Standing crop and net production of sedge meadows of an ungrazed polar desert oasis

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Henry, G. H. R., Svoboda, J., Freedman, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Alexandra Fiord; Carex aquatilis; Eriophorum; muskox; polar desert; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b90-336; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b90-336

Standing crop and net production were measured in sedge meadow communities of a coastal lowland at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island (79°N), a high arctic oasis. The meadows are dominated by Carex aquatilis stans, Carex membranacea, and Eriophorum angustifolium triste. Dwarf shrubs (Dryas integrifol...