Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

North of Killowen, Carlingford Lough.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850601/21 Date: 1985-06-01 GPS: 54.08200,-6.19000. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The site is a fucoid dominated boulder shore, with small angular boulders, a few medium boulders, and stones on the upper shore and small boulders, stones, gravel and mud on the lower shore. There was an extensive exposure of Saccharina latissima (originally recorded as Laminaria saccharina) on the lower shore on the sampling date, with a very good animal diversity. Barnacle spat were common throughout the intertidal. The supralittoral was composed of angular pebbles with weeds sticking through, and held occasional large lichen covered boulders. The site had very good animal diversity, but a poor algal diversity.

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