Distribution and Biomass of intertidal vascular plants on the Squamish Delta

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Study of the plant community is necessary to understand

most ecosystems and their component food webs. Data on vascular plants of marsh deltas is of particular interest, since decomposing marsh plants may supply detritus which can be used as food by invertebrates such as amphipods and isopods (Keefe, 1972; Levings, 1973). In some B.C. deltas these invertebrates are consumed by juvenile salmonids(Parker and Kask, 1973; Goodman and Vroom, 1973). The plants also provide a direct food source for waterfowl,seed-eating birds, and herbivorous animals.

This repoit describes a survey of the vascular plants of the Squamish River delta. Vegetation maps, species lists, and biomass data are presented, but due to time limitations only the basic characteristics of the complex tidal marsh vegetation were studied.

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Date (Publication)
Date (Publication)
1974-04
Cited responsible party
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Environmental Institute

C.D. Levings
Point de recherche
Principal investigator

Pacific Environmental Institute

P.G. Lim
Point de recherche
Principal investigator
Forme de la présentation
Presentation form
Document numérique
Digital document
Name

Manuscript Report Series
Issue identification

1219
Purpose

To increase the understanding surrounding the Squamish River delta ecosystem and its component foodwebs.
Credit

Thanks are

due to Dr. V. Brink, Department of Plant

Science, University of B.C. and Mr. A. L. van Ryswyk, Canada Department of Agriculture , Kamloops ,

B .C. for their help in providing comparative information on sedge meadows from other

areas of B.C.
Etat
Status
Finalisé
Completed
Fréquence de mise à jour
Maintenance and update frequency
Non planifiée
Not planned

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords v15.9

  • Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants

  • Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions > Decomposition

  • Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Biomass

DFO Areas

  • North Pacific Ocean > South Inner Coast(Johnstone Strait, Strait of Georgia, Juan de Fuca, inlets and passages)
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English
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Topic category
  • Océans
    Oceans
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Begin
1972-07-21
End
1972-08-11
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electronic

none
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Isobel Pearsall
Distributeur
Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/data-donnees/index-eng.html

DFO Science website

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Statement

Levings produced paper copy. Fraser scanned with Fujitsu Scansnap s1500 (ABBY Finereader OCR software). Data was extracted through Adobe Reader conversion and manual entry into MS Excel.

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Identifiant de la fiche
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82b42d0e-14f8-4da9-b16a-8e8e2b759e81 XML
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eng
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Date stamp
2023-12-19T00:21:14.937Z
Metadata standard name

North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version

NAP - CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Charles-David Clayton
Auteur
Author
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Keywords

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords v15.9
Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants
Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions > Decomposition
Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Biomass

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