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Alcyonium digitatum, Pomatoceros triqueter, algal and bryozoan crusts on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Kophobelemnon field on Altantic mid or upper bathyal mud
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Kophobelemnon field on Altantic mid or upper bathyal mud
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Neocrania anomala, Dendrodoa grossularia and Sarcodictyon roseum on variable salinity circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ophiothrix fragilis and Ophiocomina nigra on sublittoral mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pheronema carpenteri field
Copyright: National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Pheronema carpenteri field
Copyright: National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on circalittoral rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
A bed of Zostera noltei with Hydrobia ulvae visible on the mud surface.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Close view of Mytilus and dense barnacles covering rock surface.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Section of Lophelia pertusa reef, Mingulay, Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Murray Roberts
Sublittoral seagrass beds
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alaria esculenta on exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alcyonium digitatum and Metridium senile on moderately wave-exposed circalittoral steel wrecks
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alcyonium digitatum and faunal crust communities on vertical circalittoral bedrock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alcyonium digitatum and faunal crust communities on vertical circalittoral bedrock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alcyonium digitatum and faunal crust communities on vertical circalittoral bedrock with Palinurus elephas
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alcyonium digitatum with Securiflustra securifrons on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Alcyonium digitatum with dense Tubularia indivisa and anemones on strongly tide-swept circalittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Alcyonium digitatum, Pomatoceros triqueter, algal and bryozoan crusts on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Alcyonium digitatum, Pomatoceros triqueter, algal and bryozoan crusts on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus on variable salinity mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ascophyllum nodosum on very sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum on very sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Balanus crenatus and Tubularia indivisa on extremely tide-swept circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Balanus crenatus and Tubularia indivisa on extremely tide-swept circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Beggiatoa spp. on anoxic sublittoral mud
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Bifurcaria bifurcata in shallow eulittoral rockpools
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Bifurcaria bifurcata in shallow eulittoral rockpools
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Bifurcaria bifurcata in shallow eulittoral rockpools
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Branchiostoma lanceolatum on circalittoral coarse sand with shell gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Caryophyllia smithii and Swiftia pallida on circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Caryophyllia smithii with faunal and algal crusts on moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Caryophyllia smithii, Swiftia pallida and large solitary ascidians on exposed or moderately exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Cerastoderma edule and polychaetes in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Cerastoderma edule and polychaetes in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Cerastoderma edule and polychaetes in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Cerianthus lloydii and other burrowing anemones in circalittoral muddy mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cerianthus lloydii with Nemertesia spp. and other hydroids in circalittoral muddy mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Chthamalus spp. and Lichina pygmaea on steep exposed upper eulittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Chthamalus spp. and Lichina pygmaea on steep exposed upper eulittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Chthamalus spp. and Lichina pygmaea on steep exposed upper eulittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Chthamalus spp. on exposed eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Chthamalus spp. on exposed eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Chthamalus spp. on exposed upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Chthamalus spp. on exposed upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Crepidula fornicata and Mediomastus fragilis in variable salinity infralittoral mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Crepidula fornicata and Mediomastus fragilis in variable salinity infralittoral mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cystoseira spp. in eulittoral rockpools
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Cystoseira spp. in eulittoral rockpools with Corallina officinalis
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Dendrodoa grossularia and Clathrina coriacea on wave-surged vertical infralittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Flustra foliacea and Haliclona oculata with a rich faunal turf on tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Flustra foliacea and colonial ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea and colonial ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea and colonial ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus ceranoides on reduced salinity eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus ceranoides on reduced salinity eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus and large Mytilus edulis on variable salinity lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Fucus serratus and large Mytilus edulis on variable salinity lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Fucus serratus and piddocks on lower eulittoral soft rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus on full salinity sheltered lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus on sheltered lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus on sheltered lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus on sheltered lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus serratus, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on exposed to moderately exposed upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on exposed to moderately exposed upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on full salinity sheltered upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on full salinity sheltered upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on full salinity sheltered upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on full salinity upper eulittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus spiralis on sheltered upper eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus and barnacle mosaics on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus and barnacle mosaics on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus and barnacle mosaics on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus and barnacle mosaics on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus on full salinity moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus on mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus on mid eulittoral mixed substrata.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal sediment
