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Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions

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Aquatic plants fulfil a wide range of ecological roles, and make a substantial contribution to the structure, function and service provision of aquatic ecosystems. Given their well-documented importance in aquatic ecosystems, research into aquatic plants continues to blossom. The 14th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants, held in Edinburgh in September 2015, brought together 120 delegates from 28 countries and six continents. This special issue of Hydrobiologia includes a select number of papers on aspects of aquatic plants, covering a wide range of species, systems and issues. In this paper, we present an overview of current trends and future directions in aquatic plant research in the early twenty first century. Our understanding of aquatic plant biology, the range of scientific issues being addressed and the range of techniques available to researchers have all arguably never been greater; however, substantial challenges exist to the conservation and management of both aquatic plants and the ecosystems in which they are found. The range of countries and continents represented by conference delegates and authors of papers in the special issue illustrates the global relevance of aquatic plant research in the early twenty first century but also the many challenges that this burgeoning scientific discipline must address.

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  1. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH27 0QB, Scotland, UK

    Matthew T. O’Hare & Iain D. M. Gunn

  2. Forest Research Centre, School of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal

    Francisca C. Aguiar & Teresa M. Ferreira

  3. Department of Environmental Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

    Takashi Asaeda

  4. Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Elisabeth S. Bakker

  5. Environment and Climate Change Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON, L7R 4A6, Canada

    Patricia A. Chambers

  6. National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Gate 10 Silverdale Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton, New Zealand

    John S. Clayton & Deborah E. Hofstra

  7. EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France

    Arnaud Elger

  8. Université de Lorraine, LIEC UMR 7360 CNRS, Rue Général Delestraint, Bâtiment IBISE, 57070, Metz, Lorraine, France

    Elisabeth M. Gross

  9. School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK

    Angela M. Gurnell

  10. Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Freshwater Centre, Paavo Havaksen tie 3, 90570, Oulu, Finland

    Seppo Hellsten

  11. Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Wei Li

  12. Umweltbundesamt, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany

    Silvia Mohr

  13. Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, 69622, Villeurbanne, France

    Sara Puijalon

  14. Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Spatial Management, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637, Poznan, Poland

    Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz

  15. Biological & Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK

    Nigel J. Willby

  16. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BT, UK

    Kevin A. Wood

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O’Hare, M.T., Aguiar, F.C., Asaeda, T. et al. Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions. Hydrobiologia 812, 1–11 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3190-7

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