Rock pooling destination: Salthouse, Norfolk, June 2012
The shore is comprised of shingle and has a stepped
profile. On this occasion hundreds of common starfish (Asterias rubens) had been washed up on the shore; such strandings
occur periodically when strong tides and winds wash the starfish off of the
mussel beds that lie off the coast.
Habitat Classification: LS.LCS.sh.BarSh (Barren littoral
shingle).
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| Shore comprised of shingle. Habitat Classification: LS.LCS.sh.BarSh (Barren littoral shingle). |
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| The shore has a 'stepped' profile. |
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The shore is barren of life, due to the mobile nature of the sediment and its inability
to hold water within the interstitial spaces of the pebbles.
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| Hundreds of common starfish (Asterias rubens) washed up in the strand line. |
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| Hundreds of common starfish (Asterias rubens) washed up in the strand line. |
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| Sea campion grows sporadically in the upper shore. |
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