The Pelagic Habitat at the Lorn Pelagic Observatory

This is a contribution to a paper in preparation by B. Rabe (Marine Scotland, Science) and others describing the ‘Loch Linnhe-Lynn of Lorn’ system. This contribution deals with the pelagic habitat at the ‘Lorn Pelagic Observatory’, comprising for present pur-poses the station LY1 in the Lynn of Lorn, and the adjacent fjordic sea-lochs Creran and Etive. It summarises information about the plankton community and its production.