The Vegetation of Cape Napier, Spitsbergen
- 1 February 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Ecology
- Vol. 27 (1) , 126-148
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2256304
Abstract
A shingle cape in an inland fjord (lat. 78[degree] 39''N) with associated "salt marsh" and silted area, which was described by J. Walton in 1922, has been studied in greater detail and the vegetation recorded with the aid of a map and "frequency transect" graphs, expressing results obtained by ring sampling at intervals along certain lines. Changes since 1921 are slight, indicating a slow development. They include: further colonisation of the mudflats by salt marsh plants, especially Puccinellia phryganodes, filling up of a pool with wet "tundra vegetation, and indications that a part of the silted area is slowly drying out. Modifications are suggested in the scheme of succession put forward by Walton.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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