Publication - Progress report
Marine Protected Area Network - 2018 Report to the Scottish Parliament
A report to Parliament on progress being made in
implementing a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network.
Annex 5: Feature replication in the MPA network
This annex details the replication of features within the MPA network. It considers broad scale habitats, as well as habitats and species listed by EU Directives and the OSPAR convention.
The symbols in the "replication in network" column mean the following:
| √ | Protected in more than one site in Scottish waters |
| • | Protected in more than one site in UK waters |
| X | Not replicated in UK waters |
Table 5.1: Replicates of EUNIS level 3 habitats by MSFD sub-region[13]
| Broad-scale habitat | EUNIS Code | Celtic Seas | Greater North Sea | Replication in network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High energy littoral rock | A1.1 | 14 | 4 | √ |
| Moderate energy littoral rock | A1.2 | 15 | 3 | √ |
| Low energy littoral rock | A1.3 | 17 | 5 | √ |
| Littoral coarse sediment | A2.1 | 8 | 3 | √ |
| Littoral sand and muddy sand | A2.2 | 20 | 11 | √ |
| Littoral mud | A2.3 | 11 | 8 | √ |
| Littoral mixed sediments | A2.4 | 8 | 6 | √ |
| Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms | A2.6 | 5 | 10 | √ |
| Littoral biogenic reefs | A2.7 | 11 | 8 | √ |
| High energy infralittoral rock | A3.1 | 14 | 3 | √ |
| Moderate energy infralittoral rock | A3.2 | 18 | 4 | √ |
| Low energy infralittoral rock | A3.3 | 19 | 4 | √ |
| High energy circalittoral rock | A4.1 | 13 | 5 | √ |
| Moderate energy circalittoral rock | A4.2 | 16 | 4 | √ |
| Low energy circalittoral rock | A4.3 | 12 | 3 | √ |
| Sublittoral coarse sediment | A5.1 | 13 | 4 | √ |
| Sublittoral sand | A5.2 | 14 | 5 | √ |
| Sublittoral mud | A5.3 | 20 | 5 | √ |
| Sublittoral mixed sediments | A5.4 | 20 | 2 | √ |
| Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment | A5.5 | 17 | 2 | √ |
| Sublittoral biogenic reefs | A5.6 | 13 | 5 | √ |
| Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata | A6.1 | 8 | * | √ |
| Deep-sea mixed substrata | A6.2 | 11 | * | √ |
| Deep-sea sand | A6.3 | 5 | * | √ |
| Deep-sea muddy sand | A6.4 | 6 | * | √ |
| Deep-sea mud | A6.5 | 6 | * | √ |
| Deep-sea bioherms | A6.6 | 10 | * | √ |
| Raised features of the deep-sea bed | A6.7 | 8 | * | √ |
* indicate that the feature is not characteristic of the region. Count includes OABMs
Table 5.2: Replicates for relevant listed[14] seabed habitats by MSFD sub-region[15]
| Habitat | Celtic Seas | Greater North Sea | Replication in network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue mussel beds | 10 | 9 | √ |
| Carbonate mounds | 1 | * | X |
| Coral gardens | 3 | * | √ |
| Deep-sea sponge aggregations | 6 | * | √ |
| Flame shell beds | 6 | * | √ |
| Lophelia pertusa reefs | 7 | * | √ |
| Maerl beds | 10 | 1 | √ |
| Modiolus modiolus beds | 7 | 3 | √ |
| Northern sea fan and sponge communities | 4 | 1 | √ |
| Ostrea edulis beds | 1 | * | • |
| Seagrass beds / Zostera beds | 18 | 12 | √ |
| Seamounts | 3 | * | √ |
| Sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities | 11 | 1 | √ |
| Serpulid reefs/aggregations | 2 | * | √ |
