Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

W of Bird Island, Strangford Lough

[Site list for year 2003]

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030812/03 Date: 2003-08-12 GPS: 54.47790,-5.58945. Depth: 21.7 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Fine mud, well mixed small shell, some areas of intact shell. Some areas of very fine mud with Goneplax burrows. Areas of large shell including Modiolus which crumble very easily. Some Antedon bifida and Ascidiella in deeper water. In shallower water, rocks and boulders on muddy substrate covered with Echinus esculentus, Asterias rubens, bryozoans and Metridium senile.

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