Living gravel
Maerl is made of free-living coralline red algae. The beds they form are a nursery for fish and shellfish and a refuge for many small invertebrates.
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Maerl beds: living gravel and why it matters
Maerl looks like pink gravel but is a living habitat that grows a fraction of a millimetre a year.
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