| Coastal lagoons | 7 | 0 | √ |
| Estuaries | 1 | 2 | √ |
| Large shallow inlets and bays | 4 | 0 | √ |
| Mudflats and sandflats | 6 | 2 | √ |
| Reefs | 24 | 5 | √ |
| Sandbanks | 6 | 3 | √ |
| Submarine structures made by leaking gases | 0 | 2 | √ |
| Submerged or partially submerged sea caves | 3 | 2 | √ |
* indicate that the habitat is not present in the region
Table 5.3: Replicates for relevant listed[16] species by MSFD sub-region[17]
| Species | Celtic Seas | Greater North Sea | Replication in network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottlenose dolphin - Tursiops truncatus | 0 | 1 | • |
| Harbour porpoise - Phocoena phocoena | 1 | 0 | • |
| Risso's dolphin - Grampus griseus | 0 | 0 | X |
| Minke whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata | 0 | 0 | X |
| Grey seal - Halichoerus grypus | 7 | 3 | √ |
| Harbour seal - Phoca vitulina | 7 | 5 | √ |
| Otter - Lutra lutra | 15 | 4 | √ |
| Basking shark - Cetorhinus maximus | 0 | 0 | X |
| Common skate - Dipturus spp. complex | 1 | 0 | • |
| Orange roughy - Hoplostethus atlanticus | 1 | * | X |
| Blue ling - Molva dypterygia | 2** | * | √ |
| Sand eels - Ammodytes marinus / A. tobianus | 1 | 2 | √ |
| Sea lamprey - Petromyzon marinus | 1 | 1 | √ |
| Smelt (Sparling) - Osmerus eperlanus | 1 | 0 | X |
| Ocean quahog - Arctica islandica | 10 | 4 | √ |
| Fan mussel - Atrina fragilis | 1 | 0 | • |
| Flat/native/European oyster - Ostrea edulis | 1 | 0 | • |
| Spiny lobster - Palinurus elephas | 0 | 0 | • |
* indicate that the species is not present in the region. Count includes OABMs.
Table 5.4: Replicates for relevant bird species[18] by MSFD sub-region[7],[19]
| Bird species | Celtic Seas | Greater North Sea | Replication in network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alca torda - Razorbill | 11 | 8 | √ |
| Anas acuta - Northern pintail | 1 | 1 | √ |
| Anas crecca - Eurasian teal | 1 | 2 | √ |
| Anas penelope - Eurasian wigeon | - | 6 | √ |
| Arenaria interpres - Ruddy turnstone | 3 | 4 | √ |
| Aythya marila - Greater scaup | 2 | 6 | √ |
| Branta bernicla - Brent goose | 1 | - | • |
| Bucephala clangula - Common goldeneye | 4 | 5 | √ |
| Calidris alba - Sanderling | 3 | 1 | √ |
| Calidris alpina - Dunlin | 3 | 6 | √ |
| Calidris canutus - Red knot | 1 | 4 | √ |
| Calidris maritima - Purple sandpiper | 2 | 3 | √ |
| Cepphus grylle - Black guillemot | 4 | 3 | √ |
| Charadrius hiaticula - Ringed plover | 5 | 2 | √ |
| Chroicocephalus ridibundus - Black-headed gull | 1 | 1 | √ |
| Clangula hyemalis - Long-tailed duck | 4 | 4 | √ |
| Fratercula arctica - Atlantic puffin | 15 | 5 | √ |
| Fulmarus glacialis - Northern fulmar | 19 | 10 | √ |
| Gavia arctica - Black-throated diver | 2 | - | √ |
| Gavia immer - Great northern diver | 6 | 2 | √ |
| Gavia stellata - Red-throated diver | 7 | 5 | √ |
| Haematopus ostralegus - Eurasian oystercatcher | 4 | 7 | √ |
| Hydrobates pelagicus - European storm-petrel | 8 | 2 | √ |
| Larus argentatus - Herring gull | 3 | 7 | √ |
| Larus canus - Common gull | 1 | 1 | √ |
| Larus minutus - Little gull | - | 1 | • |
| Limosa lapponica - Bar-tailed godwit | 2 | 6 | √ |
| Limosa limosa - Black-tailed godwit | - | 1 | • |