Copyright: Marine Science Scotland (MSS) and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal sediment
Copyright: Marine Science Scotland (MSS) and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal sediment
Copyright: Marine Science Scotland (MSS) and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal sediment
Copyright: Marine Science Scotland (MSS) and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hartlaubella gelatinosa and Conopeum reticulum on low salinity infralittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hediste diversicolor and Streblospio shrubsolii in littoral sandy mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hediste diversicolor and Streblospio shrubsolii in littoral sandy mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hediste diversicolor and Streblospio shrubsolii in littoral sandy mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hediste diversicolor and oligochaetes in littoral mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hediste diversicolor in littoral mud
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hediste diversicolor in littoral mud
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hediste diversicolor, Macoma balthica and Scrobicularia plana in littoral sandy mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hediste diversicolor, Macoma balthica and Scrobicularia plana in littoral sandy mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hediste diversicolor, Macoma balthica and Scrobicularia plana in littoral sandy mud
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Kophobelemnon field on Altantic mid or upper bathyal mud
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Kophobelemnon field on Altantic mid or upper bathyal mud
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Lagis koreni and Phaxas pellucidus in circalittoral sandy mud
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Laminaria digitata and under-boulder fauna on sublittoral fringe boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria digitata and under-boulder fauna on sublittoral fringe boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria digitata and under-boulder fauna on sublittoral fringe boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria digitata, ascidians and bryozoans on tide-swept sublittoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria digitata, ascidians and bryozoans on tide-swept sublittoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea forest and foliose red seaweeds on moderately exposed upper infralittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Laminaria hyperborea forest and foliose red seaweeds on moderately exposed upper infralittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Laminaria hyperborea forest with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed upper infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea forest, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea forest, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea forest, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept, infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea park with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea park with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea park with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea park with hydroids, bryozoans and sponges on tide-swept lower infralittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria hyperborea park with hydroids, bryozoans and sponges on tide-swept lower infralittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Laminaria saccharina and Chorda filum on sheltered upper infralittoral muddy sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Laminaria saccharina and Laminaria digitata on sheltered sublittoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria saccharina and Laminaria digitata on sheltered sublittoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Limaria hians beds in tide-swept sublittoral muddy mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Limecola balthica and Arenicola marina in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Limecola balthica and Arenicola marina in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Limecola balthica and Arenicola marina in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Lithothamnion corallioides maerl beds on infralittoral muddy gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lithothamnion corallioides maerl beds on infralittoral muddy gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lithothamnion glaciale maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lithothamnion glaciale maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lithothamnion glaciale maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lithothamnion glaciale maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus on very exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus on very exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus on very exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Mediomastus fragilis, Lumbrineris spp. and venerid bivalves in circalittoral coarse sand or gravel
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Melinna palmata with Magelona spp. and Thyasira spp. in infralittoral sandy mud
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Modiolus modiolus beds with Chlamys varia, sponges, hydroids and bryozoans on slightly tide-swept very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Modiolus modiolus beds with fine hydroids and large solitary ascidians on very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mytilus edulis and barnacles on very exposed eulittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mytilus edulis beds on sublittoral sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Neocrania anomala and Protanthea simplex on very wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Neopentadactyla mixta in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiothrix fragilis and/or Ophiocomina nigra brittlestar beds on sublittoral mixed sediment
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiothrix fragilis bed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Osmundea pinnatifida on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Osmundea pinnatifida on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Osmundea pinnatifida on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Palmaria palmata on very exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Palmaria palmata on very exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles on moderately exposed littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles on moderately exposed littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles on moderately exposed littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata on sheltered littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata on sheltered littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata on sheltered littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Pelvetia canaliculata on sheltered variable salinity littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pheronema carpenteri field
Copyright: National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Pheronema carpenteri field
