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• Traits:StraitSound  + (Channels between the mainland and an island or between two islands which are open at both ends to the open coast (it does not refer to similar features or narrows within marine inlets).)
• Traits:Bivalved  + (Characteristically a shell of two calcareous valves joined by a flexible ligament.)
• Traits:Physiography  + (Coastal geomorphology and physical features.)
• Traits:AnchialineCaves  + (Coastal salt water habitats with no surface connection to the sea.)
• Traits:VerySheltered  + (Coasts with a fetch less than about 3 km where they face prevailing winds or about 20 km where they face away from prevailing winds, or which have offshore obstructions such as reefs or a narrow (<30°) open water window.)
• Traits:Sheltered  + (Coasts with a restricted fetch and/or open water window. Coasts can face prevailing winds but with a short fetch (< 20 km) or extensive shallow area offshore, or may face away from prevailing winds.)
• Traits:Ecological Descriptors  + (Collection of traits relating to species ecology)
• Traits:SealAbundanceAndDistribution  + (Common in OSPAR Region II)
• Traits:MarineMammalBycatch  + (Common in OSPAR Region II)
• Traits:RecoveryInThePopulationAbundanceOfSensitiveFishSpecies  + (Common in OSPAR Region II, III)
• Traits:ChangesInBiodiversityIndex  + (Common in OSPAR Region III)
• Traits:TypicalSpeciesComposition  + (Common in OSPAR Region IV)
• Traits:ChangeInAverageTrophicLevelOfMarinePredatorsInTheBayOfBiscay  + (Common in OSPAR Region IV)
• Traits:GreySealPupProduction  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III)
• Traits:ProportionOfLargeFish  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III)
• Traits:AbundanceAndDistributionOfMarineMammals  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:MarineBirdAbundance  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:MarineBirdBreedingSuccessFailure  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:ConditionOfBenthicHabitatCommunities  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:ExtentOfPhysicalDamageToPredominantAndSpecialHabitats  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:ChangesInPlanktonFunctionalTypesIndexRatio  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:PlanktonBiomassAndOrAbundance  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:TrendsInNewRecordsOfNonIndigenousSpeciesIntroducedByHumanActivities  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:SizeCompositionInFishCommunities  + (Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV)
• Traits:Conical  + (Cone shaped e.g. limpet-shaped, patelliform (adapted from Stachowitsch, 1992).)

• Traits:ConeHalfSphere  + (Cone with a half sphere (Olenina ''et al.'', 2006).)
• Traits:TruncatedCone  + (Cone with flattended top (Olenina ''et al.'', 2006))
• Traits:AlgalGravel  + (Constructs deep beds of calcareous algal nodules, e.g. maerl beds)
• Traits:SocialGroup  + (Cooperative groups of the same species - e.g. social insects, mammals)
• Traits:Introduced country and/or sea area  + (Country or sea area that is recorded as the known introduced range of the species.)
• Traits:Source country and/or sea area  + (Country or sea area which is the known source area of the introduced species or population. The source area could be the native range of the species or a known introduced range.)
• Traits:Native country and/or native sea area  + (Country or sea area which is the native range of the species.)
• Traits:Actinula  + (Crawling larval stage of some hydoids (amend))
• Traits:Diel  + (Daily, pertaining to a 24 hour period.)
• Traits:WaveExposed  + (Defined via traits - but included as some authors do not specify level of wave exposure.)
• Traits:WaveSheltered  + (Defined via traits below - included as some authors do not specify)
• Traits:FaunalBeds  + (Dense aggregation of animals that visually dominate the seabed or shore such as brittlestars (e.g. ''Ophiothrix fragilis'' ) or mussels (e.g. ''Mytilus edulis'').)
• Traits:CoralSands  + (Deposition of sands formed by the breakdown to the skeletons of living organisms)
• Traits:Dependancy  + (Description of an organism's relationship with other organisms)
• Traits:DiapauseStage  + (Description of dormant stage)
• Traits:SedimentReworking  + (Description of how an organism modifies or changes the physico-chemical nature of the habitat itself, e.g sediment reworking, deposition of faeces, or burrowing)
• Traits:LarvalJuvenileDevelopment  + (Description of how the larvae or juveniles develop into adults)
• Traits:FeedingApparatus  + (Description of the apparatus (mechanism) used to collect/capture food)
• Traits:Lifestage  + (Description of the larval and juvenile stages in the life cycle of an organism)
• Traits:Fertilization  + (Description of the location of fertilization, whereby in animals/macroalgae a gametes are fertilized or in plants pollination occurs.)
• Traits:LarvalSettlement  + (Description of the period of time over which larval settlement occurs.)
• Traits:FoodTypeDiet  + (Description of the source of the organisms nurishment, i.e. what it feeds on)
• Traits:SubstratumHabitat  + (Description of the substratum on or in which an organism is found or recorded.)
• Traits:EggClutchLocation  + (Description of where fertilized eggs are placed or held)
• Traits:Province  + (Descriptors of the major 'regions' of the seas.)