| Melanitta fusca - Velvet scoter | 1 | 4 | √ |
| Melanitta nigra - Common scoter | 1 | 3 | √ |
| Mergus merganser - Goosander | 1 | 2 | √ |
| Mergus serrator - Red-breasted merganser | 6 | 7 | √ |
| Morus bassanus (syn. Sula bassana) - Northern gannet | 7 | 4 | √ |
| Numenius arquata - Eurasian curlew | 1 | 6 | √ |
| Oceanodroma leucorhoa - Leach's storm petrel | 6 | - | √ |
| Phalacrocorax aristotelis - European shag | 9 | 7 | √ |
| Phalacrocorax carbo - Great cormorant | 4 | 5 | √ |
| Pluvialis squatarola - Grey plover | 1 | 2 | √ |
| Podiceps auritus - Slavonian grebe | 5 | 4 | √ |
| Podiceps cristatus - Great crested grebe | 1 | 1 | √ |
| Puffinus puffinus - Manx shearwater | 2 | 2 | √ |
| Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged kittiwake | 22 | 10 | √ |
| Somateria mollissima - Common eider | 7 | 8 | √ |
| Stercorarius parasiticus - Arctic skua | 9 | 2 | √ |
| Stercorarius skua - Great skua | 8 | 3 | √ |
| Sterna dougallii - Roseate tern | * | 1 | • |
| Sterna hirundo - Common tern | 1 | 6 | √ |
| Sterna paradisaea - Arctic tern | 11 | 6 | √ |
| Sterna sandvicensis - Sandwich tern | - | 4 | √ |
| Sternula albifrons - Little tern | 3 | 2 | √ |
| Tadorna tadorna - Common shelduck | 1 | 3 | √ |
| Tringa totanus - Common redshank | 4 | 9 | √ |
| Uria aalge - Common guillemot | 26 | 12 | √ |
Table 5.5: Replication of OSPAR listed habitats and species[20]
| Feature name | OSPAR T&D regions | Region I: Arctic Waters | Region II: Greater North Sea | Region III: Celtic Seas | Region V: Wider Atlantic | Replication in network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonate mounds | V | * | * | * | 1 | X |
| Coral gardens | V | * | * | * | 3 | √ |
| Deep-sea sponge aggregations | I, V | 1 | 1 | * | 4 | √ |
| Intertidal mudflats | II, III | * | 9 | 10 | * | √ |
| Intertidal Mytilus edulis beds on mixed and sandy sediments | II, III | * | 9 | 9 | * | √ |
| Lophelia pertusa reefs | I, II, III, V | - | - | 1 | 6 | √ |
| Maerl beds | III | * | 2 | 9 | * | √ |
| Modiolus modiolus beds | II, III | * | 4 | 6 | * | √ |
| Ostrea edulis beds | III | * | * | 1 | * | • |
| Sabellaria spinulosa reefs | II, III | * | - | - | * | • |
| Seamounts | V | * | * | * | 3 | √ |
| Sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities | II, III | * | 2 | 8 | 2 | √ |
| Zostera beds | II, III | * | 15 | 15 | * | √ |
| Arctica islandica - Ocean quahog | II | * | 6 | 8 | * | √ |
| Ostrea edulis - Flat oyster | II | * | - | 1 | * | • |
| Cetorhinus maximus - Basking shark | I, II, III, V | - | - | 0 | - | X |
| Common skate | I, II, III, V | - | - | 1 | - | • |
| Hoplostethus atlanticus - Orange roughy | V | * | * | * | 1 | X |
| Petromyzon marinus - Sea lamprey | II, III | * | 1 | 1 | * | √ |
| Phocoena phocoena - Harbour porpoise | II, III | - | 0 | 1 | - | • |
| Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged kittiwake | I, II | - | 19 | 10 | - | √ |
| Sterna dougallii - Roseate tern | II, III, IV, V | * | 0 | * | * | • |
* denotes the habitat or species does not occur within the Scottish part of the OSPAR Region.
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Email: Michael McLeod
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