down the shore of knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, and serrated wrack Fucus serratus. Mixed kelps such as oarweed Laminaria digitata, sugar kelp Saccharina latissima and cuvie Laminaria hyperborea …

Galboly

…e common limpet Patella vulgata, toothed wrack Fucus serratus and knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. The lower eulittoral is dominated by false Irish moss Mastocarpus stellatus, pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and encrusting red algae. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata…

Plymouth Sound Shores and Cliffs

…e dominated midshore with dense patches of mixed seaweeds such as the egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum and bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus grading into a dense zone of saw wrack Fucus serratus. The gastropods Monodonta lineata and the periwinkle Littorina littorea are abundant. The …

Upper Fal Estuary and Woods

… the King Harry Reaches where the steep rocky shores are dominated by egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. On the lower shores a particularly luxuriant growth of sponges has developed which includes Hymeniacidon perleve and Halichondria panicea.

St. John's Point

…ne Actinia equina are common. Bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus and knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum form distinct zones, while the exposed ridges and crevices are dominated by common limpets Patella vulgata, acorn barnacles Semibalanus balanoides and red algae such as tubular wee…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…ria hyperborea, Mastocarpus stellatus, serrated wrack Fucus serratus, egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata and spiral wrack Fucus spiralis. Most of the bedrock cliffs of the site are exposed to strong swells from the …

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

… as bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, serrated wrack Fucus serratus and egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. Elsewhere the upper shore is dominated by the green algae Enteromorpha linza. On the ledges themselves both Codium tomentosum and sea lettuce Ulva lactuca are common together with…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…ta, toothed wrack Fucus serratus, spiral wrack Fucus spiralis and knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. The red seaweed Corallina officinalis and the green seaweeds Enteromorpha spp. and Cladophora spp. occur in rockpools. Much of the Killough Bay shoreline supports a complex mosaic…

Berwickshire Coast (Intertidal)

…le mosaics. These become mixed with the algae Fucus spiralis, F.vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum in more moderately exposed to sheltered upper to mid shore locations. The lower shore eulittoral biotopes are represented by high quality examples of very steep to vertical rock wi…

Carlingford Lough

…n shore into spiral wrack Fucus spiralis with successive bands of knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, and toothed wrack Fucus serratus towards low tide. Examples of three out of the four major intertidal sedimentary communities found in Northern Ir…

Saltern Cove

…y covered by brown seaweeds such as flat wrack Fucus spiralis and knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, while pools and crevices in the rocks provide shelter for a wide variety of algal species, such as the red seaweed common coral weed Corallina officinalis. Animals include the sna…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

… Haven, serrated wrack Fucus serratus and red algae dominate with knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum above. A rich under-boulder community exists here, with species such as Montagu’s crab Xantho hydrophilus, velvet swimming crab Necora puber and hairy crab Pilumnus hirtellus, toge…

Aber Afon Conwy

…th are colonized by spiral wrack, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus and egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. Where fucoids are sparse, littorinids, limpets, acorn barnacles and Austrominius modestus barnacles dominate. The most extensive sediment area within the bay towards low water mar…

Porth Towyn i Borth Wen

…More stable bedrock or boulders in these areas typically supports knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum on the mid-shore and serrated wrack and red seaweed on the lower-shore. The lower surfaces of large lower-shore boulders towards Borth Wen support shade-tolerant seaweed species an…

Folkestone Warren

…rthern and western England including the fucoid algae Pelvetia canaliculata and Ascophyllum nodosum, which are very rare on natural substrata in the south east. The intertidal fauna are a so unusual for south east England, being particularly species rich and with some species ra…

Killard

…to spiral wrack Fucus spiralis, and there are successive bands of knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, or winged weed Membranoptera alata and toothed wrack Fucus serratus, with batters frond Gigartina stellata and oarweed Laminaria digitata towards low tide. The invertebrate commun…

Ynys Enlli

…iral wrack Fucus spiralis being found immediately below. The seaweeds egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum and serrated wrack Fucus serratus dominate mid-shore bedrock, with an understorey of red seaweed species. Coralline-seaweed rockpools here tend to be species-poor, and are largely …

Strangford Lough Part 2

…e are luxuriant growths of the unusual free-floating form of the knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum Mackaii. The under-boulder fauna is particularly diverse and includes the nemertine Lineus longissimus bootlace worm and a notable variety of echinoderms: Henricia oculata, Leptast…

Aber Mawddach / Mawddach Estuary

…at the top and by fucoid algae -(channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata, egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus ceranoides) below. Lower rocky shore species are absent in the estuary due to the sand level, except in a few places along the river channel -here the edible mussel Mytil…

Outer Ards

…nnelled wrack Pelvetia canaliculata, spiral wrack Fucus spiralis, knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, toothed wrack Fucus serratus and oarweed Laminaria digitata, occur. Green seaweeds such as Enteromorpha spp. and Cladophora spp. are associated wi…

Borth - Clarach

…ll patches of sheltered bedrock at either end of the site support knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. Below the barnacle and limpet zone there are large areas of the edible mussel Mytilus edulis, occasionally covered with brown and green algae. Surge gulleys are commonly incised t…

Morfa Dyffryn

…iste diversicolor. The lower estuary is colonised by seaweeds such as egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, and spiral wrack Fucus spiralis, whereas the upper estuary is colonised by horn wrack Fucus ceranoides and egg wrack. A band of coarse sand, cobbles and boulders extends along the…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…rn barnacles and periwinkles Littorina spp., occuring to seaward. Knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum is more typical of sheltered upper shores. An area of large common mussels occur to seaward with serrated wrack, dulse or carragheen moss. As boulder size decreases near low water …

Strangford Lough Part 3

…s to extreme low-water spring tide mark. In Kircubbin Bay, luxuriant growths of Ascophyllum nodosum knotted wrack, Fucus serratus saw wrack and Dictyota dichotoma cover the boulders, which are embedded in a mixture of gravel, sand and mud. Living under the boulders are the polych…

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

…ield which permit the growth of large green and brown algae including egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum and support a typical rocky shore fauna. The SSSI provides important feeding grounds for migratory and over wintering bird populations. The sandflats regularly attract nationally i…

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