Macrophytes are an important part of freshwater ecosystems and they have direct and
indirect roles in keeping the water clear and providing structure and habitats for other …

Biological invasions constitute a pervasive and growing threat to the biodiversity and
functioning of freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are key primary producers and …

Motivation Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used
as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment and freshwater ecosystem health, as …

Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity
including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental …

The use of functional traits (FTs) can provide quantitative information to explain macrophyte
ecology more effectively than traditional taxonomic-based methods. This research aims to …

China covers a vast territory harbouring a large number of aquatic plants. Although there are
many studies on the β-diversity of total, herbaceous or woody plants in China and …

Exploring aquatic phytoresources as an alternative bioenergy feedstock tends to increase
environmental sustainability due to the surge in the diversity of aquatic phytoresources …

Broad-scale studies of species distributions and diversity have contributed to the emergence
of general macroecological rules. These rules are typically founded on research using well …

Unlike in land plants, photosynthesis in many aquatic plants relies on bicarbonate in
addition to carbon dioxide (CO2) to compensate for the low diffusivity and potential depletion …

Salinization is a threat that affects aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As primary producers,
freshwater macrophytes are of paramount importance in these ecosystems, however …