Table 2.2. Strandings of macroalgae in Europe-geographical distribution
Country
Site
Species
Density
g dry weight$m 2
Northern littoral
France
Brittany
Uiva sp.
0.2-400
(2-100 approx)
Bay
Porphyra sp.
(3-5 approx)
St-Brieuc.
England
Langstone
Enteromorpha sp.
>2
Harbour
(10 -12 approx)
100 ha
Scotland
Ythan
Enteronorpha sp.
0.05-1.16
estuary
Ireland
Belfast
Ulva iactuta
45 (maxi)
Dublin
var.
iatissina
(20-90 approx)
Enteromorpha compressa
E. intestinalis
Germany
Island of
Enteromorpha sp.
(10-15 approx)
Sylt
Ulva sp.
Cladophora sp.
Chaetomorpha sp.
Porphyra sp.
Low countries
Wadden
Sea
Green algae
Sweden
Ulva sp.
Norway
Oslo-Fjord
Enteromorpha sp.
Uiva sp.
Annual
Bloom
production
period
35000
June - September( 1968)
450
June
6000
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