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SUBSTRATUM
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ROCK
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SEDIMENT
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ZONE
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High energy rock
[H*R]
(wave exposed or very tide-swept)
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Moderate energy rock
[M*R]
(moderately wave-exposed or tide-swept)
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Low energy rock
[L*R]
(wave sheltered and weak tidal currents)
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Features on rock
[F*R]
(rockpools, caves)
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Coarse sediment
[CS]
Mobile cobble & pebble, gravel, coarse sand
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Sand
[Sa]
Clean sands & non-cohesive muddy sands
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Mud
[Mu]
Cohesive sandy muds & muds
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Mixed sediment
[Mx]
Heterogeneous mixtures of gravel, sand & mud
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Macrophyte-dominated
sediment
[Mp]
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Biogenic reefs
[BR]
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L
I
T
T
O
R
A
L
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LITTORAL
[L]
(splash zone, strandline &
intertidal)
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High energy littoral rock
[HLR]
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Moderate energy littoral
rock
[MLR]
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Low energy littoral rock
[LLR]
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Features on littoral rock
[FLR]
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Littoral coarse sediment
[LCS]
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Littoral sand
[LSa]
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Littoral mud
[LMu]
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Littoral mixed sediment
[LMx]
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Littoral macrophyte-dominated
sediment
[LMp]
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Littoral biogenic reefs
[LBR]
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S
U
B
L
I
T
T
O
R
A
L
[S]
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INFRA-LITTORAL
[I]
(shallow subtidal)
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High energy infralittoral
rock
[HIR]
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Moderate energy infralittoral
rock
[MIR]
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Low energy infralittoral
rock
[LIR]
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Features on infralittoral
rock
[FIR]
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Sublittoral coarse sediment
[SCS]
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Sublittoral sand
[SSa]
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Sublittoral mud
[SMu]
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Sublittoral mixed sediment
[SMx]
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Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated
sediment
[SMp]
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Sublittoral biogenic reefs
[SBR]
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CIRCA-LITTORAL
[C]
(nearshore deeper and offshore
subtidal)
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High energy circalittoral
rock
[HCR]
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Moderate energy circalittoral
rock
[MCR]
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Low energy circalittoral
rock
[LCR]
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Features on circalittoral
rock
[FCR]
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