Copyright: National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds in infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds in infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds in infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds in infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Polyclinum aurantium and Flustra foliacea on sand-scoured tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Porphyra purpurea and Enteromorpha spp. on sand-scoured mid or lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Porphyra purpurea and Enteromorpha spp. on sand-scoured mid or lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Porphyra purpurea and Enteromorpha spp. on sand-scoured mid or lower eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Prasiola stipitata on nitrate-enriched supralittoral or littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Sabellaria alveolata reefs on sand-abraded eulittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Andrew Davies
Saccharina latissima and robust red algae on infralittoral gravel and pebble
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Saccharina latissima and robust red algae on infralittoral gravel and pebble
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Saccharina latissima on very sheltered infralittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and dense red seaweeds on shallow unstable infralittoral boulders or cobbles
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Sargassum muticum on shallow slightly tide-swept infralittoral mixed substrata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Semibalanus balanoides on exposed to moderately exposed or vertical sheltered eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Semibalanus balanoides, Fucus vesiculosus and red seaweeds on exposed to moderately exposed eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Semibalanus balanoides, Patella vulgata and Littorina spp. on exposed to moderately exposed or vertical sheltered eulittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Tubularia indivisa on tide-swept circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Tubularia indivisa on tide-swept circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tubularia indivisa on tide-swept circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ulothrix flacca and Urospora spp. on freshwater-influenced vertical littoral fringe soft rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Urticina felina and sand-tolerant fauna on sand-scoured or covered circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Verrucaria maura and sparse barnacles on exposed littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Verrucaria maura and sparse barnacles on exposed littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Verrucaria maura and sparse barnacles on exposed littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Verrucaria maura on littoral fringe rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Verrucaria maura on very exposed to very sheltered upper littoral fringe rock with littorinids
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Zostera marina/angustifolia beds on lower shore or infralittoral clean or muddy sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Zostera marina/angustifolia beds on lower shore or infralittoral clean or muddy sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Alcyonium digitatum with a bryozoan, hydroid and ascidian turf on moderately exposed vertical infralittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ascophyllum nodosum with epiphytes.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Caryophyllia smithii, Swiftia pallida and Alcyonium glomeratum on wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Caryophyllia smithii, Swiftia pallida and Alcyonium glomeratum on wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Corynactis viridis and a mixed turf of crisiids, Bugula, Scrupocellaria, and Cellaria on moderately tide-swept exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Corynactis viridis and a mixed turf of crisiids, Bugula, Scrupocellaria, and Cellaria on moderately tide-swept exposed circalittoral rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea on slightly scoured silty circalittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea on slightly scoured silty circalittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea, small solitary and colonial ascidians on tide-swept circalittoral bedrock or boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea, small solitary and colonial ascidians on tide-swept circalittoral bedrock or boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea, small solitary and colonial ascidians on tide-swept circalittoral bedrock or boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Flustra foliacea, small solitary and colonial ascidians on tide-swept circalittoral bedrock or boulders
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Hiatella arctica, bryozoans and ascidians on vertical infralittoral soft rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Laminaria saccharina and Psammechinus miliaris on variable salinity grazed infralittoral rock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Leptometra celtica assemblage
Copyright: Defra, JNCC, Marine Institute, BGS, UoP, 2007
Rhodochorton purpureum in upper littoral fringe soft rock caves.
Copyright: Countryside Council for Wales
Sabellaria alveolata growing on sand abraded eulittoral rocks.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Zostera noltei beds in littoral muddy sand
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Barren and/or boulder-scoured littoral cave walls and floors
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Barren and/or boulder-scoured littoral cave walls and floors
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Barren littoral coarse sand
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Barren littoral shingle
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Barren littoral shingle
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Barren littoral shingle
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Barren or amphipod-dominated mobile sand shores
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Black band of Verrucaria maura represents black lichen zone on very exposed to very sheltered upper littoral fringe rock
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Boulder shore backed by low cliffs.
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Brittlestars on faunal and algal encrusted exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
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Bryozoan turf and erect sponges on tide-swept circalittoral rock
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Bryozoan turf and erect sponges on tide-swept circalittoral rock
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Circalittoral caves and overhangs
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Circalittoral faunal communities in variable salinity
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Circalittoral faunal communities in variable salinity
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Circalittoral faunal communities in variable salinity
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Circalittoral mixed sediment
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Circalittoral muddy sand
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Cirratulids and Cerastoderma edule in littoral mixed sediment
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Close up view of Hydrobia ulvae amongst blades of Zostera noltei.
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Coralline crusts and Corallina officinalis in shallow eulittoral rockpools
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Coralline crusts and Corallina officinalis in shallow eulittoral rockpools.
