Description
The Priority Marine Feature (PMF) list contains 81 habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. It includes many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment, ranging from flame shell beds in coastal waters, to cold-water coral reefs of the deeper seas, and mobile species such as minke whale and basking shark.
This layer shows the distribution of Laminaria hyperborea in tide-swept infralittoral mixed substrata (subtidal). A large proportion of UK records are from sea lochs of west coast mainland and Orkney, Outer Hebrides and Shetland. The kelp canopy supports a diverse range of red seaweeds along with sponges, sea squirts, sea mats and sea anemones, echinoderms and molluscs.
Licensing and Use
This map layer is a Web Map Service provided by a third party. Data is automatically updated and made available by the data owners, but can be viewed in the NMPi portal. For detailed information about layers supplied by third parties, we recommend contacting the data owner directly
This map layer is a Web Map Service provided by a third party. Data is automatically updated and made available by the data owners, but can be viewed in the NMPi portal. For detailed information about layers supplied by third parties, we recommend contacting the data owner directly