SKENNARS HEAD OUTFALL

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Biological Environment

Low intertidal: barnacles (Tesseropora rosea), tubiculous polychaetes (Galeolaria caespitosa), large molluscs including the limpet Cellana tramoserica and the carnivorous gastropods Thais orbita and Morula marginalba and a diverse range of algae (e.g. Ulva, Enteromorpha, Pterocladia, and Corallina),.

Midtide level and above: biota are composed of scattered grazing gastropods (Nodilittorina unifasciata, Austrocochlea constricta and others) and occasional sparse algae (Saenger et al 1991).

Barnacles

Skennars Head

(Sken_6) Last updated May 2000