Number of Genera as a Potential Screening Tool for Assessing Quality of Bryophyte Communities in Ohio Wetlands

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 771 - 778
• Main Authors: Schumacher, William, Stapanian, Martin A., Andreas, Barbara K., Gara, Brian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bryophyta; Bryophytes; Coastal Sciences; Ecology; Environmental indicators; Environmental Management; Environmental quality; Flowers & plants; Forested wetlands; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hydrogeology; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; Marchantiophyta; Mosses; Native species; Quality assessment; Quality control; Short Communication; Taxonomy; Training; Vegetation; Wetlands; United States > US; Ohio; USA, Ohio; Number of genera; Bryophytes; Quality assessment index; Wetlands

Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) have numerous advantages as indicators of environmental quality. A quality assessment index for bryophyte species assemblages (BQAI) was developed for the State of Ohio, USA. Reliable identification of bryophytes to species often requires considerable t...