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. 2015 Jul 15;5(15):3210–3222. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1556

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Distribution and abundance of Sabellaria alveolata on artificial coastal defense structures along the North Wales and Wirral coasts. See legend for color coding. See Table4 for explanation of survey location numbers. Photographs illustrating Sabellaria alveolata colonizing novel hard substrata in the study area. (A) A small patch colonizing a half-buried car tire at Penrhyn Bay, North Wales (Photo: Laura Bush). Note that S. alveolata has the potential to colonize artificial hard substrata. (B) A small colony (foreground) on a shopping trolley on the Wirral (Photo: John Lamb).