Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Craigalea, SE Coast.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850101/23 Date: 1985-01-01 GPS: 54.24100,-5.77800. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The transect was taken across the high exposed rock outcrop which marks the southern tip of Craigalea. The substrate is mainly sedimentary ridges with stones and boulders lying between the ridges. There are also rock pools between the ridges. The intertidal is exposed; dominated by barnacles, Mytilus, Nucella and Patella. There is some evidence of sand scouring, with bare patches on the rock surface, and large amounts of sand in crevices and at the bottom of pools, often containing broken Tellina shells.

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