 The change could be as a result of meteorological factors such as harsher winters or hotter summers, storms and the like.It is commonly found near the coasts of Eastern Canada, British Isles and is the only widely distributed red algal species in the Baltic Sea.Found also in Northern Russia, Iceland, Faeroes and Norway to France.Key quantitative characteristics of the loose-lying "Furcellaria-Coccotylus" community in the Kassari Bay monitored by the Estonian Marine Institute.