Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Sheepland Harbour, SE Coast.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850529/21 Date: 1985-05-29 GPS: 54.27400,-5.57600. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The shore is exposed and formed of very thin slaty regular ridges which run parallel to the shore. These ridges are a result of the rock being vertical substrata and weathering between. Consequently crevices and rock pools of all sizes occur at all heights. The zonation is typical for an exposed shore, although Pelvetia occurs in a slightly more sheltered area of Sheepland Harbour where a freshwater stream flows into the sea. The pools have a good algal diversity, especially towards the middle and lower shores. An extremely wide supralittoral lichen belt was present. Lichens noted were Hydropunctaria maura (orginally recorded as Verrucaria maura), Lecanora/Ochrolechia, Caloplaca and Ramalina.

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