Falmouth Group 8
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Although the surveyed area was outside the SAC's designation, the site is important
to Falmouth Bay because the area falls under the Annex 1 habitat code 1160 described
officially as: large shallow inlets and bays are large indentations of the coast,
generally more sheltered from wave action than the open coast. Relatively shallow
(with water less than 30m over most of the area). In the sublittoral zone, more exposed
rocky coasts support forests of kelp L. hyperborea, with forests of sugar kelp L.
saccharina occurring in more sheltered conditions. Communities of ephemeral algae
and maerl were present on tide-
The site was surveyed with a duel-
Location: From: To:
Date: 27/06/2013
Time period: 11:45 to 3:15 UTC
Tides: High Tide: ; Low Tide:
Weather conditions: /8 cloud cover
Geophysical Work