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| Small and rough periwinkles together with sparse barnacles on the larger boulders of the upper shore. |
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| Springtails investigate a crack in the shell of a rough periwinkle. |
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| Thick topshells (Osilinus lineatus) among the boulders and cobbles. |
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| Osilinus lineatus |
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| Osilinus lineatus |
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| The habitats of the shore are influenced by wave exposure, sand scour, fresh water run off and desiccation. The result is a patchwork of biotopes that are not distributed evenly down the shore. In general boulder tops are covered by fucoids and/or barnacles, whilst ephemeral green seaweed lace the diluted sandy rockpools and lastly sand scour tolerant seaweeds occur in scoured rockpools and boulders of the lower shore. Habitat classification: LR.MLR.BF (Barnacles and fucoids on moderately exposed shores) EUNIS: A1.21, LR.FLR.Eph (Ephemeral green or, red seaweeds (Fresh water or sand influenced) EUNIS: A1.45 and LR.FLR.Rkp (Rockpools) EUNIS: A1.41. |
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| Porphyra spp |
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| Ulva spp |
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| LR.MLR.BF (Barnacles and fucoids on moderately exposed shores) EUNIS: A1.21. |
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| Some areas of the shore are showing seasonal die back of fucoids. |
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| Fucus spp (Fucus vesiculosus var. nana?) |
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| Fucus spp (Fucus vesiculosus var. nana?) |
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| Understory reds. |
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| A dog whelk (Nucella lapillus) |
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| Verrucaria mucosa |
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| Limpets (Patella sp) and beadlet anemones (Actinia equina) |
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| The seaweed communities on the lower shore are comprised of fucoids, robust reds and sand tolerant seaweeds. Habitat classification: LR.MLR.BF.Fser.R (Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock) EUNIS: A1.2141. |
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| Fucus serratus, Mastrocarpus stellatus and ephemeral greens. |
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| Fucus serratus, Mastrocarpus stellatus, Rhodothaminiella floridula and ephemeral greens. |
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| Mastrocarpus stellatus |
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| Gigartinales |
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| Cladophora rupestris |
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| Ulva spp in a sediment filled rockpool. Habitat classification: LR.FLR.RKP.SwSed (Seaweeds in sediment floored eullitoral rockpools) EUNIS: A1.413. |
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| Sand tolerant seaweeds in a sediment filled rockpool. |
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| Phyllophoracea |
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| Hypoglossum hypoglossoides |
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| Rhodothaminiella floridula |
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| Porphyra spp |
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| Black scour weed (Ahnfeltia plicata) |
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| Gigartinales |
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| Gigartinales |
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| Gigartinales |
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| Gigartinales |
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| Gigartinales |
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| Cystoclonium purpureum |
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| Ceramium spp |
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| Asparagopsis armata |
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| Corallina sp form turf in the lower shore rockpools. |
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| Corallina officinalis |
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| Corallina spp |
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| There were no signs of the tube dwelling amphipods among the seaweeds of the sediment filled pools, only the cases of thier tubes remained. |
 In June, 2015 there were a number of amphipods encased within tubes that were in turn enveloped among the green seaweed. |
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| Asteria rubens |
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| Barnacle communities cover more exposed rocks of the lower shore. Habitat classification: LR.HLR.MusB (Mussel and/or barnacle communities). |
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| Barnacles |
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