Appendix 8.4

Intertidal Fauna Recorded Within the Project area

Appendix 8.4 -Intertidal Fauna Recorded Within the Project area Sandy Shore Invertebrates

Survey date 28/02/2007 28/02/2007 06/03/2007 06/03/2007 06/03/2007
Survey location Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5
Intertidal type Sloping boulder-mounted seawall Vertical seawall Sloping boulder-mounted seawall Rockfill Rockfill
Transect Length (m) 5.4 3.0 6.5 4.0 4.0
Quadrat 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3
Periwinkle
Echinolittorina radiata +++ ++++ + ++++ ++
Planaxid Snail
Planaxis sulcatus +++ + + + +
Topshell
Monodonta labio +++ ++++ +++
Whelk
Thais clavigera ++
Limpet / False Limpet
Cellana grata ++ +++
Cellana toreuma + +++ ++ ++ + + +++
Patelloida pygmaea ++
Patelloida saccharina ++ ++++
Siphonaria japonica + + + +
Siphonaria laciniosa +
Chiton
Acanthopleura japonica ++ + +
Crabs
unidentified + +
Bivalves
Septifer virgatus + +
Saccostrea cucullata + + ++ ++++ + +
Barnacles
Balanus amphitrite + + +
Tetraclita japonica +++ + +
Tetraclita squamosa + ++++ + ++
Capitulum mitella + +
Cyanobacteria
Kyrtuthrix maculans + ++ + +
Encrusting Algae
Hildenbrandia rubra + ++++ + ++++ ++ ++++ ++
Chrysothrix candelaris + + +++
Erect Algae
Hincksia mitchelliae + + +++ + ++++ ++++
Ulva lactuca +

Note: high tide mark – quadrat 1 (Code for Relative Abundance / Coverage: ++++=abundant; +++=frequent; ++=occasional; +=scarce)

Appendix 8.4 -Intertidal Fauna Recorded Within the Project area Sandy Shore Invertebrates

Survey date 15/05/2007 15/05/2007 15/05/2007 15/05/2007 15/05/2007
Survey location Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5
Intertidal type Sloping boulder-mounted seawall Vertical seawall Sloping boulder-mounted seawall Rockfill Rockfill
Transect Length (m) 6.0 3.5 6.1 5.5 4.5
Quadrat 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Periwinkle
Echinolittorina trochoides ++ +
Echinolittorina radiata ++++
Littoraria articulata +
Topshell
Monodonta labio +
Whelk
Thais clavigera +
Limpet / False Limpet
Collisella dorsuosa +
Cellana toreuma + ++ + + +
Nipponacmea concinna + +
Patelloida pygmaea ++ + +++
Patelloida saccharina ++++ + + +++ ++
Siphonaria laciniosa +++ + +
Chiton
Acanthopleura japonica + +
Bivalves
Septifer virgatus + +
Saccostrea cucullata + ++++ + + ++ ++++
Barnacles
Balanus amphitrite ++ ++ ++++ ++
Tetraclita japonica + +
Tetraclita squamosa + ++ ++++
Capitulum mitella + + +
Worms
Hydroides sp. +++
Sea Slater
Ligia exotica +
Encrusting Algae
Hildenbrandia rubra ++ + ++ ++++ ++++ +++ + ++ +
Pseudulvella applanata ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++
Chrysothrix candelaris + + + +
Encrusting coralline alga ++ +
Erect Algae
Hincksia mitchelliae ++ + ++++ ++++
Gelidium pusillum + ++++
Corallina pilulifera ++ +

Note: high tide mark – quadrat 1 (Code for Relative Abundance / Coverage: ++++=abundant; +++=frequent; ++=occasional; +=scarce)