Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0946589690 ISBN 13: 9780946589692

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2001

Synopsis

Over the past 50 years, major changes have taken place in the distribution of aquatic plants in Europe. Many species have declined whilst other species have increased in abundance or spread, including several that were originally introduced from the New World. Despite the relative richness of the aquatic flora of Britain and Ireland, it is a neglected area of study.
This book is not an identification manual but provides a summary of the distribution, habitat and reproductive biology of 200 taxa in 72 genera, with individual distribution maps, and also summarizes their distribution overseas.
A joint project of I.T.E. (now C.E.H.), the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Environment Agency.

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About the Author

Christopher D. Preston, M.A., Botanist, Biological Records Centre, ITE. An active field botanist with a specific interest in aquatic plants. Author of Pondweeds of Great Britain and Ireland and other botanical publications, and an editor of the Journal Watsonia. Jane M. Croft, BSc, Botanist, Biological Records Centre, ITE. With her co-author, currently working with the BSBI and the Department of the Environment on the Atlas 2000 project, aimed at completing a comprehensive new atlas of British vascular plants by the year 2000.

Review

This is an essential work for all people concerned with ecology and management of freshwater. - C.D.K. Cook, Watsonia

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0946589690
• ISBN 13: 9780946589692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366
• Editor: Preston C. D., Croft Jane M.