Date of Award
Summer 1981
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biological Sciences
Program/Concentration
Biology
Committee Director
Lytton J. Musselman
Committee Member
Paul W. Kirk, Jr.
Committee Member
G. M. Silberhorn
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.B46 W5
Abstract
Leaves of Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, Spartina cynosuroides, Distichlis spicata, Phragmites communis, Juncus roemerianus, Scirpus robustus, Typha latifolia, Iva frutescens, and Baccharis halimifolia were examined microscopically. Characteristics of each species were then used to develop identification keys. In addition, leaf fragments were buried in the marsh substrate to simulate a dredging and/or filling operation. At weekly intervals during each season of the year, a leaf fragment of each species was processed and examined to see if it could be identified.
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DOI
10.25777/wzvn-6a68
Recommended Citation
Williams, Bruce F..
"The Use of Microscopic Vegetative Characteristics and Leaf Characteristics and Leaf Deterioration Rates in the Formulation of Keys of Some Wetland Plants"
(1981). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/wzvn-6a68
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