MBDP-NI: Site details W of Black Rock, Strangford Lough.

W of Black Rock, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830809/06 Date: 1983-08-09 GPS: 54.42933,-5.62300. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Steep boulder slope with pockets of mud. Kelp lower limit 9m.

Species list and abundance (56 species recorded):

PORIFERA	Lanice conchilega P	Inachus phalangium P	ECHINODERMATA	Didemnum maculosum P	PISCES	Chondrus crispus P
Spanioplon armaturum P	Thelepus cincinnatus P	Macropodia rostrata P	Henricia oculata P	Corella parallelogramma P	Myoxocephalus scorpius P	Gracilaria gracilis P
Mycale subclavata P	Sabella pavonina P	Cancer pagurus P	Leptasterias muelleri P	Ascidiella aspersa P	Pholis gunnellus P	Griffithsia corallinoides P
CNIDARIA	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Polybius depurator P	Ophiothrix fragilis P	Ascidia conchilega P	Pomatoschistus pictus P	CHROMOPHYTA
Halecium halecinum P	Filograna implexa P	Carcinus maenas P	Echinus esculentus P	Ascidia mentula P	RHODOPHYTA	Desmarestia aculeata P
Nemertesia antennina P	CRUSTACEA	MOLLUSCA	TUNICATA	Polycarpa scuba P	Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P	Saccharina latissima P
Nemertesia ramosa P	Balanus crenatus P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Clavelina lepadiformis P	Dendrodoa grossularia P	Bonnemaisonia intricata P	CHLOROPHYTA
Obelia geniculata P	Pagurus bernhardus P	Pododesmus patelliformis P	Morchellium argus P	Botryllus schlosseri P	Lithophyllum sp. P	Ulva lactuca P
ANNELIDA	Galathea intermedia P	BRYOZOA	Aplidium nordmanni P	Botrylloides leachi P	Calliblepharis ciliata P
Eupolymnia nebulosa P	Galathea strigosa P	Electra pilosa P	Didemnum sp. P	Pyura microcosmus P	Rhodophyllis divaricata P