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  3. Tide-swept kelp communities

Tide-swept kelp communities

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Filamentous red seaweeds, sponges and [Balanus crenatus] on tide-swept variable-salinity infralittoral rock missing
 Filamentous red seaweeds, sponges and Balanus crenatus on tide-swept variable-salinity infralittoral rock
Mixed kelp and red seaweeds on infralittoral boulders, cobbles and gravel in tidal rapids missing
 Mixed kelp and red seaweeds on infralittoral boulders, cobbles and gravel in tidal rapids
Mixed kelp with foliose red seaweeds, sponges and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock missing
 Mixed kelp with foliose red seaweeds, sponges and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock
[Laminaria digitata], ascidians and bryozoans on tide-swept sublittoral fringe rock
 Laminaria digitata, ascidians and bryozoans on tide-swept sublittoral fringe rock
[Laminaria hyperborea] forest and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept upper infralittoral mixed substrata missing
 Laminaria hyperborea forest and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept upper infralittoral mixed substrata
[Laminaria hyperborea] forest, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock
 Laminaria hyperborea forest, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock
[Laminaria hyperborea] on tide-swept, infralittoral mixed substrata. missing
 Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept, infralittoral mixed substrata.
[Laminaria hyperborea] on tide-swept, infralittoral rock
 Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept, infralittoral rock
[Laminaria hyperborea] park and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept lower infralittoral mixed substrata missing
 Laminaria hyperborea park and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept lower infralittoral mixed substrata
[Laminaria hyperborea] park with hydroids, bryozoans and sponges on tide-swept lower infralittoral rock
 Laminaria hyperborea park with hydroids, bryozoans and sponges on tide-swept lower infralittoral rock
[Saccharina latissima] with foliose red seaweeds and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock missing
 Saccharina latissima with foliose red seaweeds and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock
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