Species patterns, edaphic characteristics, and plant water potential in a high-arctic brackish marsh

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Dawson, Todd E., Bliss, L. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Devon Island; Dupontia fisheri; Puccinellia phryganodes
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b87-118; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b87-118

Coastal brackish and salt marshes in the High Arctic are very limited floristically and in areal extent. Small marshes located on the northeast coast of Devon Island are dominated by distinct zones of Puccinellia phryganodes nearest the sea with Carex ursina, C. stans, Dupontia fisheri, and Alopecur...