Recent Pollen Deposition in Miller's Bay, Lake Okoboji, Iowa

Authors

Ruth M. Webster, Roosevelt Junior High SchoolFollow
John D. Dodd, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Proportional counts (200/ sample) of pollen present in nine samples of surface sediments from a settling basin in Miller's Bay, Lake Okoboji, Iowa, are summarized. In order of decreasing abundance the types of pollen listed are Compositae, Quercus, Gramineae, Pinus, Ulmus, Picea, Carya, Tilia, ]uglans, Ostrya, Fraxinus, Betula, Salix, Acer negundo, fem (spores), Celtis, Myriophyllum, Sparganium, Typh,i Alnus, and Potamogeton. The period of "pollen rain" for Tilia americana was determined to be from June 27 to July 14 (in 1964). Pollen found in algal mats collected during this period contained 15 types of pollen, of which Tilia pollen was the most abundant.

Publication Date

1965

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

72

Issue

1

First Page

73

Last Page

83

Copyright

©1965 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Webster, Ruth M. and Dodd, John D. (1965) "Recent Pollen Deposition in Miller's Bay, Lake Okoboji, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 72(1), 73-83.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol72/iss1/15