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

• Water as an environment for plant life.- Methods of exploration and analysis of the environment of aquatic vegetation.- Photosynthesis of aquatic plants under natural conditions.- Structural aspects of aquatic plant communities.- The phytosociological approach to the description and classification of aquatic macrophytic vegetation.- Algal communities of continental waters.- Vegetation processes in swamps and flooded plains.- The vegetation of fens in relation to their hydrology and nutrient dynamics: a case study.- Water flow and the vegetation of running waters.- Analysis of flora and vegetation in rivers: concepts and applications.- Aquatic plants in extreme environments.

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

• Water as an environment for plant life.- Methods of exploration and analysis of the environment of aquatic vegetation.- Photosynthesis of aquatic plants under natural conditions.- Structural aspects of aquatic plant communities.- The phytosociological approach to the description and classification of aquatic macrophytic vegetation.- Algal communities of continental waters.- Vegetation processes in swamps and flooded plains.- The vegetation of fens in relation to their hydrology and nutrient dynamics: a case study.- Water flow and the vegetation of running waters.- Analysis of flora and vegetation in rivers: concepts and applications.- Aquatic plants in extreme environments.

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

• Water as an environment for plant life.- Methods of exploration and analysis of the environment of aquatic vegetation.- Photosynthesis of aquatic plants under natural conditions.- Structural aspects of aquatic plant communities.- The phytosociological approach to the description and classification of aquatic macrophytic vegetation.- Algal communities of continental waters.- Vegetation processes in swamps and flooded plains.- The vegetation of fens in relation to their hydrology and nutrient dynamics: a case study.- Water flow and the vegetation of running waters.- Analysis of flora and vegetation in rivers: concepts and applications.- Aquatic plants in extreme environments.