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Garron Harbour, NE Coast.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850418/21 Date: 1985-04-18 GPS: 55.04283,-5.96200. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The site is composed of limestone ridges running parallel to the shoreline. To the south of the site the ridges fall perpendicularly to the sea from a height of 7-8m. To the north, the drop in height is only 1-2m, with angular limestone boulders on the lower shore. The site is moderately exposed. The intertidal is mainly patellobarnacle with scattered fucoids. There is an upper green zone and a well developed Fucus serratus/mixed red zone on the lower shore boulders. The tide was very low, revealing a substantial amount of the sublittoral fringe. The transect site is about the middle of the location, with a gentle gradient across the ridges of the upper shore, then a sharp drop of 1.5 m down to the limestone boulders of the lower shore. Offshore, within jumping distance, are outcrops of limestone, generally steep-sided. One fairly sheltered gully was present on the upper-mid shore.

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