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Polyides rotundus, Ahnfeltia plicata and Chondrus crispus on sand-covered infralittoral rock
IR.MIR.SedK.PolAhn
IR.MIR.SedK.PolAhn recorded (
) and expected (
) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Occurs in the Orkney Islands, western Scotland, Cardigan Bay, the southwest peninsula and the Isles of Scilly.
Habitat preferences
Temperature range preferences - no information found
Water clarity preferences - Medium clarity / Medium turbidity
Limiting Nutrients - Nitrogen (nitrates)
Phosphorus (phosphates)
Other preferences -
Additional information
This review can be cited as follows:
Rayment, W.J. 2002. Polyides rotundus, Ahnfeltia plicata and Chondrus crispus on sand-covered infralittoral rock. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 21/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatpreferences.php?habitatid=222&code=1997>
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