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Rocky shores in the Moray Firth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

L. A. Terry  and
D. Sell
L. A. Terry
Affiliation:
Aberdeen University Marine Studies Ltd, Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, Scotland
D. Sell
Affiliation:
Aberdeen University Marine Studies Ltd, Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, Scotland
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Synopsis

An intertidal rocky shore monitoring programme was established in 1981 as part of the Beatrice Environmental Programme covering thirty-four different locations in the Moray Firth between Duncansby Head and Fraserburgh. This paper describes the survey methods, the species found and the rocky shore communities encountered on these shores. During the development of the Beatrice Oil Field a new shore line was created in the Cromarty Firth at the Nigg terminal and the successional changes in the communities on this shore between 1981 and 1984 are discussed.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 91: The Marine Environment of the Moray Firth , 1986 , pp. 169 - 191
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1986

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