Salt marshes of Atlantic Canada: their ecology and distribution
This paper reviews the status of research on the Atlantic salt marshes of eastern Canada. The floristics, habitats, and biophysical aspects of the Atlantic salt marshes are described and aspects relating to anthropogenic influences on the Atlantic marshes are discussed in the context of contemporary...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/b86-060 2024-06-23T07:50:25+00:00 Salt marshes of Atlantic Canada: their ecology and distribution Roberts, Bruce A. Robertson, Alexander 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b86-060 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b86-060 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Botany volume 64, issue 2, page 455-467 ISSN 0008-4026 journal-article 1986 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/b86-060 2024-06-06T04:11:16Z This paper reviews the status of research on the Atlantic salt marshes of eastern Canada. The floristics, habitats, and biophysical aspects of the Atlantic salt marshes are described and aspects relating to anthropogenic influences on the Atlantic marshes are discussed in the context of contemporary rural settlement and vulnerability to offshore oil development. Guidelines for environment management, protection, and rehabilitation research are proposed. Such guidelines are deemed important since more than half the 33 000 ha of salt marshes in Nova Scotia have been dyked for agriculture. Most of the salt-marsh habitats in Newfoundland have a high degree of domestic grazing, even though the marshes are small in size and rare in occurrence. The least disturbed in terms of domestic use are the Labrador salt marshes which, although grazed by migratory ducks and geese, have not yet been influenced by man's activities. In addition, the Labrador salt marshes are discussed and compared with the northern marshes of arctic Canada in terms of their ecology and formation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Newfoundland Canadian Science Publishing Arctic Canada Newfoundland Canadian Journal of Botany 64 2 455 467 |
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This paper reviews the status of research on the Atlantic salt marshes of eastern Canada. The floristics, habitats, and biophysical aspects of the Atlantic salt marshes are described and aspects relating to anthropogenic influences on the Atlantic marshes are discussed in the context of contemporary rural settlement and vulnerability to offshore oil development. Guidelines for environment management, protection, and rehabilitation research are proposed. Such guidelines are deemed important since more than half the 33 000 ha of salt marshes in Nova Scotia have been dyked for agriculture. Most of the salt-marsh habitats in Newfoundland have a high degree of domestic grazing, even though the marshes are small in size and rare in occurrence. The least disturbed in terms of domestic use are the Labrador salt marshes which, although grazed by migratory ducks and geese, have not yet been influenced by man's activities. In addition, the Labrador salt marshes are discussed and compared with the northern marshes of arctic Canada in terms of their ecology and formation. |
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Salt marshes of Atlantic Canada: their ecology and distribution |
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Salt marshes of Atlantic Canada: their ecology and distribution |
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