Biodiversity & Conservation

Laminaria saccharina, Chorda filum and filamentous red seaweeds on sheltered infralittoral sediment

SS.IMX.KSwMx.LsacX

IMX.LsacX

Image Anon. - Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and filamentous red seaweeds on sheltered infralittoral sediment. Image width ca 50 cm in foreground.
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Distribution map

SS.IMX.KSwMx.LsacX recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland

Particularly widespread in sealochs in Scotland and in sheltered areas of Orkney and Shetland. Also recorded from harbours, rias and estuaries in south-west Britain.

Habitat preferences

Temperature range preferences - No information found

Water clarity preferences - Medium clarity / Medium turbidity
Low clarity / High turbidity
Poor clarity / Extreme turbidity
High clarity / Low turbidity
Very high clarity / Very low turbidity

Limiting Nutrients - Nitrogen (nitrates)

Other preferences -

Additional information

This review can be cited as follows:

Hiscock, K. 2001. Laminaria saccharina, Chorda filum and filamentous red seaweeds on sheltered infralittoral sediment. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 22/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatpreferences.php?habitatid=58&code=1997>