The rocky shore comprises steep
shelving bedrock with crevices, some of which support small rock pools.
Tar lichen occurs throughout
the littoral fringe and down into the upper shore where channel wrack and barnacles grow on top. Below the tar lichen, spiral wrack, limpets, barnacles and winkles occur.
Habitat table:
Substrate
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LR (Littoral rock)
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Habitat
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LR.MLR (Moderate energy littoral
rock)
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LR.FLR (Features of ilttoral rock)
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Biotope complex
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LR.MLR.BF (Barnacles and fucoids on
moderately exposed shores)
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LR.FLR.Lic.(Lichens on supralittoral and littoral fringe rock).
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Biotope
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LR.LMR.BF (Pelvetia
canaliculata and barnacles on moderately exposed shores)
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LR.MLR.BF.FspiB (Fucus spiralis on full salinity exposed to moderately
exposed upper eulittoral rock)
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LR.FLR.Lic.Ver (Verrucaria Maura on littoral fringe rock)
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Below are images of organisms you may encounter whilst rock pooling in these habitats:
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| The rocky shore is comprised of steeply shelving bed rock with crevices. Black Tar lichen occurs in the littoral fringe and upper shore, with channel wrack and then spiral wrack below . Barnacles, limpets and winkles occur from the upper to lower shore at varying densities. Habitat classification: LR.FLR.Lic.Ver (Verrucaria maura on littoral fringe rock), LR.LMR.BF (Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles on moderately exposed shores) and LR.MLR.BF.FspiB (Fucus spiralis on full salinity exposed to moderately exposed upper eulittoral rock). |
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| Below the band of channel wrack, barnacles, small periwinkles (Melarhaphe neritoides) and edible periwinkle (Littorina littorea) among patches of tar lichen (Verrucaria maura). Habitat classification LR.LMR.BF (Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles on moderately exposed shores). |
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| Barnacles among tar V. maura |
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