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\like.to:thank ~.supe rv is o r Dr~ Sou.t h'·fOI his~.advic'e-, heip and-'fi nane"l s l',suwar.t...ever th~
co~r'se. '-ofth is'.wor klhe-,._alsor,.,:,pr~vtded--.' funas.",t~_:. 'att end,.\.:the.,
'.,1980 ~eeti n98 of-.the .Int e rn a t i onal Phyco~og:LcalS,oclety,
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Gl~9~~,:_S~Otla~dJ t~e,:lst',Inte~n.iti onll~." P.hycOl ~9 ic~1 .~n9 reS8.St~.J,ahn',SIan~II,studytrip~~Dllrt~~IJ,t~~~~1l~~.
New,BampshiJ::e.· . . ...
".Xwl~h t9th~nkDr.,Ala n'Whit tic kfor""l~ongo i n9
I'"ampartfc u llI.r!yindebted to him f~rhis advice on
.
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.IlnlilYS.b and. -the.,'usage of Memo~f~l•8.,,computer
. .T~e,~rovislon of,f~1.lO\iShip8 f~ornthe. 'Gov.ernme,nt
ot',Newf oundland wa s an important factor in making ~hiB
p~r.l'::'d'
ofBtu~y posBibl~, ~nd I"lul
apprtd a tive'of~hiS.
, ' Thanksar e,alB'~'d~e"tolh~peoplewho have h~ipe'd
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,'~ith
:variouse8pec~s
,'Of;t'~,e'
fieldwork'.,at rdny~d ,
foggy".llor th Harbour. These,include"It. ~er~e r, T. ""aboney,J.'.~
Dicks.Dr.G;Bras'sard, J. 'Br idgiand,~.,Be llan d ,B:Howell :t '~mdP.Bowei:. ,amgratefu l to!t,he:B!;lo.gyD,:~artmeritfor' the us e.
of
the No r t h Barb~'H Cabin~nd.to :t.he Geog~aphy Departrn~nt'if o r theUB~ofBurveying:eqUiPment:'1 am gr a te fu l for the assistance and se r vi ces giv en by','t he
s~aff 'o;'
the Wate, ,"rAn~l;siS
FacU i ty.o~
the'.
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,and 'It. Ficken are.'.al sodu ethanks ;' Than ks also t~'it.'
P;f'q~~,'"f or:hel~.i_n9'P,~t .t,09'eth er the fig u res,. and Q~l1as:
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on"~be,
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,that',.,";~ed':lii:,thl s study al?-d p.r~dlc't~~'":an'.'B,8.' rem~var:.cr.
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:; 9~~nt.H:ad~~. ~!:~~id :~Il~a :~u~-' Il'~ra~,~~d::~~ ,-~n\~~·d~~_ed:',~'~,~·~a_(,:,.: '..:.-
ta bl; by.'c1as'Bi f i cllt l on,'at" taxa'.and",sllmple'~,~>using.tWe; ..
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Minerotropbi~Gradfent.
An.:,~:~~ .~S~i: <o~, ; de9r~~ ':,~;np~t
of,.~l~.e,~a~" ,;:~'~
m~nerotrophic,in~luenc.e'.'" '!'w0.pool:'l~'.P~ land ~B2,',
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,in~~t ~(m1.i\~rar 8~if ;lI~t.~,r,~"
':pi,ve'~r'~~' Bi~ ,~ert.·.~i~,~ ,PoO,~.,8; '
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bog pool s , PB2·a.nd,:','PS3
'~." , Cllnn~~ be<Pla.~~d: ' rarati~e"·
-.t-~ ': ~btt p~~manen'~; ~en_:
'.,., ' .' . ' .: '~c ,-.'t: ...'. " :, ',',...-:,'..'.
.'. '-" ,.PO(),18.''~~~~:,PB2. h,~~,a1.Ar9.er-~o~um,e:~han,PB3.'{AP~n~i~..·I.I II:
··.0t:::t9E:j: ::]::.o:~:::::r::~:~:~ ~ ~E~?:::::::,
.:llq~ai'ic.plants ~~~king''1n,:"PB3;' ThU~"p"FJi-.Hkely·:ill~,s''8"
":"','-'".-, -. ' '.,'.-,"". . " -,,'
h19~:e.r.-:d_eg[,ee..o..~.pe.rmanen,c~_th~n,..PB~._ ,' ,'
- " .-",
,~~ .· th~-:~te,mporllry POO~B·c',.~n
' . ' -' "." ; ' '.'....' , I'
the ~,:fdn~~ ,_;'rB2.~:IIB~_th_~,le:~~_t. · h'~v~~g.CO~Ple_te~y;:" ,.dr ~~~;:up:'on,'..t;:o,.