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Coralline crusts in surge gullies and scoured infralittoral rock
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Crustose sponges on extremely wave-surged infralittoral cave or gully walls
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Crustose sponges on extremely wave-surged infralittoral cave or gully walls
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Crustose sponges on extremely wave-surged infralittoral cave or gully walls
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Cushion sponges and hydroids on turbid tide-swept sheltered circalittoral rock
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Dense brittlestars with sparse Ascidia mentula and Ciona intestinalis on sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata
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Dense brittlestars with sparse Ascidia mentula and Ciona intestinalis on sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata
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Echinoderms and crustose communities on circalittoral rock
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Ephemeral green and red seaweeds on variable salinity and/or disturbed eulittoral mixed substrata
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Ephemeral green and red seaweeds on variable salinity and/or disturbed eulittoral mixed substrata
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Ephemeral green or red seaweed communities (freshwater or sand-influenced)
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Faunal and algal crusts with Spirobranchus triqueter and sparse Alcyonium digitatum on exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
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Faunal and algal crusts with Spirobranchus triqueter and sparse Alcyonium digitatum on exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
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Faunal crusts on wave-surged littoral cave walls
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Foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock
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Foliose seaweeds and coralline crusts in surge gully entrances
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea forest with coralline crusts on upper infralittoral rock
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea park with coralline crusts on lower infralittoral rock
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea park with coralline crusts on lower infralittoral rock
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Grazed Saccharina latissima with Echinus, brittlestars and coralline crusts on sheltered infralittoral rock
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea forest with coralline crusts on upper infralittoral rock.
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Green algal films on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings
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Green algal films on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings
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High energy littoral rock
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High energy littoral rock, Eddystone, Plymouth.
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Infralittoral coarse sediment
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Infralittoral coarse sediment
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Infralittoral mixed sediment
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Infralittoral mixed sediment
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Infralittoral surge gullies and caves
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Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment
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Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment
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Kelp with cushion fauna and/or foliose red seaweeds
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Kelp with cushion fauna and/or foliose red seaweeds
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Kelp with cushion fauna and/or foliose red seaweeds
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Littoral mud
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Littoral overhang community.
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Low energy littoral rock
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Low energy littoral rock
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Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forest on moderately exposed or sheltered infralittoral rock
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Mixed faunal turf communities
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Mixed kelps with scour-tolerant and opportunistic foliose red seaweeds on scoured or sand-covered infralittoral rock
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Mixed turf of bryozoans and erect sponges with Cylista elegans on tide-swept ciraclittoral rock
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Mixed turf of bryozoans and erect sponges with Dysidea fragilis and Actinothoe sphyrodeta on tide-swept wave-exposed circalittoral rock.
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Mixed turf of bryozoans and erect sponges with Dysidea fragilis and Actinothoe sphyrodeta on tide-swept wave-exposed circalittoral rock.
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Mixed turf of hydroids and large ascidians with Swiftia pallida and Caryophyllia smithii on weakly tide-swept circalittoral rock
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Mixed turf of hydroids and large ascidians with Swiftia pallida and Caryophyllia smithii on weakly tide-swept circalittoral rock
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Moderate energy littoral rock
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Moderate energy littoral rock
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Mussel and/or barnacle communities
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Mussels and fucoids on moderately exposed shores
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Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
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Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
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Oligochaetes in variable salinity littoral mobile sand
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Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
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Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
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Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
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Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
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Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
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Red seaweeds and kelps on tide-swept mobile infralittoral cobbles and pebbles
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Red seaweeds and kelps on tide-swept mobile infralittoral cobbles and pebbles
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Seapens, including Funiculina quadrangularis, and burrowing megafauna in undisturbed circalittoral fine mud
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Shingle (pebble) and gravel shores
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Solitary ascidians, including Ascidia mentula and Ciona intestinalis, on wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
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Solitary ascidians, including Ascidia mentula and Ciona intestinalis, with Antedon spp. on wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
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Sparse Modiolus modiolus, dense Cerianthus lloydii and burrowing holothurians on sheltered circalittoral stones and mixed sediment
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Sparse Modiolus modiolus, dense Cerianthus lloydii and burrowing holothurians on sheltered circalittoral stones and mixed sediment
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Species-rich mixed sediment shores
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Sponges and anemones on vertical circalittoral bedrock
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Sponges, bryozoans and ascidians on deeply overhanging lower shore bedrock or caves
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Sponges, bryozoans and ascidians on deeply overhanging lower shore bedrock or caves
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Sponges, bryozoans and ascidians on deeply overhanging lower shore bedrock or caves
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Sponges, cup corals and anthozoans on shaded or overhanging circalittoral rock
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Sponges, cup corals and anthozoans on shaded or overhanging circalittoral rock
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Sponges, shade-tolerant red seaweeds and Dendrodoa grossularia on wave-surged overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and caves
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Steep bedrock shore with Corallina officinalis.
