Effects of Drift Abrasives on Fontinalis novae-angliae Sull.

Author:

David A. Conboy

Additional Authors:

Janice M. Glime

Published:

June – 1971

Keywords:

Drift, Abrasives, Fontinalis, novae-angliae

Almost no work has been done on aquatic bryophytes in this country (Glime, 1968), and what has been done is primarily taxonomic, with a limited amount of ecological work in lakes. The present report is part of a study to determine some of the ecology and life habits of Fontinalis novae-angliae Sull. in a woodland stream in Plymouth, Grafton Co., N.H. The present paper will treat the effects of the heavy spring drift on these plants.