Natural plant recolonization of surficial disturbances, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Hernandez, Helios
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1973
• Subjects: Plant Science; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie Delta; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Arctagrostis latifolia; Arctophila fulva; Carex aquatilis; Carex bigelowii; Ice; Luzula confusa; permafrost; Thermokarst; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b73-280; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b73-280

Seismic lines or winter roads were sampled where they passed through three different plant communities in the Mackenzie Delta and through four of the major tundra communities in the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. Winter seismic lines have been less detrimental than summer lines for all communities examined....