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Sublittoral coarse sediment (unstable cobbles and pebbles, gravels and coarse sands)
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Sublittoral mixed sediment in low or reduced salinity (lagoons)
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Very tide-swept faunal communities on circalittoral rock
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Very tide-swept faunal communities on circalittoral rock
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Alaria esculenta forest with dense anemones and sponge crusts on extremely exposed infralittoral bedrock.
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Alaria esculenta forest with dense anemones and sponge crusts on extremely exposed infralittoral bedrock.
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Alaria esculenta forest with dense anemones and sponge crusts on extremely exposed infralittoral bedrock.
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Alaria esculenta forest with dense anemones and sponge crusts on extremely exposed infralittoral bedrock.
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Alaria esculenta forest with dense anemones and sponge crusts on extremely exposed infralittoral bedrock.
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Alaria esculenta, Mytilus edulis and coralline crusts on very exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock
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Alcyonium digitatum with a bryozoan, hydroid and ascidian turf on moderately exposed vertical infralittoral rock.
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Alcyonium digitatum with a bryozoan, hydroid and ascidian turf on moderately exposed vertical infralittoral rock.
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Alcyonium digitatum with a bryozoan, hydroid and ascidian turf on moderately exposed vertical infralittoral rock.
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Ampharete falcata turf with Nephrops sp. from the southern edge of the north west Irish Sea.
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Amphiura filiformis arms visible in circalittoral muddy sand.
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Arenicola marina and synaptid holothurians in extremely shallow soft mud.
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Bugula spp. and other bryozoans on vertical moderately exposed circalittoral rock
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Cordylophora caspia and Electra crustulenta on reduced salinity infralittoral rock.
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Crepidula fornicata and Aphelochaeta marioni in variable salinity infralittoral mixed sediment.
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Echinocardium cordatum dug out of sand.
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Edwardsia timida on sublittoral clean stone gravel.
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Flustra foliacea and other hydroid/bryozoan turf species on slightly scoured circalittoral rock or mixed substrata
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Flustra foliacea and other hydroid/bryozoan turf species on slightly scoured circalittoral rock or mixed substrata.
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Fucus ceranoides near freshwater stream.
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Halidrys on flat pebbles and gravel.
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Hiatella arctica, bryozoans and ascidians on vertical infralittoral soft rock (IR.AlcByH.Hia).
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Himanthalia elongata and Laminaria digitata on lower shore bedrock.
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Laminaria hyperborea forest with a faunal cushion (sponges and polyclinids) and foliose red seaweeds on very exposed upper infralittoral rock.
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Laminaria hyperborea forest with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed upper infralittoral rock (EIR.LhypR.Ft).
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Laminaria hyperborea park with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed upper infralittoral rock (EIR.LhypR.Pk).
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Laminaria and Himanthalia elongata on coralline turf, Wembury.
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Laminaria holdfasts and red algal undergrowth (EIR.LhypR.Ft.jpg).
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Limaria hians in excavated "nest". Limaria hians bed colonized by Protanthea simplex in background.
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Lithothamnion glaciale maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel.
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Lithothamnion glaciale nodules amongst pebbles with the sunstar Crossaster papposus, Isle of Lewis.
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Modiolus modiolus beds with hydroids and red seaweeds on tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata.
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Molgula manhattensis dominated seabed, middle channel with associated common starfish Asterias rubens.
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Mytilus edulis beds with hydroids and ascidians on tide-swept moderately exposed circalittoral rock.
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Mytilus and fucoids.
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Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand.
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Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand.
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Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand.
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Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand.
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Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand.
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Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand.
