MBDP-NI: Site details East Channel, Lough Foyle.

Priority species

East Channel, Lough Foyle.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830622/08 Date: 1983-06-22 GPS: 55.14717,-7.10233 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of uneven worked sand. One burrow. No indication of cause of burrow or working. Very sparse Zostera. Barren.

Species list (15 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Sertularia cupressina
Obelia longissima
Urticina felina
CRUSTACEA
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Cerastoderma edule
Macoma balthica
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Vesicularia spinosa
PISCES
Syngnathus rostellatus
Agonus cataphractus
Pomatoschistus minutus
RHODOPHYTA
Ceramium sp.
CHROMOPHYTA
Chorda filum
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca
ANGIOSPERMAE
Zostera marina

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Sertularia cupressina P
Obelia longissima P
Urticina felina P
CRUSTACEA
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Cerastoderma edule P
Macoma balthica P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Vesicularia spinosa P
PISCES
Syngnathus rostellatus P
Agonus cataphractus P
Pomatoschistus minutus P
RHODOPHYTA
Ceramium sp. P
CHROMOPHYTA
Chorda filum P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P
ANGIOSPERMAE
Zostera marina P