Table 1 Details of the seaweed sampling sites along the coast of Fujairah.

From: New records and updated checklist of the seaweeds of the phycologically little-known coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Locality

Co-ordinates

Habitat

Dibba Rock

N 25 36.11

E 56 21.12

All samples from rocky and coral-dominated surfaces at about 10 m below CD and in the Dibba region red seaweeds were photographed on a metal floating structure

Ras Dibba

N 25 33.35

E 56 35.11

Intertidal cliff areas and gently sloping rocky platforms

Jazirat al Gubbah (Snoopy Island)

N 25 29.34 E 56 21.50

Intertidal rocky shores around island and similar habitats on nearby mainland shores

Dadna farm

N 25 31.21 N 25 29.0 N 25 31.21

56 22.16 E 56 21.41 E 56 22.16

Floating pontoons about 500 m from shore and seaweeds collected down to depths of 1–3 m below surface. Seaweeds also collected floating in calmer water between the pontoons

Martini Rock

N 25 20.06

E 56 22.52

All crustose coralline algae collected on rock surfaces about 10 m below CD

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