'd.t~;
·",,, i,,o ·th . a '''d ' ..
The poo~,'H.eB,-in an- 48a -
POOL TB1 May19B1
POOL TB1 June 19B1
It".
~s: ·:' .~~~en~ '}~·Ilt'
..'~y. . ~~ciet
;;ere," :'··.'-C .
,...
.'~,.: "..~.'. ',(" :"" .;.'" ..'':'?
·:·:::)~'¥:~;>" :::~l~~!.';~;.;~~!,~;l~::,;,';·~'~L¥~,~~~#.~~~~,~3i
of' ,.. . . .
pOol:._~~. . . . . . ... ty pe.
'.. ..~-"',.'., . ' :':" ~~~~~'::',~'~~~'i~;::'~~~'~S:~'~~~,~:;::-
t.~on;~i::i,. r:t~ni~::: o: , t::t::bO:t:,::'":::: " .
"'~e'p[e8~~t!ii9':'20":'~en~[~" Obse i:~'ed"f~o'~·'~,
c ompoaU;e ' " of
all:""B~~l~~~
..The'"~u~.~~' '~f,~ t~~a "~b~~'r~ed fi~m··i~d·ivid~~'i.~~~~Pl~
.
~~lq''.~~n9~d" :'f~~!l!·" i4 · 't~ . 9~·,\·T~bl.~';
7)~;'.~::. The :·~umh~~ ·:~t~ax~
·Oc~~:~~'ln~':·:.in~a:c'~·"sa~~ie:P~o.~·.o~.-~:~ach· '~a~pi~~~.~~~'iB:'-glve~-'
'.': ·'·~'~~: co.~~itL :L;' the . ... I_~- CO~uOltl~. O; - tho
.
~~. BlIm~ling:
..~~l~.:,~a:~i,e~ :·Btr,~·I!(j·~,;
..'.Bsam~~at.i~n~.O:<?able
',5.-. :' 8b~W~'.tha~·:~pe~i'e8·'vary"inoccu~rence~in"po~lBof.'d1f.f·e~in~., p~~'cem~~t":'~ri:',','th'e,::.'~l~'ero't~op~:i~':',"'~radie'n~",.'~C\',"'~n"":t~e'":p~:~~~~ency"q~ad'i~nt~'·
.
Tabi~~.' : s ', '
9i;~8'~ar;:",appr~ll:~mate'·'p~rce Dta9'~ . br~kdo~,'of ,'.t:~~', tot~i:
..~tU·dY,:,si~& '. fl~~~' i~'. ~e'r~
,
... .
,. .
,·'.i" .,'The',
'~~\n
.:ped,~s d,~~,~~l.b~t~,o~
'..'9~a~i'~_n~B'
,;~.~:~.~.
·.:~u~ther,',exa~.ined:by,~rdinat~9n",an.alysis.u,si09...,Det.r endM,
··:Cort~BPondence·,Ana~~'-SiB1DCK'f7~h~fint·two,s'aml?le an~
8~c!~~·,..~it~B',:·of,"~be '~d~natl~n of,_qualitati~.e d,~8mld .t,occ~[r,ences :·~r e·9 iven.InFlgu~'e.'1 4-~ -
.. ."',The',,'PoOI.-mine'to~~~phIC;,s t a t.us ·was·. th~-.~a.!'n
;e~~·r.m:~·~i~~ . f'~t~'[' \n ' : ' d;~'~i~.':ci~IDlIlUili~i, 'l!pe~~~s '~,O~PoSitl~n ~'
The,'ure.·LsamPle a~I:B'bas'a"9[~dlent'l ength
of"
237,and an~igennl~e "
of''·D, .-5'2·,··iB~~ Apptl,ridi~ · iI ~OI; · '~nt~~;r'~tatio~ ~f
.: '~. ' ax : e ·s, ). ,,': ~e ';~~\ ~~t" Of: .~·X1s ~.; 'se~~rat:es .8a~p~e·" :'fr~~
:':,,:,
~,O~8 : O.~ .·~~~~a~~i,~9' ')g~~~ot~p~~.~' ·i:nf~~e~~e._ :. :A~l
'f~,~:'·:~~·~e·,~ ~:.
·.~O,l ,.~~Pl~s·.e~cep.tin9. '·1'Il~8c~,re"~9w.·O~,.,a,~1s:l.:,..:rhe:e,,~~~ls,,:
.- ~PFr;, " PF~,
.~~~.'
