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SEAWEED COLLECTIONS AND SHORE SEARCHING There are general patterns of zonation that occur within the intertidal so to find all possible seaweed species the shore needs to be searched thoroughly. This includes covering all possible habitats and the full extent of the shore from the upper most reaches bordering the terrestrial environment down to the lower reaches only exposed during low spring tides. Full algal surveys should include not only those species attached directly to the rock surface but also those algae growing in/on other host algal species and animals such as hydroids and dead shells: • Only attached species to be collected (drift may be from elsewhere although may be worth noting presence of some alien species such as Sargassum muticum) • Full range of subhabitat types to be sampled: - Rockpools, crevices, couloirs (or large crevices), ledges, overhangs and caves - Upper shore rocks and freshwater seepage for Chlorophyta mats - Under canopy algae for small, fine filamentous forms Reduced species list identification guide as required by the Water Framework Directive 3
- Turfs of mixed species including a variety of morphological forms • Epiphytes – algae growing on other host algal species – for example: - Elachista sp. and Ulothrix sp. on Fucus - Litosiphon sp. on Alaria and Chorda. - Encrusting Corallines on Polyides - Many small epiphytes on various filamentous species such as Cladophora - Red epiphytes on kelp stipes • Endophytes – algae growing in other host algal species – for example: - Chlorochytrium/Sykidion spp. in a variety of host species - Myrionema strangulans in Palmaria and Enteromorpha sp. - Variety of Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta sp. in Cladophora, Polysiphonia and Ceramium - Many small filamentous epiphytes in gelatinous red and brown algae and particularly in decaying distal portions of Dumontia and Chorda • Epizoans – algae growing on faunal species – for example: - Audouinella sp. on hydroids - Ralfsia on Limpet shells Reduced species list identification guide as required by the Water Framework Directive 4
Page 1 and 2: A Field Guide to the British Seawee
Page 3: INTRODUCTION The EU Water Framework
Page 7 and 8: Some species have distinct vertical
Page 9 and 10: Table 1: Field sampling sheet to re
Page 11 and 12: Table 2: Species lists for each of
Page 13 and 14: The varieties of algae forms are br
Page 15 and 16: Special features that need to be co
Page 17 and 18: • Reproductive structures - these
Page 19 and 20: Axial cell • Distal- Towards the
Page 21 and 22: A FIELD KEY TO THE BRITISH SEAWEEDS
Page 23 and 24: Rhodophyta The red algae exhibit a
Page 25 and 26: Group A 1. Plants completely flatte
Page 27 and 28: Phaeophyta Species Group A Plants a
Page 29 and 30: 8. Thallus consisting of a large wi
Page 31 and 32: Group D 1. Plant dichotomously bran
Page 33 and 34: Group A 1. Plant calcareous……
Page 35 and 36: 10. Plant completely flattened ofte
Page 37 and 38: 11. Plant black and wiry with disc-
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Page 41 and 42: Browns Alaria esculenta Ascophyllum
Page 43 and 44: Ceramium nodulosum Ceramium shuttle
Page 45 and 46: Polysiphonia fucoides Polysiphonia
Page 47 and 48: Blidingia sp. This is a tubular and
Page 49 and 50: Chaetomorpha linum This is an unbra
Page 51 and 52: Chaetomorpha melagonium This is an
Page 53 and 54: Enteromorpha sp. A tubular plant wh
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Rhizoclonium tortuosum Plant consis
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Sykidion moorei Plant consisting of
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Ulva lactuca A flat foliose plant t
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Ascophyllum nodosum Frond very long
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Chordaria flagelliformis Plant ofte
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Desmarestia aculeata Frond often qu
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Ectocarpus sp. Fine filamentous for
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Fucus sp. Plants tough, cartilagino
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Laminaria sp. Thick leathery, very
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Litosiphon laminariae Epiphytic pla
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Pilayella littoralis Fine filamento
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Scytosiphon lomentaria Plant charac
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Spongonema tomentosum Fine and fila
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Ahnfeltia plicata Plant completely
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Calcareous encrusters Calcareous en
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Ceramium nodulosum This is a highly
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Chondrus crispus This species is ca
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Cystoclonium purpureum This is a fi
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Erythrotrichia carnea This is a sma
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Gelidium sp. Gracilaria gracilis Sp
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Heterosiphonia plumosa Plant filame
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Lomentaria clavellosa This plant is
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Hypoglossum hypoglossoides This spe
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Melobesia membrancea This is a smal
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Osmundea hybrida and Osmundea pinna
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Phyllophora sp. Plant tough, cartil
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Polysiphonia fucoides Plants are ge
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Porphyra species These plants are f
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Rhodothamniella floridula This plan
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