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Macroalgae communities.<\/SPAN><\/P>

Status: Environmentally sensitive within Abu Dhabi emirate.<\/SPAN><\/P>

Location: In Abu Dhabi emirate, this habitat type is distributed from west to east from the Saudi Arabia border to the Dubai border, along the coast line and around the islands.<\/SPAN><\/P>

Description: Thirty known seaweeds (macro algae) are found either in combination with seagrass and reef communities or in a separate community aggregations. They are characterised by greater than 10% cover of rooted vascular seaweed species. The most abundant species are Phaeophyceae (brown algae), with this habitat type providing a nursery for fisheries and juvenile turtles. It has also been identified as a marine habitat that sequesters carbon.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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The data must be used appropriately for the scale of mapping. Any use of the data must make reference to Environment Agency Abu Dhabi as the data producer.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "portalUrl": "" }