Open AccessA QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF SHORELINE MARSH COMMUNITIES ALONG LAKE HURON IN ONTARIO
Author(s) -
Dianne Fahselt,
M. A. Maun
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
canadian journal of plant science/canadian journal of plant science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.338
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1918-1833
pISSN - 0008-4220
DOI - 10.4141/cjps80-094
Subject(s) - marsh , dominance (genetics) , shore , geography , ecology , physical geography , environmental science , oceanography , geology , wetland , biology , biochemistry , gene
In July 1978, twelve shoreline marsh areas were surveyed along the east coast of Lake Huron. The mean dry weight of each species was determined per unit area in every marsh, and the diversity and dominance indices were calculated. Sums of squares agglomeration technique showed that the two northernmost sites were the most distinctive floristically. Of the remainder, three of the more southern marshes located near the Bruce Nuclear Power Development clustered together into a separate group.