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Ophiocomina on cobbles and sediment (ECR.PomByC).
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Ophiopholis aculeata beds on slightly tide-swept circalittoral rock or mixed substrata.
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Ophiothrix fragilis and/or Ophiocomina nigra beds on slightly tide-swept circalittoral rock or mixed substrata.
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Ophiothrix fragilis and/or Ophiocomina nigra beds on slightly tide-swept circalittoral rock or mixed substrata.
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Ostrea edulis beds on shallow sublittoral muddy sediment.
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Pennatula phosphorea and Turritella communis in muddy sediment.
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Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds with hydroids and echinoderms in deeper infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand.
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Polydora sp. tubes on upward-facing circalittoral soft rock, with the sponge Suberites sp. also present.
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Polydora sp. tubes on upward-facing circalittoral soft rock.
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Polydora sp. tubes on upward-facing circalittoral soft rock.
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Puccinellia maritima salt marsh.
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Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand.
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Sabellaria spinulosa crusts on silty turbid circalittoral rock.
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Sabellaria spinulosa crusts on silty turbid circalittoral rock.
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Saccharina latissima and/or Saccorhiza polyschides on exposed infralittoral rock.
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Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and dense red seaweeds on shallow unstable infralittoral boulders or cobbles.
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Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and filamentous red seaweeds on sheltered infralittoral sediment
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Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and filamentous red seaweeds on sheltered infralittoral sediment.
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Sargassum muticum in eulittoral rockpools.
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Sargassum muticum in eulittoral rockpools.
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Sargassum muticum in eulittoral rockpools.
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Suaeda maritima, Atriplex prostrata and Puccinellia maritima community.
Copyright: Dr Ian Powell
Suaeda maritima and Spartina salicornia.
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Suberites spp. and other sponges with solitary ascidians on very sheltered circalittoral rock.
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Urticina felina and Ciocalypta penicillus on sand-covered circalittoral rock (MCR.Urt.Cio).
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Urticina felina on sand-scoured circalittoral rock.
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Virgularia mirabilis, Cerianthus lloydii with Ophiocomina nigra on shelly muddy gravel.
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A bed of fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus.
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A colony of tube worms forming a small reef, Loch Creran.
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A dense mat of Ascophyllum nodosum mackaii.
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A mat of the filamentous bacterium Beggiatoa spp.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A turf of Polyides rotundus, Furcellaria lumbricalis and filamentous brown algae.
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A well developed overhang community with pendulous polyclinid tunicates.
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Aggregation of Ocnus planci on broken shell and cobbles.
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Aggregation of Ocnus planci on broken shell and cobbles.
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Algae attached to rock including Halidrys.
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An underboulder community.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Base of vertical chalk cliff showing green cover of Chrysophyceae.
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Bedrock with the sea fan Eunicella verrucosa, the soft coral Alcyonium glomeratum and the stalked sponge Raspailia ramosa amongst a hydroid turf.
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Circalittoral cliff face with dense brachiopods Neocrania anomala and Terebratulina retusa, the anemone Protanthea simplex and the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Loch Duich, Highland.
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Circalittoral cliff with Protanthea simplex, Sabella pavonina, Ciona intestinalis and Ophiothrix fragilis.
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Circalittoral rock with Antedon bifida, hydroids and occasional solitary sea squirts.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of Sabellaria spinulosa mound showing worm tubes composed of cemented sand grains and shell fragments.
Copyright: Dr Ken Collins
Close up of rock face with Corallina and Himanthalia (ELR.Coff).
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Cobbles with dense Pomatoceros species (ECR.PomByC).
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Cross section through the LMS.BatCor biotope.
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Current swept bed of Zostera marina.
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Current swept seagrass bed.
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Deep water coral reef habitat dominated by Lophelia pertusa. Image provided by Dr Brian Bett, DEEPSEAS Group, Southampton Oceanography Centre. This image must not be used in any capacity without prior permission from Dr Brian Bett.
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Dense Alcyonium and Eunicella.
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Dense Alcyonium and Eunicella.
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Dense Lanice conchilega and other polychaetes in tide-swept infralittoral sand.
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Dense Lanice conchilega and other polychaetes in tide-swept infralittoral sand.
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Dense aggregations of Littorina littorea on horizontal rock (SLR.Bllit).
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Dense carpet of Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackii.
