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The Blue Mussel (BMU) Bioband
Bio-band Name |
Database Label |
Colour |
Indicator Species* |
Physical Description |
Exposure |
Associate Species* |
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B |
Blue Mussel |
BMU |
Black or blue-black |
Visible on bedrock and on boulder, cobble or gravel beaches. Appears in dense clusters that form distinct black patches or bands, either above or below the barnacle band. |
P-VE |
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A thick Blue Mussel (BMU) bioband dominates this Semi-Protected (SP) shoreline in Portland Canal. Note the difference between the distinct blue-black band of Blue Mussel (BMU) below, and the Verrucaria (VER) band of the Splash Zone above. |
Continuous bands of Blue Mussel (BMU) and Rockweed (FUC) contrast in the intertidal zone along this Protected (P) Estuary in the West Arm of Cholmondeley Sound, Prince of Wales Island. |
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Bioarea SEMJ |
Bioarea SECR |