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A study was made of the vegetation of four river-influenced coastal marshes located between the Moose River and Harricanaw River in southern James Bay. Six major grouping of species were found. These include: 1. a salt marsh dominated byPuccinellia phryganodes, P. lucida, Hippuris tetraphylla. andScirpus maritimus. 2. saline ponds withSenecio congestus, 3. a saline/brackish meadow marsh withCarex paleacea. 4. an intentidal estuarine marsh withEleocharis palustris, 5. freshwater ponds withPolamogeton filiformis, and 6. a freshwater marsh/fen.
Major environmental factors controlling the distribution of these groups include substrate salinity, river flow patterns, stom surges and tidal range. These marshes are unique in species composition in James Bay and similar to marshes described in the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Glooschenko, W.A., Martini, I.P. Vegetation of river-influenced coastal marshes of the southwestern end of Kames Bay, Ontario. Wetlands 7, 71–84 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03160804
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