Mares glacielles et non glacielles dans le marais sale de l'Isle- Verte, estuaire du Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

Abstract

At Isle-Verte, exact location of the ice-foot on the top of the middle hydrolittoral zone has made it possible to prove that ice-made pans were created each spring on the middle hydrolittoral where Spartina alterniflora flourishes. On the other hand, other causes are responsible for the creation of a variety of pools on the upper hydrolittoral of the salt marsh. A detailed survey of 80 ice-made pans and pools has allowed the description of their flora, morphometry and pedology. We do not know how these pans are formed. -from English summary