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Vulnerabilities of macrophytes distribution due to climate change

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The rise in the earth’s surface and water temperature is part of the effect of climatic change that has been observed for the last decade. The rates of climate change are unprecedented, and biological responses to these changes have also been prominent in all levels of species, communities and ecosystems. Aquatic-terrestrial ecotones are vulnerable to climate change, and degradation of the emergent aquatic macrophyte zone would have contributed severe ecological consequences for freshwater, wetland and terrestrial ecosystems. Most researches on climate change effects on biodiversity are contemplating on the terrestrial realm, and considerable changes in terrestrial biodiversity and species’ distributions have been detected in response to climate change. This is unfortunate, given the importance of aquatic systems for providing ecosystem goods and services. Thus, if researchers were able to identify early-warning indicators of anthropogenic environmental changes on aquatic species, communities and ecosystems, it would certainly help to manage and conserve these systems in a sustainable way. One of such early-warning indicators concerns the expansion of emergent macrophytes in aquatic-terrestrial ecotones. Hence, this review highlights the impact of climatic changes towards aquatic macrophytes and their possible environmental implications.

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    Kaizar Hossain, Shlrene Quaik & Norli Ismail

  2. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Sarita Yadav

  3. Institute of Applied Sciences & Humanities, G.L.A. University, Mathura, UP, India

    Gaurav Pant

  4. Department of Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Hossain, K., Yadav, S., Quaik, S. et al. Vulnerabilities of macrophytes distribution due to climate change. Theor Appl Climatol 129, 1123–1132 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1837-3

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