.'rF~'~ :: ~~I 'rF~. ~~~e ~t[~~g~~ .',inf,II1~.nCed
.' (by·,.mine ra l BoU.,wate·r",and "e~~ -placed ~19best..o~'.the
·Pb~B~.~al~Y/cb,!!m~~lJ;~. ~e,f~ned' ,'-~lM;~ro~h'ic :' 9r~~i~~t~
..
" .t~~·;, ~ig~':.e..itre~,~: ~~' ,~.Z~8' ::~'~, '.·~~j~ ·~~~p~e8 ~ro~
....~~l~.~~B~·. ~d
',".P8~,,,it~,sallpl eB,frOIll TBl BCo~IM.,marginally'l.owe r~:.·P,~~" r
, '...
,~
":,:,,~l,\ ~
56:'_. ., ,"'' ,''·Ublq~.it.0US " ~~r ' ! , iea~\: bB~~
:B'~tenti~l ,.f.o,r
..,~ein,9
~ccur~ed
inBlol,.pooitY~B .
'Th emll.jQri~y·:
of,speciesshO~~d
~f.£i'~i.~~ :. f~~.- 'SP~Cifi~
.PO~i " tYP,e~ .,
.,.The::la~ge~t n~Jnb;~'''O,f
.:
~p,ec'~e~;
.was.,r e'st rict e dt.~ ~~Jhll.nEtnt~o~s ~~~- hi9h~/
~~ri'er~t~ophic.-~~'~~s . Only ~. ve r y~.few',.s pec i e·s::'!ere
..''.re'8trictedtoombtotrophlcpoolsandeven,,fewer'to,tempo~ar~
.,', .' "" "• . '. ' '," ' • . . '" (;> '. ':"
~'I t is ,of'l!'0te that,ei ght·,t:a xa.(6~ of.,t he,,to~al,'.
"<:,-'"
.-.
::'~82
\infl,PBl,'",ere::'jU'd~~,~,' near~8t.'. th~ ,~mb[ot[O,Pbl~ 5~n~t'10n; "
(r . . ";'h""~ h.i~; .li~/itlY ' e~~'~ed.; .~m .• ,ne,." ·~ol1 , ~~ eer .
,;."
'/
'; . :'.,',," ,,f
~."~",...'
. " ,; , -, , h·.·),:a:~. ·',~~t."'·poSe1bie: ~o:"e~~ci~ate, " Whl~h" ~o~~.ne!1t8
'"of,.t:he cbanging,pool min'erotrophic status'were,respons i bl e
";
~~r' :~.~·~e.rm,l?i~~: ~P,~,c.le~·. ~a~~~~, ,~~'.,ihe 9r.adlen.~
•."Th, ",~Ul~;~
. :
~~ai~r : ~helll:istry ' param~'ter8 co~relat:i'ng:, ~1tb'
bbe;'spe c l escompo:~"it:l'0~<"6f" " a~i~' 1:'~'BU9'q~st " t~~t " '~i~ber
.81n~lY
",~~
.:~~mb·ina.~i,~~.",. ·,.~ba~9·e:8 " i'~' :,~B,~,. ' ~i~er~l, le~e~8,
'.~~d/ ty~ 'o~""
'~ou~.~ ,o~ '~r ~,~~iC .~ter,i~~s :~f~~C::, tr: ~~~trib.~ ~l,~~~.::
:..~~
,:"~" ':
S~:e lntenD~d.i8te.~,r8~ie~t,,po,o~s:.,TP~ ,
;
,TB1.":a~d,~Br'pH,,an~.;·,~.:..the::o~.g~n.~~.'"co-.,po~~~t~,.(Cl?~', :'ta~n;n,~
" .
+,:l i.~~i~,S'~d..COlOUr,).::'d onot differ,fromth'ose-,of.:ot ber'IDO,re.ombt ot ropbi c,poola :..,:.,,',''.,' ,',', I'. ': \... " .,',"; , .',' ,,:', ' " . -: . . .
(.'l'a~~e,9"~ppe,n.~~ l[ ~~l'\i.Irr"t~e,se..po018.,:.inCl'e~8.e~:min~:d~.
