Bioband - RED

The Red Algae (RED) Bioband

Zone	Bio-band Name	Database Label	Colour	Indicator Species*	Physical Description	Exposure [Description]	Associate Species*
B	Red Algae	RED	Corallines: pink or white Foliose or filamentous: Dark red, bright red, or red-brown.	Corallina sp. Lithothamnion sp. Neoptilota sp. Odonthalia sp. Neorhodomela sp. Palmaria sp. Mazzaella sp.	Appears on most substrates except fine sediments. Lush coralline algae indicates highest exposures; diversity of foliose red algae indicates medium to high exposures, and filamentous species, often mixed with green algae, occur at medium and lower exposures.	P-VE	Pisaster sp. Nucella sp. Katharina tunicata mixed large browns of the CHB bioband


Along this Semi-Protected (SP) shoreline on Slim Island, a bright band of Red Algae (RED) is visible in the lower intertidal above subtidal Urchin Barrens (URC).					A band of coralline Red Algae (RED) can be seen at the waterline on this Exposed (E) shore on the West side of St. Joseph Island.
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* Indicator Species: The dominant species in a bioband and usually what the bioband is named for (eg. Barnacles = Barnacle bioband or BAR).
Associated Species: Species commonly found within a given bioband. These are based on known life histories of these species and ground observations. For more detailed information on associated species and regional differences see the Shore Station database (http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/habitat/shorestation/default.htm).