Property:Definition
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A later larval stage in siphonophores, composed of a floating colony with a disc-shaped float, and an elongated body surrounded by the rim of the growing disc (Stachowitsch, 1992) +
Species that have reported or recorded in error. +
Common in OSPAR Region II, III +
Where the movement of recreational equipment by humans results in the introduction of an invasive species into a new area/region. +
An organism that forms large areas of hard substratum for other organisms due to the scale of its aggregations (e.g. horse mussels), accretions (e.g. ''Sabellaria'') or its skeleton (e.g. corals). +
Organisms that excavate and maintain burrows in the sediment, which result in sediment transport from depth to the surface (adapted from Kristensen ''et al.'', 2012. +
A description of the season(s) or months of the year during which reproduction occurs +
Traits that describe how an organism reproduces or the mechanism by which reproduction is achieved. +
In the form of a mesh or net (Prescott, 1969). +
Drowned river valleys of south-west Britain (ria) and Shetland (voe). Often with a greater presence of rock and more marine in character than estuaries. +
Unlikely to be damaged as a result of physical impacts, e.g. hard or tough enough to withstand impact, or leathery or wiry enough to resist impact. +
1) A pool of water among rocks left behind by the ebbing tide. 2) a depression in the littoral zone of a rocky seashore where, at low tide, seawater is left behind (Hiscock, 1996). +
Rotational ellipsoid (Olenina ''et al.'', 2006) +
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The range of salinities in which the organism is recorded (scale taken from Reusser & Lee, 2011) +
A flat, poorly drained coastal swamp inundated by most high tides (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998). +
Sands and sands with mud where sand is the major fraction (see Long 2006) +
30 -80% gravel with sand (see Long, 2006). +
