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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Alaria esculenta""

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The Maidens

…exposed rocky shore: yellow and grey lichens, Verrucaria maura, Chthamalus spp, Alaria esculenta and Laminaria digitata. The area is characterised by an upper splash zone dominated by the lichen Verrucaria maura. Many of the exposed mid-shore rocks are dominated by the common lim…

Samuel's Port

…ls in the ridges deep enough to sustain oarweed Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and toothed wrack Fucus serratus. On the lower shore, the substrate consists of large boulders in sand. This area is dominated by toothed wrack Fucus serratus. Juvenile mussels Mytilu…

Aire Point to Carrick Du

…aten coast with the lower shore characterised by the brown seaweeds dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, tangle Laminaria digitata and pools containing coralline algae Corallina officinalis and pink encrusting Lithothamnion spp. Limpets Patella aspera are abundant and barnacles, mainly …

Berwickshire Coast (Intertidal)

…h red algal turfs mainly of Osmundea pinnatifida and Chondrus crispus, the kelp Alaria esculenta and sponges, especially in overhanging situations and gullies. This contrasts with eulittoral boulder shore characterised by Fucus serratus. Other lower shore areas support excellent …

Papa Stour

…ly rare brown algae Fucus distichus subsp. anceps and kelps such as dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata. Sheltered zones within the voes provide examples of tide-swept biotope and under-boulder communities. Papa Stour supports large concentrations of breed…

Arfordir Abereiddi

…ated by exposed rock with a subtidal fringe characterised either by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and kelp Laminaria digitata over encrusting coralline algae, or a mixture of kelp including Laminaria hyperborea, L.saccharina, dabberlocks and furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides. The l…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…ys, areas of the extreme lower shore are colonised by kelps such as dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, oar weed Laminaria digitata and L. hyperborea. Amongst the kelps clusters of common mussel Mytilus edulis, dahlia anemone Urticina felina and gem anemone Bunodactis verrucosa occur. …

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…ughout the site is characterised by oar weed Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, overlying encrusting coralline and filamentous red seaweeds, including Gigartina pistillata, a nationally scarce red seaweed. To the north of the site, at the entrance to the Milford…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…these exposed areas is characterised by encrusting coralline algae, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and dense aggregations of small mussels Mytilus edulis, or by kelp Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks overlying coralline and filamentous red algae. Less exposed areas support kelp w…

Aberarth - Carreg Wylan

…eefs. At the lower edge of the shore the kelp Laminaria digitata or dabberlocks Alaria esculenta form a distinctive zone, extending into the shallow sublittoral. Above this there are typically zones of red algal turf, barnacles and limpets, ephemeral algae and black tar lichen. T…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

…des of the island, the kelps are replaced or augmented by stands of dabberlocks Alaria esculenta with mussles and coralline algae beneath. Exposed lower shore rock and boulders are dominated by coralline and red algae, occasionally with a canopy of thong-weed Himanthalia elongata…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

… Actinia equina. The brown algae cuvie Weed Laminaria hyperbora and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta typify lower shores. Fair Head and Murlough Bay is an area of semi-natural habitat managed in a traditional way. As such, it provides valuable feeding and roosting sites for a range o…

Glannau Aberdaron

…hong-weed Himanthalia elongata. The zone below this is dominated by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata, with an understorey of red seaweed. Caves in the cliff at Porth Llanllawen support a rich assemblage of sponges, ascidians, bryozoans and shade-toleran…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…barnacles, with lower shore communities of kelp Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. Numerous small bedrock overhangs on the lower shore around Borthwen support the breadcrumb sponge Halichondria panicea, the sponge Hymeniacidon pe…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…e, mainly Laminaria digitata and furbellows Saccorhiza polyschides. Dabberlocks Alaria esculenta is more common where wave exposure is greater. There is an understorey of encrusting and filamentous red algae in places, often with serrated wrack Fucus serratus and patches of the m…

Wig Bach a'r Glannau i Borth Alwm

… The sublittoral fringe is dominated by kelp Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta. The typically subtidal brown seaweeds Desmarestia aculeata and Desmarestia ligulata are found attached to boulders here also. Underhangs and small caves between the boulders at Porth…

Dale and South Marloes Coast

… shoreline is dominated by kelp species such as Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, occasionally with an understorey of encrusting coralline algae and filamentous or foliose red algae. The lower to mid-shore tends to be dominated by red algae such as pepper dulse Os…

The Gobbins

… anemone Actina equina. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, thong-weed Himanthalia elongata and cuvie Laminaria hyperborea typify lower shores. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/gobbins-assi

Castlemartin Range

…seaweeds form a narrow band. The lower shore fringe is dominated by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and kelp Laminaria digitata communities with a mixed under-storey of various coralline and red algal species. The nationally scarce seaweed Gigartina pistillata is also present here. …

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…an. A seaweed community dominated by oarweed Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta typifies lower shores, while shallower mid-shore areas are frequently encrusted by coralline seaweed. Less steeply sloping areas commonly have abundant sea thong Himanthalia elongata,…

Porth Towyn i Borth Wen

…form the understorey for a canopy of oarweed Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta. Furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides and sugar kelp Saccharina latissima are also found in this zone at the south-western end of the site, and form a community that is uncommon in Britai…

Sandness Coast

…lgae communities and kelp communities such as those associated with dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata. Although most of the shoreline within the site is made up of bedrock and boulders, two large sand beaches with areas of boulders and rocky reefs are al…

Ynys Enlli

…e-scoured gullies. The lowest reaches of the shore are fringed with dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata. The shore of the southern part of the island consists of platforms and pinnacles of rock, separated by gullies of various sizes. The lichen zone can re…

Grassholm / Ynys Gwales

…and humus. The seaward fringes are dominated by a dense covering of dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, small mussels Mytilus edulis and an abundance of coralline algae. A dense community of barnacles, small mussels, and associated coralline algae occur above this zone. Limpets Patella…

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