Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Analyzing Plant Biometrics in Dense Monospecific Reedswamps is Reliable Even by Using Rather Small Sampling Frames

Kai Aulio

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Sampling of macrophytic vegetation in the coastal reedswamp wetlands can be extremely difficult because the tall

and dense plant communities are often impenetrable. Thus the requirement of random placement of the sampling
units, or even the possibilities to reach the desired sites can be challenging. The task in collecting or measuring the tall helophytic shoots is
laborious, and thus “total” counting or collecting are impossible, as is the use of wide sampling frames. The present study compares the reliability of shoot density determinations in a reedswamp ecosystem with exceptionally high primary production and high clonal shoot densities.
The use of circular frame of 400 cm2(1/25 square meters) gave identical results with the standard 1 m2 frame. The results were statistically
highly significantly uniform in the stands of the Common reed (Phragmitesaustralis) and the Water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile).

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Kai Aulio Analyzing Plant Biometrics in Dense Monospecific Reedswamps is Reliable Even by Using Rather Small Sampling Frames International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 4 April 2015


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