Several inlets comprised of multiple craggy outcrops and swathes of white sand occur along the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. On such shores the terrestrial habitat abruptly transitions into sand and brackish pools. Further down the shore outcrops of bedrock emerge from the sand, providing a hard substrate for a variety of organisms to grow upon.
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| The terrestrial habitat abruptly transitions into sand and brackish pools. Habitat classification:LS. LSA (Littoral sand) EUNIS: A.2. |
Outcropping bedrock supports lichen communities, sand scour tolerant ephemeral seaweeds and rockpools . Habitat classification: LR.FLR.Lic.YG (Yellow and grey lichens on supralittoral rock) EUNIS: B3.111, LR.FLR.Lic.Ver (Verrucaria maura on littoral firnge rock) EUNIS: B3.113,LR.FLR.Eph (Ephermeral green or red seaweeds (Fresh water or sand influenced) EUNIS: A2.821, LR.FLR.Rkp (Rockpools) EUNIS: A1.41 and LS. LSA (Littoral sand) EUNIS: A.2.
The sediment floored rockpools support a variety of seaweed species. Habitat classification: LR.FLR.RKP.SwSed (Seaweeds in sediment floored eullitoral rockpools) EUNIS: A1.413.
Seaweeds within a sediment floored rockpool.
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