PhD Reza Erfanzadeh 2009 - Ghent Ecology - Universiteit Gent

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Fig. 1.5. Photos taken by Massart in 1904 (Massart 1908). (A) The surprisingly narrow ecotone
between salt-marsh (left) and coastal dune (right) with floodmark conditions in between in the former
IJzer estuary, before this area was raised with slurry and sand in the mid-20 th century; the picture was
taken in northern direction, in between the middle part of transect 3 and 4 (Fig. 1.6) in the present
study; the vegetation was described as follows: “left of a central floodmark, a salt-marsh vegetation,
grazed by cows, horses and hinnies (both latter not in the picture), appears with Salicornia europaea,
Suaeda maritima, Glaux maritima, Puccinellia maritima, Armeria maritima and other salt-marsh
species, right of the floodmark a classical dune grassland appears, with species like Festuca rubra,
Agrostis sp., mosses and lichens (descriptions, translated from Vanhecke et al. 1981). (B) Creek of
Lombartsyde in the IJzer estuary at low tide with a non-grazed vegetation of Puccinellia maritima,
Aster tripolium, Triglochin maritimum, Plantago maritima, Halimione portulacoides, Suaeda
maritima and other salt-marsh species; the picture was taken in a western direction (descriptions,
translated from Vanhecke et al. 1981).
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