A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon

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dc.contributor.advisorMeadows, Michael Een_ZA
dc.contributor.authorReaper, Michael Bruce Sinclairen_ZA
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dc.date.available2015-09-14T07:04:20Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 191-198.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study is aimed at elucidating and providing some understanding of the underlying causal processes that generate patterns in the salt marsh communities of Langebaan Lagoon. The study area forms part of the West Coast National Park and is the largest tract of saltmarsh in South Africa. An overview of the current literature on salt marsh ecology is discussed and a synopsis of local research of salt marshes is presented. The general nature of the study site is described in historical geological hydrological and ecological context. The zonation of the plant communities is a distinctive feature of the salt marshes at Langebaan. To establish the nature of this zonation and to achieve the stated objectives, transects were established at three sites around the lagoon. Tue vegetation was accurately surveyed using a continuous quadrat system to measure the apparent zonation. Sample sites were allocated to the transects and soil cores were extracted for the testing of a comprehensive range of edaphic factors. The results of these tests are graphically displayed to demonstrate the existence of environmental gradients, and these gradients are then linked to specific species which represent the various zones. In this manner, associations between the species and environment could be ascertained. Tue species and environmental data were subjected to canonical correspondence analysis, a powerful ordination technique in an attempt to unravel and illuminate the complex relationships in the species-environment.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationReaper, M. B. S. (1995). <i>A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13834en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationReaper, Michael Bruce Sinclair. <i>"A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13834en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationReaper, M. 1995. A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Reaper, Michael Bruce Sinclair AB - This study is aimed at elucidating and providing some understanding of the underlying causal processes that generate patterns in the salt marsh communities of Langebaan Lagoon. The study area forms part of the West Coast National Park and is the largest tract of saltmarsh in South Africa. An overview of the current literature on salt marsh ecology is discussed and a synopsis of local research of salt marshes is presented. The general nature of the study site is described in historical geological hydrological and ecological context. The zonation of the plant communities is a distinctive feature of the salt marshes at Langebaan. To establish the nature of this zonation and to achieve the stated objectives, transects were established at three sites around the lagoon. Tue vegetation was accurately surveyed using a continuous quadrat system to measure the apparent zonation. Sample sites were allocated to the transects and soil cores were extracted for the testing of a comprehensive range of edaphic factors. The results of these tests are graphically displayed to demonstrate the existence of environmental gradients, and these gradients are then linked to specific species which represent the various zones. In this manner, associations between the species and environment could be ascertained. Tue species and environmental data were subjected to canonical correspondence analysis, a powerful ordination technique in an attempt to unravel and illuminate the complex relationships in the species-environment. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon TI - A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13834 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13834
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationReaper MBS. A study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoon. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13834en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleA study of the relationship between environmental conditions and salt marsh zonation at Langebaan Lagoonen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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