Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

N of Marlfield Bay, Strangford Lough

[Site list for year 2003]

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030704/02 Date: 2003-07-04 GPS: 54.41462,-5.58125. Depth: 26.5 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Gravelly mud dead shell, cobbles. Occasional boulder on muddy sand with occasional Virgularia mirabilis at start of dive. Some Synarachnactis lloydii (recorded as Cerianthus). Lots of Ophiura albida. More boulders and cobbles towards end of dive, with more abundant hydroids and Ascidiella aspersa. Gravelly mud, dead shell, cobbles.

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