:':·'/;·'·.,(.ca.~, ,,:~~. .~~ . ~,~). ' Co~:rt~"a~,e":'W~~h :.:~.~e , ~c~:r,~~n~e" .of'.'j~r
..e::.,) '-:inel'~t ~,oPbiC ,~~.Cie~..'i .':"'h.e:,.occurren~e· ,Of:,restrlc;t.~d .~"~'~; ""
.:"'~,; ':, , o~~o,~~OP~i~ , a~.c.~e~
..i.n\,TPltb~~
..,cor:~~t:~~':', ~ith. :'l~~~t' p~ :.,.;-,,'~
.' : r d ' b.i9~e:r .,o?~~~.~~: ~c~~: :and/.~ni~8: ,~.:,.lignitri;),,~ '.· r~,~~:
';,:,h,e ......~~d.el~,dHfe~ing,ran9~,~:~rf.spe~~e~~ccl:1l'~e,nc.e.:J..~,'.18}~ely ._'._:.:
'.J ';,.,. .:.;: : : ',.;' .j....
» >
':'..""
...
,-:"'. ','
... .
that.~n(Hvldual a~eie~,.lIay be';af fe cted.by -,var~!,ble8..~twa~er.·quallty.·
.
..'
dlffere~t.
·.tt.
.Tb,e del)ree of penanency of
a
lIta t lan dvater'IIlaIlI"·.'~ti~n91;·atf~'ct i-
the.COllpo siHon and;i~bne 88'
of' ~b'e
.~~'~~id
· CO~~'1ty•.":',· ·~' ·.;e~O·~d a~Pl~ axl.·...~·f ·
.the~~IIlPo·~ltlon·
or'dlna~'ionb~"Ii9r ad len t len9t.hof,208and·.an e1geln·al.n~ .of· '.
: :,:'0
.22~
.~
Thepi~ce~~~t o~" Buipi~'B ~n
tbis.ad_: 'ill~~ot: 8~rietiy :
.'~e'~a'te'~ ~o. an~ '~O l:"~b,~ract~'r~8t"fc ,::
but''~~ e8 ~Ii~ve
a:~gree
"·
~f'reiaHon.wi th'pool peraaneney•. sUlpleit fr~m,pei~~ent :PoOll~
:both'~itb'
'a.~i'~b . :~~" .;~ov d'e~~e~'
'o f.1l1~e~oti~PhiC:
infl~~nce:
.8C,o~~'
.i'~v :'~n
axis.''2. ':'Al l:~empora'~y:'POO1~
witht~~ , ex~epHon ''~f.': ~B~'"~core lntei~:cii.te to'·hl~h '-On. ax·i~,. 2.~'
'. . The,~arlaHon in ..mphBeOreat'roliltbe.b!9biy''1II1rie'rot~ophic
".:: .
: te~i:ary ~ ~l& (T~·2 .
:,'TPj.and·T~41'· ~o r·re~~~4I " ne9at1~eli·
I,•
'Vl~ 'r~i~ti~~' '~la~~m~n~
(on'U~ ~ya:lc~11Y def~~~d ',penan~'hcy
gi:dl;~t .·::,
..~P2 l··· ~e ~l
..Wl~ ~,. "the· ·lea.st d~9r~~
';:Of" . :-peraanency,'scores hi ghes t:on·a:ds.i.· 'fheseqtiene e.o f
uis'::;
"~~~r~8:
for~1~ ~roup
a1ao~or~el&tes n~9atl~dY ':~it~
·the'":··... . '
..
" \. " . " '; ... ..,..:' . '," , ,. '..
to~al·nivnber.ofspecies ob served 1n the poolel'rabl e,7)~.
. ,ne
;;~ :I:. , ::~L/" ";;.:~':::'~:b.:~ 'b: s zz:
·.~amPle~froll,:m.l:~nd' ~B2.o n~ii>a:dll ~~·anotD~lOu~-:'suipi~,'"
·from;,"TB.2~~d ~l'llcore'lle~1allY'yet.t~eirte mpor a r j n~~~r~'.
vDUl.d':,"~gqellt" th'ey BbOU~d'~core hl~hlY,'o n,a:d~':2." JA
:",.llO~ll.i~~e...el~~.an~~i~n..fO~'.:~.1I o~.8~,~~~~1~~'m.~y, ' "..~~a~: ~'
-.:<,~r~a~er, ~unt ,Of:'.~ar1at,i.on.,' in',,Ui e data'OCCUU~d," in
-
, .'~n:~.,tr~Ph~. , ~i. ' i~'\.~ f-0" "r";.","cy ,co.~re,
. ' . .
occurinonlypermanent"Poo18frOmt.hoae·wblcb'ocCur...:.!1l.both
'~:~mpo,rai~· '~~t.~r~,n~~f 1'OO1~~' ,$pede~
:,..thit.,O~;C,u.r~~d ,O~lY
1~ ,~em~~~ry ~OlB Bco~i b lg hi, S; >
.on,th~ ,11'~'1~ :.,~ut.
are':y~~?
