Vegetation and Environmental Gradients of the Prudhoe Bay Region, Alaska

• Main Author: Walker,Donald A
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Biology; *VEGETATION; *PLANTS(BOTANY); ENVIRONMENTS; ALASKA; ABSTRACTS; TOPOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOILS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; CLIMATE; PATTERNS; SUMMER; GRADIENTS; AST24; PE61102A; WU001; Prudhoe Bay; Salix lanata; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA162022; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA162022

Contents: Description of the region: Topography, Geology, Climate, Soils, Wildlife, Oil-Field facilities, Environmental impacts; Microscale gradients; Plant communities along the major microscale gradients, Areal analysis of vegetation and other geobotanical units, Influence of microscale patterns on soil factors and individual plant taxa; Mesoscale gradients; Macroscale gradients; Floristic analysis, Growth of Salix lanata along the summer temperature gradient; Summary and conclusions; Appendix A: Annotated plant checklist for the Prudhoe Bay region; Appendix B: Environmental and species data for the permanent study plots; Appendix C: Environmental and vegetation data summaries for all stand types; Appendix D: Supplementary floristic data.