2011 Kent Wildlife Trust Thanet intertidal monitoring survey

This study has provided much of the baseline information for monitoring the marine biotopes and associated fauna and flora at sites along the 23 km stretch of coast. Fowler and Tittley (1993) reviewed the importance of coastal chalk cave and cliff habitats in Britain. Their extent in Thanet was described and mapped by Tittley (1985) and this provides an important baseline for comparison. The structure and composition of the associated algal communities was analysed by Tittley and Shaw (1980). Since 1997 additional coastal biotope mapping has been undertaken in the Thanet coast cSAC between Walpole Bay and Foreness Point (Anon., 1998). An appraisal in 2004 looked at the occurrence and impact of the non-native alga Sargassum muticum in Thanet (Vahid, 2004). More recently, studies have been undertaken on the impact of non-native species with particular emphasis on Crassostrea gigas (McKnight, 2009 and 2011).本研究为23千米海岸带沿线各点位的海洋生境（marine biotopes）及其伴生动植物的监测工作提供了大量基线数据。Fowler与Tittley（1993）综述了英国沿海白垩洞穴与崖壁生境（coastal chalk cave and cliff habitats）的重要性。Tittley（1985）对塔内特（Thanet）地区该类生境的分布范围进行了描述与制图，该成果为后续对比研究提供了重要基线。Tittley与Shaw（1980）分析了该区域伴生藻类群落（algal communities）的结构与组成。自1997年起，针对沃尔波尔湾（Walpole Bay）与福伦内斯角（Foreness Point）之间的塔内特海岸cSAC，已开展了额外的沿海生境制图（coastal biotope mapping）工作（Anon., 1998）。2004年的一项评估调查了外来藻类鼠尾马尾藻（Sargassum muticum）在塔内特地区的出现情况与影响（Vahid，2004）。近期已有研究聚焦于外来物种的生态影响，其中重点关注长牡蛎（Crassostrea gigas）（McKnight，2009与2011）。