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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-23T08:10:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-23T08:10:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Puglisevich, E. (2020). The influence of rock pool morphometry on floral species diversity (Bachelor’s dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/96119 | - |
dc.description | B.SC.(HONS)BIOLOGY | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study is to determine if floral species richness of temporary freshwater rock pools is dependent on basin morphometry or rock pool proximity. 59 pools were observed at San Pawl Tat-Tarġa during December 2019 and January 2020. The plant species in each pool were recorded in terms of presence/absence. The morphometric characteristics of the pools that were noted were the maximum water depth, maximum sediment depth and surface area. GPS coordinates for each pool were also noted. The results showed that surface area and water depth were the only morphometric factors that showed significant correlation with species richness. Spatial proximity did not influence the species richness of the rock pools, implying that at a local scale, basin morphometry has more of an influence than the spatial distance between pools. The most common lifeforms were hemicryptophytes, followed by therophytes and hydrophytes. This may be due to the anomalous wet season that provided shorter hydroperiods than normal causing the ecotone zone of rock pools to be broader due to the shorter than average wet season. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tide pools -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tide pool ecology -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plants -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | The influence of rock pool morphometry on floral species diversity | en_GB |
dc.type | bachelorThesis | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Science. Department of Biology | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Puglisevich, Erika (2020) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacSci - 2020 Dissertations - FacSciBio - 2020 |
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