Relacje między zespołami szczątków karpologicznych a współczesną roślinnością małych, płytkich zbiorników wodnych. Reprezentacja współczesnej roślinności i rozmieszczenie makroszczątków w osadach wybranych zbiorników Wyżyny Śląskiej
Relations between assemblages of carpological remains and contenporary vegetation of small, shallow water reservoirs. Representation of contemporary vegetation and distribution of macroremains in the sediments of chosen reservoirs on the Silesian Upl

Author(s): Artur Szymczyk
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Environmental Geography, Applied Geography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Silesia
Summary/Abstract: The work presents the results of research on the relations between assemblages of carpologicalremains and contemporary vegetation in four small water reservoirs. The main aimof the conducted research was to determine to what extent the assemblages of carpologicalremains preserved in the top layer of bottom sediment of the presently growing vegetationand which factors have crucial influence on the formation of taphocenoses. The author hasbeen trying to answer the following questions: 1. Can the anthropogenic water reservoirsconstitute model objects for the examination of the processes that result in the formationof floral taphocenoses of macroremains? 2. To what extent does the species composition ofassemblages of carpological remains reflect the species composition of the presently growingvegetation? 3. Does the amount of diaspores of particular species found in sedimentspecimens reflect the ratio of their amount/overlay in the contemporary phytocoenoses or, atleast does the number of diasporas reflect the domination of particular species in individualgroups? 4. Which factors determine the arrangement and number of carpological remainsin small and shallow water reservoirs?

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