Aquatic Plants in the European North

Dear Colleagues,

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to life in an aquatic environment, in saltwater or freshwater. This group includes all macroscopic plants, regardless of their taxonomic status (including vascular plants, bryophytes, and macroscopic algae). Aquatic plants are essential to the structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems due to their oxygen production, primary production, participation in food webs, ability to alter the aquatic environment (slowing down the flow of water, trapping suspended solids, reducing the level of illumination, etc.), ability to absorb and accumulate pollutants in their tissues, etc. At present, aquatic plants continue to be one of the least studied ecological groups of plants. Studies in recent decades, however, have made it possible to significantly enrich, and sometimes radically change, our knowledge and understanding of the diversity, taxonomy, distribution, phylogeny, ecology, and biology of aquatic plants.

This Special Issue is dedicated to the analysis of aquatic plants and discussion of various topics, including:

• Biology and ecology of aquatic plants and their adaptation to the aquatic environment;
• Flora and vegetation of various types of water bodies in different climatic and anthropogenic conditions;
• Structure, dynamics, and productivity of plant communities;
• Invasive species and their impact on aquatic ecosystems;
• Plant–plant and animal–plant interactions in aquatic ecosystems;
• Conservation and sustainable use of aquatic plants;
• Phytoremediation.

This Special Issue is focused on the European North, including but not limited to the boreal zone, as this is an underrepresented region in the literature with promising insights for aquatic botany. Both research articles and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Dmitriy A. Philippov
Guest Editor

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• biodiversity
• plant communities and overgrowing
• ecology and biomorphology
• rare and threatened species
• invasive species
• plant–animal and plant–plant interactions