World Atlas of Freshwater Macrophytes : Dicotyledonous species I (Acanthaceae – Menyanthaceae) - Volume 1 / by Tatiana Lobato-de Magalhães, Kevin Murphy, Marinus L. Otte, Eugenio Molina-Navarro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobato de Magalhaes, Tatiana.

Contributor:

Murphy, Kevin.

Otte, Marinus L.

Molina-Navarro, Eugenio.

Series:

Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management, 1875-127X ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany.

Freshwater ecology.

Marine ecology.

Plant ecology.

Biodiversity.

Plant Science.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology.

Plant Ecology.

Local Subjects:

Plant Science.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology.

Plant Ecology.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1032 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book is the first volume of a compendium of the global distribution some 3500 aquatic macrophyte species occurring in inland freshwater and brackish waterbodies worldwide, highlighting aspects of their ecology including endemism, world rarity, ecozone/ macroregional occurrence, ploidy state, species age, uses, and endangered status. Although similar books exist for local regions (e.g., the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil) none provides complete and detailed information for macrophytes at global scale, so this book provides a novel resource on the distribution and ecology of macrophytes around the world. The Atlas fills a gap in scientific knowledge of the global ecology of an important group of aquatic plants. It highlights the expansion of invasive species and describes hotspots of endemism and rarity for freshwater macrophytes across the planet. The data included in this book range from karyological to biogeographical studies on macrophytes, within a general theme of understanding the environmental factors that drive the biodiversity, ecology, landscape genetics, and conservation of aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems. The first volume of the World Atlas of Freshwater Macrophytes: Dicotyledonous species I (Acanthaceae – Menyanthaceae) covers 33 botanical families and 760 species of aquatic macrophytes. The authors, based in Mexico, Scotland, Spain, and the USA are members of an informal international research network, set up in 2017 by retired aquatic botanist Kevin Murphy, which is dedicated to advancing macroecological knowledge of freshwater macrophytes in the inland freshwater and brackish waterbodies of worldwide wetland ecosystems. The topic of this book is relevant not only to scholars and academics but also to practitioners in wetland management, decision makers, and aquatic plant hobbyists. .

Contents:

Preface

Introduction to the Atlas series

Introduction to Volume 1

Key to Atlas species entries

Methodology used for compilation of Atlas data

About the authors

List of image contributors

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Aquatic macrophytes and wetlands

Chapter 2. Global diversity and distribution of aquatic macrophytes

Chapter 3. Species descriptions, distribution maps and images

Grey literature, web and DOI sources for species entries

References.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783031527494

3031527496

OCLC:

1440126627