Description
Occurrence dataset created by emeritus Associate Professor Peter Vestergaard and published by Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen. In Danish waters, a gradient in seawater salinity between the brackish Baltic Sea and the salt North Sea exists. Along protected, low-energy parts of the adjacent coasts, coastal meadows (salt marshes), influenced by seawater of varying salinity, is a common type of nature. During the 1980s, the vegetation ecology of these salt and brackish coastal meadows was studied in the southeastern part of Denmark by Peter Vestergaard. 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. The abundance of each species was estimated according to a 1-7 ordinal scale of cover-abundance. The dataset contains URLs for online images of maps with localities and selected examples of the habitats studied.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 3,595 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Vestergaard P (2015): Vascular plants in Danish coastal meadows. v1.6. Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen. Dataset/Occurrence. http://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=vascular_plants_danish_coastal_meadows&v=1.6
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f1277dd4-84c5-4e84-b300-d5a7ac3c1edd. Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by DanBIF - Danish Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation; Cover-abundance of plants; Coastal salt meadow plant species; Salt marsh; Coastal reed swamp; Coastal grassland
Contacts
- Originator ●
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- Emeritus Associate Professor
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Geographic Coverage
Denmark
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [54.43, 7.8], North East [57.84, 15.49] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Superphylum | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1982-01-01 / 1985-12-31 |
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Sampling Methods
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.
| 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. |
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| Quality Control | See cited publications. |
Method step description:
- 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.
Bibliographic Citations
- Vestergaard, P. 1998. Vegetation Ecology of Coastal meadows in Southeastern Denmark. Opera Botanica 134: 1-69. ISBN: 87-88702-62-6 http://research.ku.dk/search/?pure=en/publications/vegetation-ecology-of-coastal-meadows-in-southeastern-denmark(1c40b4a0-74ca-11db-bee9-02004c4f4f50).html
- 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. ISBN 87-987317-3-4 ISBN 87-987317-3-4
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | f1277dd4-84c5-4e84-b300-d5a7ac3c1edd |
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| http://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=vascular_plants_danish_coastal_meadows |