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Littoral survey of the inner Solway Firth and additional sites in Dumfries and Galloway 1992

Abstract

In June 1991 survey work was completed on the north coast of the Solway Firth between Luce Sands and Mullock Bay following the recommendations in Covey (1990). The inner Solway from Maryport to Balcarry Point was surveyed in August 1991. Both areas were surveyed as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR), which was a project initiated by the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) in 1987 to consolidate the information already collected on British marine ecosystems.

The inner Solway is an area of predominantly sedimentary substrata, with large expanses of mobile sediment and constantly migrating river channels extending from the Rivers Esk and Eden which enter the Firth at its head around Rockcliffe Marsh. Within the inner Solway, hard substratum is limited in extent to scoured boulder scars in the south of the area and some true rocky shores fringing the sediment flats to the west of Southerness Point.

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Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 1992··

Citation
Covey, R. & Emblow, C.S. 1992. Littoral survey of the inner Solway Firth and additional sites in Dumfries and Galloway. JNCC Report No. 33 (Marine Nature Conservation Review Report MNCR/SR/20/), JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

Lineage
This report was undertaken as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) (Marine Nature Conservation Review Report MNCR/SR/20/).

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2023·03·28

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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