Covers the ecology of plants, fresh, brackish, estuarine and marine environments. Presents timely reports on fundamental and applied research in the field and the laboratory. Provides a forum for aquatic ecologists to address and evaluate ecological issues related to processes and structures at different integration levels.Covers the ecology of fresh, brackish, estuarine and marine environments. Presents timely reports on fundamental and applied research in the field and the laboratory. Provides a forum for aquatic ecologists to address and evaluate ecological issues related to processes and structures at different integration levels.Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating Aquatic plants can be divided into four groups: algae, floating plants, submerged plants and emergent plants. Younger kids, however, are probably better off learning to pick out a representative of these four types of water plants without necessarily remembering the names of the categories to which they belongWater: All plants require water in order to live but it is especially important for aquatic plants. Some aquatic plants can also grow above the surface of the water as long as their roots are submerged, but most aquatic plants must be completely submerged in waterAquatic plants get water and carbon dioxide from their aquatic environment and, like the land plants, light energy from the sun. Even though the plant is underwater, it still gets its energy from the sun because sunlight can pass through wateMany small aquatic animals use plants such as duckweed for a home, or for protection from predators. Some other familiar examples of aquatic plants might include floating heart, water lily, lotus, and water hyacinth