Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Layd Church, NE Coast.

[Site list for year 1984]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19840924/21 Date: 1984-09-24 GPS: 55.09183,-6.04383. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The sampling area was a wide sandstone platform about 100 m north of the access point. It was bounded to the south by high sandstone outcrops and to the north by a freshwater inflow and outcrop. The upper shore was separated from a lower shore platform by a drop of about 1.5m. To the north and south of the sampling area, the sandstone outcrops sheltered the platforms to a certain extent, allowing fucoid growth. The freshwater inflow supported a large growth of Ulva intestinalis (originally recorded as Enteromorpha intestinalis) with big mats of Cladophora rupestris also present. The shore was revisited on 26.9.84, although the lower shore was at the same approximate height.