Vascular plants in Danish coastal meadows

Study Extent

During the 1980s, the vegetation ecology of these salt and brackish coastal meadows was studied in the southeastern part of Denmark. For the study, 20 localities (loc. 1-20) were selected. The field work was carried out 1982-1985. In each locality, a number of compartments, each with a uniform plant cover, were selected and mapped. In total, 262 compartments (comp.1-262) were studied.

Sampling

In each compartment 1) species composition was recorded, using a 1-7 ordinal scale of cover-abundance (http://digit.snm.ku.dk/DanBIF/DKCoastalMeadows/CoverageAbundanceScaleRef.jpg), for later multivariate analysis, 2) elevation was levelled in relation to mean water level, 3) soil samples were taken for later analysis of physical and chemical soil factors, 4) Human utilization was observed and later investigated in more details by interviews with present and former landowners, 5) a photo was taken, 6) GPS coordinates were later obtained using Google Earth.

Quality Control

See cited publications.

Method steps

1. See Vestergaard, P. 1998. Vegetation Ecology of Coastal meadows in Southeastern Denmark. Opera Botanica
   134: 1-69. Vestergaard, P. 2002. Studies in vegetation and soil of coastal meadows in Denmark. A conspectus of previous studies. DSc thesis, Dept. of Botany, University of Copenhagen.

1. Tracheophyta
   common name: Vascular Plants rank: superphylum

Denmark