Data on 75 species from 124 quadrats collected from the intertidal and subtidal regions in the Flat Top Islands area of Georgia Strait in late spring to early autumn, 1972, were subjected to a number of community
analysis techniques including a Williams and Lambert association analysis, a species constellation diagram, a cluster analysis of quadrats, an inverse analysis of species, a Zurich-Montpellier analysis, and a Bray and Curtis ordination. Association analysis and cluster analysis classification of quadrats delimited four communities: an intertidal, an upper subtidal, a lower subtidal, and a sandy bottom community. Species constellation diagram and inverse analysis classification
of species delimited six communities: an intertidal, a shallow red algal, a laminarian, a turf, a deep water, and a sandy-bottom community. The Zurich-Montpellier analysis and the Bray and Curtis ordination did not produce clearly definable groups of quadrats. The results of all the analyses indicate that marine benthic algae form broadly overlapping distributions from which communities of varying affinities can be extracted. / Science, Faculty of / Botany, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/32769 |
| Date | January 1973 |
| Creators | Lindstrom, Sandra Christine |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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