Diversity and Conservation of Inland Aquatic Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 1715
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquatic plants; charophytes; wetlands; Mediterranean islands; conservation biology; taxonomy; Isoetes
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Interests: aquatic plants; aquatic vegetation; plant conservation; invasive plant species; plant taxonomy; ecological restoration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water is crucial for life; oceans hosted the beginning of life, and inland waters were the transition habitat as a first step for the colonization of land. Nowadays, inland waters comprise approximately 0.01% of the total volume of water on Earth, hosting a remarkably high level of biodiversity. While inland is generally synonymous with freshwater, inland waters do include also land-locked saline water bodies, large such as the Caspian Sea or small and temporary such as some Mediterranean ponds.
Plants in inland waters have been neglected for too long: while the diversity of this group of plants is still underestimated, global change and local human pressure are altering deeply these fragile ecosystems, so important also for humans.
This Special Issue is conceived to turn the ligth on this topic, to stop the destruction of inland waters and their wildlife, and to give space to describe the great and impressive diversity of aquatic plants (including charophytes) living there.
Dr. Angelo Troia
Prof. Dr. Pablo García Murillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic plants
- charophytes
- inland waters
- wetlands
- freshwater
- saline ponds
- temporary ponds
- conservation biology
