The saltmarsh algal communities in the Wadden area, with reference to their distribution and ecology in N. W. Europe: III. The classificatory and semantic problems of saltmarsh algal communities
Polderman, P.J.G. (1980). The saltmarsh algal communities in the Wadden area, with reference to their distribution and ecology in N. W. Europe: III. The classificatory and semantic problems of saltmarsh algal communities. J. Biogeogr. 7(2): 115-126. https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2844705
In: Journal of Biogeography. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford. ISSN 0305-0270; e-ISSN 1365-2699, more
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| Abstract |
In order to delimit algal communities in saltmarshes it is necessary to establish the criteria for elementary units. In this situation the dominance criterion was preferred to the floristic criterion. In literature the term consocion (Du Rietz, 1930, 1932) was available for elementary vegetation units. Elementary units with several characters (mainly the mode of growth) in common were classified into comprehensive units, for which the term formation was chosen. Elementary units occur in a mosaic arrangement. These mosaics are constant combinations of consocions. A term for such constant combinations was provided by Westhoff (1951): community complexes. It is possible to classify the community complexes into comprehensive units, Based on the constant occurrence of the same formations in groups of community complexes: formation complexes. |
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