Modern pollen assemblages near the arctic tree line, Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Ritchie, J. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie Delta; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b74-050; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b74-050

Samples of surficial lake sediment and of moss polsters from 39 sites in the forest-tundra transitional area immediately east of the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, were investigated palynologically. Lake sediment samples within the forest and tundra regional vegetation zones are constant in...