Development of Vegetation Communities in a Retrogressive Thaw Slump near Mayo, Yukon Territory: A 10-Year Assessment

ABSTRACT. The vegetation in a retrogressive thaw slump, first surveyed and documented in 1987, was revisited 10 years later to investigate its subsequent development and to test a chronosequence-based successional model. The thaw slump stabilized in 1994, when the headwall became covered by organic...

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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.510.8705 2023-05-15T14:19:32+02:00 Development of Vegetation Communities in a Retrogressive Thaw Slump near Mayo, Yukon Territory: A 10-Year Assessment The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2000 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.510.8705 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic54-2-149.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.510.8705 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic54-2-149.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic54-2-149.pdf text 2000 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:38:30Z ABSTRACT. The vegetation in a retrogressive thaw slump, first surveyed and documented in 1987, was revisited 10 years later to investigate its subsequent development and to test a chronosequence-based successional model. The thaw slump stabilized in 1994, when the headwall became covered by organic and mineral debris. As a result, the meltwater supply from headwall ablation ceased. Alteration of environmental conditions due to stabilization of the headwall diverted the vegetation succession from the chronosequence determined in 1987. Areas that were marshy in 1987 dried up, and an area dominated by Polygonum alaskanum appeared close to the headwall. Much of the thaw slump was dominated by Salix spp. in 1997, rather than the Equisteum of 1987. However, the ground more than 200 m from the headwall, over a decade old in 1987, experienced less change in edaphic conditions, and the communities there continued to develop a structure approaching the surrounding undisturbed forest. Key words: permafrost, retrogressive thaw slump, vegetation succession, Yukon Territory RÉSUMÉ. La végétation située dans un décrochement de fonte régressif, étudiée et documentée pour la première fois en 1987, a fait l’objet d’une autre étude sur place dix ans plus tard pour examiner son évolution et tester un modèle de succession fondé sur la chronoséquence. Le décrochement de fonte s’est stabilisé en 1994, quand le mur de rimaye s’est couvert de débris organiques et minéraux. Il en a résulté que l’alimentation en eau de fonte venant de l’ablation du mur de rimaye a cessé. Le changement dans les conditions environnementales dû à la stabilisation du mur a détourné la succession végétale de la chronoséquence établie en 1987. Des zones qui étaient marécageuses en 1987 se sont asséchées, et une étendue où dominait Polygonum alaskanum est Text Arctic Mayo permafrost Yukon Unknown Yukon
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description ABSTRACT. The vegetation in a retrogressive thaw slump, first surveyed and documented in 1987, was revisited 10 years later to investigate its subsequent development and to test a chronosequence-based successional model. The thaw slump stabilized in 1994, when the headwall became covered by organic and mineral debris. As a result, the meltwater supply from headwall ablation ceased. Alteration of environmental conditions due to stabilization of the headwall diverted the vegetation succession from the chronosequence determined in 1987. Areas that were marshy in 1987 dried up, and an area dominated by Polygonum alaskanum appeared close to the headwall. Much of the thaw slump was dominated by Salix spp. in 1997, rather than the Equisteum of 1987. However, the ground more than 200 m from the headwall, over a decade old in 1987, experienced less change in edaphic conditions, and the communities there continued to develop a structure approaching the surrounding undisturbed forest. Key words: permafrost, retrogressive thaw slump, vegetation succession, Yukon Territory RÉSUMÉ. La végétation située dans un décrochement de fonte régressif, étudiée et documentée pour la première fois en 1987, a fait l’objet d’une autre étude sur place dix ans plus tard pour examiner son évolution et tester un modèle de succession fondé sur la chronoséquence. Le décrochement de fonte s’est stabilisé en 1994, quand le mur de rimaye s’est couvert de débris organiques et minéraux. Il en a résulté que l’alimentation en eau de fonte venant de l’ablation du mur de rimaye a cessé. Le changement dans les conditions environnementales dû à la stabilisation du mur a détourné la succession végétale de la chronoséquence établie en 1987. Des zones qui étaient marécageuses en 1987 se sont asséchées, et une étendue où dominait Polygonum alaskanum est
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