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Dense growths of Corynactis with sponge crusts.
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Dense Lanice conchilega in muddy sand.
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Dense Virgularia and Sagartiogeton.
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Dense Virgularia and Sagartiogeton.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Diver surveying mounds of Sabellaria.
Copyright: Dr Ken Collins
Edge of a Phragmites reed bed in February, Tamar Estuary.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Erect sponges, Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on slightly tide-swept moderately exposed circalittoral rock
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Erect sponges, Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on slightly tide-swept moderately exposed circalittoral rock.
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Erect sponges, Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on slightly tide-swept moderately exposed circalittoral rock
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Erect sponges, Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on slightly tide-swept moderately exposed circalittoral rock
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Exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock with Alaria esculenta, Isles of Scilly.
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Exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock with Alaria esculenta.
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Fallen chalk blocks covered in Enteromorpha.
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Faunal and algal crusts, Echinus esculentus, sparse Alcyonium digitatum, Abietinaria abietina and other grazing-tolerant fauna on moderately exposed circalittoral rock.
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Faunal dominated rock wall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Foliose red seaweeds on exposed or moderately exposed lower infralittoral rock.
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Fucoids and Chorda filum submerged.
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Fucoids and kelps in deep eulittoral rockpools.
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Fucoids and kelps in deep eulittoral rockpools.
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Gaping file shell nest on mixed muddy substratum, with nest opened and Limaria hians exposed.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Gravel and sand shore.
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea forest with coralline crusts on upper infralittoral rock.
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea forest with coralline crusts on upper infralittoral rock.
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea forest with coralline crusts on upper infralittoral rock.
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea park with coralline crusts on lower infralittoral rock.
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Grazed Laminaria hyperborea forest with coralline crusts on upper infralittoral rock.
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Green seaweeds (Enteromorpha spp. and Cladophora spp.) in upper shore rockpools
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Green seaweeds (Enteromorpha spp. and Cladophora spp.) in upper shore rockpools.
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Kelp forest exposed at low tide with rocky shore in background.
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LMU.Sm e.g. Salicornia sp. pioneer saltmarsh
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Lower saltmarsh pioneer species, Spartina anglica, Salicornia spp. and Suaeda maritima.
Copyright: Dr Ian Powell
Lower saltmarsh.
Copyright: Dr Ian Powell
Maerl bed in Loch Gairloch, Highland.
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Overhang community at Cellar Beach, the Yealm Estuary.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Photograph of diver with Sabellaria reef mounds in foreground, off Swanage, Dorset.
Copyright: Dr Ken Collins
Piddock bored rock with red algae.
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Piddocks with a sparse associated fauna in upward-facing circalittoral very soft chalk or clay.
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Pool in Pelvetia zone Corallina officinalis and coralline crusts (LR.Cor).
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Sand eel shoal over sandy seabed.
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Sand tolerant red algae on lower shore.
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Seaweeds in sediment (sand or gravel)-floored eulittoral rockpools.
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SIR.CorEle exposed at low tide.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Small hummock of Sabellaria alveolata at Dunraven, Southerndown, south Wales.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Soft mounded mud with Leptosynapta bergensis.
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Soft mud with Arenicola marina mounds, brittle star (Amphiura) arms and hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus in background.
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Strandline of seawed and driftwood (LGS.Tal).
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Surveying an underboulder community.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tufts of green filamentous algae.
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Underboulder community dominated by sponges from a rock pool habitat. Wembury, South Devon.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Underboulder community.
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Underboulder community.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Upper shore mud with Hediste holes and tracks.
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Upward facing bedrock dominated by tubes of Polydora species.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
View across a cockle strand (biotope LMS.Pcer).
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
View across shore showing extensive kelp beds on chalk.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
View along sand and gravel shore backed by seawall (strandline debris).
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
View along sandy shore with lighthouse in background.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
View along shore with sea wall in background.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
View down shore showing upper shore bedrock with Fucus distichus and green algae.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
View of vertical bedrock shore.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Yellow and grey lichens on supralittoral rock at Millport, Isle of Cumbrae.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Yellow and grey lichens on supralittoral rock on the Isle of Cumbrae.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Yellow and grey lichens on supralittoral rock.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Yellow lichens (Caloplaca sp. and Xanthoria sp.) on supralittoral rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
