Protecting one of England's rarest marine habitats: Natural England's work on maerl
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Angela Gall, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Evidence, Marine environment, Monitoring, Natural England, Nature
By Angela Gall, Marine Senior Officer Hidden beneath the waves along the south coast of Cornwall lies an ancient marine habitat, maerl beds. These pink, twiglet-shaped rhodoliths are free-living, calcified red seaweeds forming intricate, three-dimensional structures on the seabed. They're …