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Biodiversity & Conservation
| Basic Information | Biotope classification | Ecology | Habitat preferences and distribution | Species composition | Sensitivity | Importance |
Pectenogammarus planicrurus in mid shore well-sorted gravel or coarse sand
LS.LGS.Sh.Pec
LS.LGS.Sh.Pec recorded (
) and expected (
) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)
Marine natural heritage importance
| Listed under |
EC Habitats Directive |
|---|---|
| National importance | Scarce |
| Habitat Directive feature (Annex 1) | Large shallow inlets and bays |
Biotope importance
Insufficient information.
Exploitation
Coastal erosion may be exacerbated by offshore dredging, as both the roads infrastructure programme and construction industry are heavily dependent on supplies of marine aggregates. Sourcing aggregates from marine deposits is increasingly seen as a means to partially meet such demands. The full impact of offshore dredging is unknown but it is implicated in starving the coast of the sediment needed for beach building (Hubbard & MacGuire, 1997).
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This review can be cited as follows:
Budd, G.C. 2002. Pectenogammarus planicrurus in mid shore well-sorted gravel or coarse sand. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatimportance.php?habitatid=151&code=1997>
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