Vegetation of inland waters

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Water as an Environment for Plant Life

   • Robert G. Wetzel

   Pages 1-30

3. Methods of Exploration and Analysis of the Environment of Aquatic Vegetation

   • H. L. Golterman, R. S. Clymo, E. P. H. Best, J. Lauga

   Pages 31-61

4. Photosynthesis of Aquatic Plants Under Natural Conditions

   • Morten Søndergaard

   Pages 63-111

5. Structural Aspects of Aquatic Plant Communities

   • C. Den Hartog, G. Van Der Velde

   Pages 113-153

6. The Phytosociological Approach to the Description and Classification of Aquatic Macrophytic Vegetation

   • E. P. H. Best

   Pages 155-182

7. Algal Communities of Continental Waters

   • Jean-Jacques Symoens, Elsalore Kusel-Fetzmann, Jean-Pierre Descy

   Pages 183-221

8. Vegetation Processes in Swamps and Flooded Plains

   • C. M. Breen, K. H. Rogers, P. J. Ashton

   Pages 223-247

9. The Vegetation of Fens in Relation to Their Hydrology and Nutrient Dynamics: A Case Study

   • J. T. A. Verhoeven, W. Koerselman, B. Beltman

   Pages 249-282

10. Water Flow and the Vegetation of Running Waters

    • F. H. Dawson

    Pages 283-309

11. Analysis of Flora and Vegetation in Rivers: Concepts and Applications

    • Gerhard Wiegleb

    Pages 311-340

12. Aquatic Plants in Extreme Environments

    • John M. Melack

    Pages 341-378

13. Back Matter

    Pages 379-385

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By 1988 the Handbook of Vegetation Science is well on its way to completion. With 7 volumes in circulation, 3 volumes in the press, and most of the remaining volumes in preparation it appears that the total task can be completed in the early 'nineties. I am especially thankful to Professor Symoens for accepting the task of editing the volume on aquatic vegetation. The main emphasis of work in phytosociology is devoted to land plants, yet the landscape analysis remains incomplete without the consideration of rivers and lakes. Avolume on inland aquatic vegetation must therefore be most helpful to the land vegetation analyst and not only to the specialist on aquatic vegetation. Professor Symoens succeeded in drafting the most competent team for his task. I am sure that all colleagues working in vegetation analysis will be grateful to them that they have taken the time and energy to complete their chapters. Handbook articles are not easy to write and certainly not easy to edit. in the landscape are treated. The The major aquatic components vegetation analysts will welcome the fact that certain physiological and ecological processes of water plants are covered for which otherwise they would have to consult the limnological literature. This volume, together with the forthcoming volume on wetlands, should completely cover the inland aquatic vegetation problematic.

• Vegetation
• flora
• photosynthesis
• plant
• plants

This book will serve as a convenient source of information on aquatic vegetation to professionals and researchers working in the field of aquatic biology.
Physomorphology

`Professor Symoens is to be congratulated on assembling such high quality contributions. Each chapter stands on its own rather than being an integrated textbook, but the outcome is a learned book on the vegetation of inland waters which should be on every ecologist's bookshelf.'
P. Denny

• Laboratorium voor Algemene Plantkunde en Natuurbeheer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

  J. J. Symoens

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