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- 17 May 2018
Algal habitats and communities on the chalk cliff coastline of Kent and Sussex were assessed by direct observation. Summarised accounts of the main observations are presented. Due to the geological...
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- 17 May 2018
Echinus esculentus is the subject of a small scale commercial fishery in the Isles of Scilly. Collection is by diving during the winter months, and during 1983/84 it is estimated that a total of...
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- 17 May 2018
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...
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- 17 May 2018
Loch Sween is situated on the east side of the Sound of Jura, in south-west Scotland. It opens to the south-west and its mouth is partially protected by the small MacCormaig Isles. The main body of...
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- 17 May 2018
The Tees Estuary (north-east England) has been industrialised since the ninteenth century and used for the disposal of industrial and domestic waste. Its physical nature has been changed by...
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- 17 May 2018
Fifty-eight species of benthic marine algae and 1 marine lichen are recorded. A range of communities colonising supralittoral, upper littoral and lower littoral levels was detected at Abbot's...
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- 17 May 2018
The survey was carried out as an extension intensive surveys of the River Yare earlier in 1987. Also, public concern over the inadequacy of sewage disposal facilities in the Yarmouth area. At...
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- 17 May 2018
The Isle of May lies at the entrance to the Firth of Forth. It is a small island designated as a National Nature Reserve. The coastline of the Isle of May is predominantly rocky with bedrock...
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- 17 May 2018
Surveys of both sites at Morte Point and Ilfracombe were carried out by Keith Hiscock (MNCR). The Morte Point site was a rocky headland with strong tidal streams. The Ilfracombe site was similarly...
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- 17 May 2018
The survey area was on the south coast of Britain, and was divided into four sections:- 1. the harbour and estuary at Yarmouth, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, 2. sections of the shore at...
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- 17 May 2018
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Sublittoral survey from Point Lynas, E Anglesey to Rhos-on-sea using SCUBA to complete recording, photography and sampling of rock and sediment habitats. Seventeen sites included fine sediment...
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- 17 May 2018
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Twenty nine sites were surveyed within or adjacent to the Bardsey/Lleyn Peninsula SAC including the areas between the Gwylan islands and Maen Mellt on the Lleyn peninsula (S to N) and around...
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- 17 May 2018
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The field work was carried out at low tide on the 12th February 1990. Five sample stations were established, three of which were located in an area where Shelduck are known to congregate and two in...
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- 17 May 2018
Sublittoral survey of the Lizard Peninsula and Falmouth Bay with detailed MNCR recording of as many habitats and communities as possible. The survey incorporated steep exposed bedrock, stepped...
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- 17 May 2018
This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The first real noticeable outcome from observations of the estuary whilst sampling, is that a large percentage of the mud is made up of China Clay. This is present as a result of being emitted by...