Modern Pollen Spectra in Pond Sediments in Southwest Missouri and Its Relationship to the Contiguous Forests
Date of Graduation
Spring 1981
Degree
Master of Science in Biology
Department
Biology
Committee Chair
Wally Weber
Abstract
Five pond sediments in southwest Missouri were sampled and analyzed for pollen content. The contiguous forest was sampled by the quarter method and the resulting values were compared on the basis of percent basal area of the tree species in the forest to the percent aboreal pollen recovered in the sediments, the coefficient of community and the percentage similarity. The results of this study indicate that there is an existing relationship between the pollen spectra in small pond sediments and the woody vegetation which surrounds it.
Subject Categories
Biology
Copyright
© Dona Pray Key
Recommended Citation
Key, Dona Pray, "Modern Pollen Spectra in Pond Sediments in Southwest Missouri and Its Relationship to the Contiguous Forests" (1981). MSU Graduate Theses. 650.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/650
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