ISOZYME VARIATION IN POPULATIONS OF SPHAGNUM-RECURVUM VAR MUCRONATUM FROM BRITAIN AND FINLAND

Variations in (1) banding patterns of peroxidase, acid phosphatase and esterase isozymes and (2) morphological characters, of two British and two Finnish populations of Sphagnum recurvum var. mucronatum are described. No links were found between the presence of specific isozyme bands and individual morphological characters, nor were the individual populations typified by particular bands. The results do present some evidence for the linking of certain morphological characters with environmental conditions and suggest that there may be a relationship between the complexity of banding patterns and the stability of site conditions.