 Your journey begins in Strangford Lough: one of the most important marine sites in Europe. The lough has been aptly named as Strangford (strong fiord) when you consider that 350 million tonnes of water flows through the narrows with each tide.
It is as a result of these tides that environments from large boulders at the mouth of the lough, to mud flats at the top of the lough exist within a relatively short distance.
 The tanks in this room represent the different communities in this Marine Nature Reserve (MNR).
Typically you will find the following species within the tanks in this room:
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