Aquatic Botany Lab

 

Syllabus

 

 

Lab-related Data and Related Info

 

Data handling and graphing

(ignore assignment on page 4)

 

Basic data analyses

(ignore assignment on page 6)

 

Point-intercept sampling for aquatic plants - PDF

 

 

Lab Report Instructions - NEW!

 

Data for our Loakfoma Seed Bank Census - NEW!

 

 

Data for our Bluff Lake Survey

This includes data from 2005 and 2006 that will help you

interpret our 2007 Data - note plot numbers.

 

Alligatorweed survey 2005 report

 

Alligatorweed survey 2006 report

 

 

 

Data from Growth Forms Lab - 2005

 

Data from Vegetative Growth Lab - 2005

 

Data from Floristic Survey (TrimCane) Lab - 2005

 

Coefficients of Conservatism

 

 

 

Plant Identification Links

 

Corps of Engineers - Grasses and Grasslike Plants (text descriptions - link)

 

Native Aquatic & Wetland Plants in Florida (links, photos, group-level descriptions - link)

 

University of Wisconsin Herbarium - Family Guide to Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes (with color photos and links to other resources - link)

 

Utah State University/Intermountain Herbarium - Interactive Plant ID Keys (associated with the Grass Manual on the Web - link)

 

 

Readings

 

US Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program info

 

Cowardin et al. (1979) Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the US

 

 

 

Wetland Links

 

National Wetlands Inventory

 

 

 

Instructor contact info:

Gary N. Ervin

223 Harned Hall

(662) 325-1203

gervin (at) biology.msstate.edu

 

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