Loch Creran is also designated as a Marine Protected Area (MPA), conferred to protect the flame shell (Limaria hians) beds and other geodiversity features. Loch Creran contains the only example of well-developed serpulid reefs in the MPA network in Europe.

The current status of serpulid reefs, horse mussel beds and flame shell beds in Loch Creran SAC and MPA, Inverness: NatureScot. Available at: https://www.nature.scot/snh-research-report-1156-current-status-serpulid-reefs-horse-mussel-beds-and-flame-shell-beds-loch.

The report presents the results of site condition monitoring of the Loch Creran SAC biogenic sub-features ‘serpulid reefs’ and horse mussel beds’, and the Loch Creran MPA protected feature ‘flame shell beds'.

(Limaria hians) beds and other geodiversity features. Loch Creran contains the only example of well-developed serpulid reefs in the MPA network in Europe. The invasive colonial sea squirt Didemnum vexillum (Dvex) was first recorded on an oyster farm in Loch Creran in 2016. Since 2016, Marine Scotland Science (MSS) has

This report presents the results of two surveys in the vicinity of Loch Creran, performed in September 2016 in support of efforts to contain and control the marine invasive non-native tunicate...

naturalisation of the Pacific oyster in Scottish waters, as well as the potential spread of D. vex in Loch Creran, are developed. 1.1 Pacific Oyster The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is native to Japan and east Asia (Jones et al., 2013) and the northwest Pacific (Russia to China, Carrasco and Barón, 2010). It was

Loch Creran, a small semi-enclosed sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, was designated as a marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) in 2005 to protect its unique biogenic reef features.

2018年11月1日 · In September 2016 Marine Scotland Science performed a survey of the Rubha Mor Farm along with a detailed survey of the foreshore around Loch Creran. In this report we present the results of a...

The Loch Creran marine SAC has been designated for the habitat ‘Reefs’, which is listed on Annex I of the Habitats Directive. The Loch Creran SAC consists entirely of a marine qualifying interest. The conservation objectives for the Loch Creran marine SAC are as follows:

Loch Creran is a small but remarkable sea loch on the west coast of Scotland to the north of Oban. Carved into the landscape by glaciers during the last ice age, the loch has four deep basins separated by rocky sills.