An International Scientific Journal dealing with Applied and Fundamental Research on Macroscopic Submerged, Floating and Emergent Plants in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Aquatic Botany offers a platform for papers relevant to a broad international readership on fundamental and applied aspects of marine and freshwater macroscopic plants in a context of ecology or environmental biology. This includes molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of macroscopic aquatic plants as well as the classification, structure, function, dynamics and ecological interactions in plant-dominated aquatic communities and ecosystems. It is an outlet for papers dealing with research on the consequences of disturbance and stressors (e.g. environmental fluctuations and climate change, pollution, grazing and pathogens), use and management of aquatic plants (plant production and decomposition, commercial harvest, plant control) and the conservation of aquatic plant communities (breeding, transplantation and restoration). Specialized publications on certain rare taxa or papers on aquatic macroscopic plants from under-represented regions in the world can also find their place, subject to editor evaluation. Studies on fungi or microalgae will remain outside the scope of Aquatic Botany.

Interesting for further reading:

Editorial: What is a plant? and what is aquatic botany?

Elisabeth M. Gross, Thomas Wernberg, Jorge Terrados http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3770(16)30052-3

Editorial: Aquatic botany since 1975: Have our views changed?

Jan E. Vermaat, Elisabeth M. Gross http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.07.001

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Editors-in-Chief
Elisabeth M. Gross
Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Continental Environments, Metz, France Email Elisabeth M. Gross Freshwater ecology; Chemical ecology; Submerged macrophytes; Ecophysiology; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecotoxicology; Multistress; Climate change
Thomas Wernberg
University of Western Australia, UWA Oceans Institute & School of Biological Sciences, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia Email Thomas Wernberg Marine ecology; Seaweed (macroalgae); Kelp forests; Climate Change; Ecophysiology
Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek
National Autonomous University of Mexico Institute of Sea Sciences and Limnology, Mazatlan, Mexico Email Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek Marine Ecology, Marine Environment, Marine Biodiversity, Community Structure, Algae, Ecosystem Services, Demography, Macroalgae, Seaweed, Biology, Seagrass
Honorary Editor
George Bowes
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Founding Editor
Cornelis den Hartog
Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands Aquatic ecology; Brackish water; Sea-grasses; Ruppia
Editorial Advisory Board
Lars Anderson
University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States Email Lars AndersonConservation biology, Marine Biology, invasive species
Jean Armstrong
University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom Email Jean Armstrong Wetland plant aeration; pressurised gasflow; anatomy; phytotoxins; rhizosphere
Sven Beer
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Email Sven Beer Marine macrophyte ecophysiology/photosynthesis, seagrasses, global change
Irmgard Blindow
University Greifswald Hiddensee Biology Research Station, Kloster, Germany Email Irmgard Blindow Coastal ecosystems; Nature Conservation; Submerged macrophytes; Charophytes; Ecology
Melinda Coleman
Southern Cross University National Marine Science Centre, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia Email Melinda Coleman Marine; Macroalgae; Population genetics; Genomics; Kelp; Conservation; Ecology
Joanna Freeland
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Email Joanna Freeland Molecular ecology, invasive species, conservation genetics, aquatic macrophytes, phylogeography
Akira Haraguchi
The University of Kitakyushu Faculty of Environmental Engineering Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, Kitakyushu, Japan Email Akira Haraguchi Aquatic macrophyte; Sphagnum; Photosynthesis; Sediment; Redox potential; Water chemistry; Salt tolerance; Phenotypic plasticity
Sabine Hilt
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany Email Sabine Hilt Submerged macrophyte ecology; Allelopathy; Lake restoration; Eutrophication; Periphyton; Paleobotany; Foodweb interactions; Allochthony; Herbivory; Regime shifts
Andreas Hussner
Support Association Feldberg - Uckermärkische Seenlandschaft e V, Templin, GermanyEmail Andreas Hussner Environment, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Water Quality, Ecology and Evolution, Conservation, Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Climate Change, Plant Physiology, Marine Ecology, Plant Biology
Arunothai Jampeetong
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Email Arunothai Jampeetong Plant ecophysiology; Fresh water macrophytes; Nitrogen; Root anatomy; Ammonium toxicity; Tropical aquatic plants; Wetland plants; Wastewater treatments