.tew,'i n numberlind-:a~e,'probat>l y'not',i~tt.ant
in'
t·hegc·adl.ent...',,"", ,' ,-',
-.
":,- :' :.:' . ' " ." ',':Iel~t1ve,t:?:...the:preVioul ,two:~pe~ie8" gIoU~}B• .S~,cie8 lepaut!ononaxisZis'
~reate.t
fOrminerot-ropt\1c8peC .ie~
.and
"~~ly' ~,gi~al.for,:~rot'r.~~bic 8~ohi,s·. ::, '.'-'cian~e',.~lOng"\th~"~rina~·~nc~,'.9·radle~~:·
~ba;acitei:i~ed
:by't.be'~~~~en'~ Po~l'8 ~~i~g ,~o~e' .~c;ell \i~h'·
than ·te~~c~·ry·',·PoOl~.
..Many.",llpecie"?Cc~dln9' iri 'aerm~n,en,t:
_pooi~~ld n~t"occu~'
'- in
'ie1D.~"a~y·po~i8':'·(.rable' ,i : and
·"er e·.. ; ···:::::::':o:"':~::::.fd::::f:l;~::d.:·:~:;::t t:::::~
·:.'.~o~pared "
....lt~ per~ent. ;·~~i~·:'V,~B ~bt~in~d fri, '_ ,t~~
':p;el~n~·
:iltudy.··.'rhepercentages,of tbe"specleB'o f,ind ividua l poQl'
. " ,
~"'·1:6~~.i.Hes',~c~Ii'rr'ln,g. 'wit h,~'giv~n frequenoy.in·th~'..·8u Pl e;''
,~" let':are,pre8ente~.In.. Fig~"r'e}.::' .;With:"lo.me
'~<:: ..,'..
i!t~~!~~: ~*< ~~J
"f~ow"v,uy i ng""fro~"slOW_tostrongJ"pr l,occasiorial-8io~ .liow~
" P~ 2'~ n'~" 'sUrface "nOw).~
"- Then~mbet:" Of"specJes
- "o~cUrring ' in "
"-'
8~~Ples
_(Pi9~re ,
'i 3("""~n.d
"tbet?tal ' numbe,~
,-of species;~ccu ~r~ng--"
O Ver "
the ' "s1;:udy. per; Qd'"(Ta~le 7);"~ai_ie'd, O,~lY':'. , ' : -2::::~:iontt::::~~rt;t~eb~~:::~th~:~::~l: "ca'~:e:' "'~:::'::::-"':"
f'r.~m ' Ta~~~' :
7" Md:"~he " '",:re'~u{t~' ~f" :",~he ordinati~n o~ '
. 'qu~i"iiativ,~' desmi~
,spe~ie8
""d ata ' ,(Fiqll~e 14)'~ "
p'p! '-
"~r2"
aridPP3''8CO~~
clo.li! e ly,on"aili s"i~d 'a~i8 "2'~'
TheBP~ci~~'-,~om~aition,of'~~,4/",tbe.~nly,r~ma.'inin~'
" " " " ," - "
.
P,00l with,surf a cewaterflow,was slightlydhergent'f r om'"
'Consi dering the'composi t i on; of,samplesfrom all
,~66-
~he.degree,o,~ wa~l!ir,~,ovementi~,peatlan.dpools'was pO'si t:lvdy'co'r r e lated'wit hthe'sizeof'th~dtain~ge,area'of
:",' " \' ' -- , ' "
'," .
thepool andth ~extent ofdr ~ina g e,i nput. SUr f a ce drainage
. . . \
. .
-~nflO:wB may,
be
.en' import a n t 'f a ct or,in"short\distance,., , ',, , " 1
dispersal.o f'd!!sm~dson peat\ait~s.. P,oolswithinfl owsmay
-- ~-' . \ .' ..
. ,
,~~r'iCher
in
spe cies ; ''!'heIn c'r eaee d richnessofTrc',aampl es' .
.
' .... \ ., .. '.' .... .co~paredWit~'rP'3"aamp~eBllIay
be
~XPlain~,d ~Ythi,s . . ,' ,.~ ,
)
. PO~lB,.six'Uxa!4,;.n:of,th~,tob l'f lora)' were'r e stric ted' to pools
:-w~~me'
degree"'Ofwater~,oveme~.' ·
"Of these ,"two'-67 '~