Vegetation and ecology of tidal marshes in the Zwin (Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen)

Arnout Zwaenepoel; Els Van den Balck; Martin Hermy; Martin Hermy

doi:10.14284/186

Vegetation and ecology of tidal marshes in the Zwin (Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen)

Citation

Van den Balck E.; Hermy M.; Laboratorium Plantkunde; Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Vegetation and ecology of tidal marshes in the Zwin (Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen). (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5063) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/186 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

Overview of vegetation and associated soil physicochemical properties in the Zwin. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van den Balck, E. (1994). Vegetatiekundige en ecologische studie van de slikken en schorren in het Zwin (Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. VI, 167, maps, ill. + 32 p. appendices pp.

Additional info

This study describes the vegetation of tidal marshes and transitional areas in the Zwin. A soil survey was done to determine the soil texture, pH, salinity, nitrogen and organic carbon content, compaction and root density per horizon). Two transects of 55 and 21 surveys (opnamen) were analyzed: a total of 59 plant species were observed. TWINSPAN analysis divided data in 18 clusters. Species (combinations) and corresponding associations in these 18 clusters were Salicornia europaea, Suaeda maritima, Halimione portulacoides, Puccinellia maritima, Plantago maritima and Limonium vulgare, Armeria maritima, Juncus gerardii, Agrostis stolonifera and Trifolium fragiferum, Juncus maritimus and Oenanthe lachenalii, Phragmites australis and Scirpus maritimus, Elymus athericus and Atriplex littoralis, and Atriplex littoralis vegetation.

Taxonomic Coverages

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Ammophila arenaria
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426065

Artemisia maritima
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403905

Aster tripolium
rank: species

Atriplex prostata

Atriplex prostata

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:438828

Carex arenaria
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426025

Elymus athericus
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431962

Festuca rubra
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425904

Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aell.
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394965

Juncus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232102

Limonium vulgare
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416209

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403907

Puccinellia maritimae
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426079

Sagina maritima
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425952

Salicornia europaea
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416203

Scirpus maritimus
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425938

Suaeda maritima (L.) Dum.
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426006

Triglochin maritimum
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Belgium, Zwin

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Arnout Zwaenepoel
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium Plantkunde

Els Van den Balck
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium Plantkunde

Martin Hermy
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium Plantkunde

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium Plantkunde

metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@vliz.be
homepage: https://www.vliz.be

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be