Jae Geun Kim
Seoul National University Department of Biology Education, Seoul, Korea, Republic ofEmail Jae Geun Kim Life history strategy; Wetland plant; Habitat characteristics; Plant-animal interaction; Environmental education
Sarian Kosten
Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands Email Sarian Kosten 1.The carbon balance of inland waters 2.Effects of climate change on aquatic ecology and water quality 3.Competition between different groups of primary producers (submerged and floating macrophytes, algae and cyanobacteria).
Elizabeth LaRue
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States Email Elizabeth LaRueInvasion; Macrophytes; Hybridization; Population and quantitative genetics; Dispersal; Remote sensing of vegetation
Wei Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan, China Email Wei Li Eco-physiology; Conservation Biology; Restoration Ecology; Structuring Roles; Ecology of wetland plants
Paola Lombardo
Limno Consulting, Rome, Italy Email Paola Lombardo Freshwater macrophytes; Lakes and ponds; Shallow-water ecosystems; Plant-invertebrate interactions; Herbivory; Allelopathy; Community ecology; Eutrophication.
Erik-Jan Malta
Foundation Aquaculture Technology Centre of Andalusia, Cadiz, Spain Email Erik-Jan Malta Macroalgae; Seaweed; Marine ecology; Cultivation; Application; Aquaculture; IMTA; Ulva; Ecophysiology; Eutrophication
Kathryn McMahon
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia Email Kathryn McMahon Seagrass ecology from tropical to temperate marine and estuarine ecosystems, and also links between science and management
Mariusz Pelechaty
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland Email Mariusz Pelechaty Submerged vegetation; Charophytes; C and O stable isotope composition; Lake ecology; Chara-lakes; Conservation
Sara Puijalon
Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, Villeurbanne, France Email Sara Puijalon Freshwater macrophytes; Stream ecology; Eco-hydraulics; Biomechanics; Functional Ecology
Tenna Riis
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Email Tenna Riis Macrophyte ecology; Dispersal, growth; Stream ecology
Jennifer Ruesink
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States Email Jennifer RuesinkSeagrasses; Marine ecology; Trophic interactions; Allometry; Experimental design; Macroalgae; Aquaculture; Bioengineering
Susanne Claudia Schneider
Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway Email Susanne Claudia SchneiderMacrophytes, benthic algae, charophytes, freshwater, eutrophication, acidification, Water Framework Directive
Fred Short
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States Email Fred ShortSeagrass ecology and restoration, global seagrass mapping and monitoring, eelgrass stressors including nitrogen loading, physical impacts and climant change
Albertus J. Smit
University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa Email Albertus J. Smit Seaweed ecophysiology, applied ecology and biological oceanography as well as substantial experience across the African continent and beyond. AJ also has strong skills in isotope ecology and a past in seagrass ecology
Jorge Miguel Terrados Muñoz
Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Esporles, Spain Email Jorge Miguel Terrados Muñoz Ecology of marine benthic communities, dominated by macrophytes (seagrasses, macroalgae, mangroves)
Mads Solgaard Thomsen
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Email Mads Solgaard Thomsen I am an ecologist that research environmental impacts on coastal plant and animal communities. My research focuses on how human stressors, such as bio-invasions, pollution, and climate change, impact the structure, productivity and biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems. I combine experiments, surveys, analysis of long-term dataset, modeling and meta-analysis, to test how patterns in biological communities are generated and maintained. My research provides predictions on how coastal habitats will respond to human stressors and recommendations for conservation strategies needed to ameliorate their impacts.Invasion Biology; Biodiversity; Species Co-existence; Effects of Human Stressors
Fernando Tuya
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Email Fernando Tuya Seagrass; Disturbance; Foundation species; Impacts; Ecological; Interactions
Jan Vermaat
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway Email Jan Vermaat Aquatic plants; Wetlands; Mangroves; Seagrasses; Catchment geochemistry; Landscape ecology; Ecosystem services
Jan Vymazal
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha, Czech Republic Email Jan VymazalConstructed and natural wetlands; Plant nutrient uptake; Heavy metals in macrophytes; Macrophyte biomass and production; Eutrophication
Kevin Wood
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Gloucester, United Kingdom Email Kevin WoodConservation; Ecological modelling; Ecology; Grazing; Herbivory; Plant-herbivore interactions; Rivers; Waterbirds