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Aquatic plants are important components of aquatic ecosystems (Chambers et al., 2008). They produce consumable materials that form the basis of trophic networking, they influence the hydrological, geomorphological and chemical environments and they interact in different ways with microbial and animal compartments and ecosystem processes. The interplay between humans and aquatic environments is often mediated through aquatic plants to both positive and negative ends. The biological traits of those plants and their communities are an essential aid to understanding the role of aquatic vegetation and their ecological interactions across different spatial and time scales (Capers et al., 2010; Gurnell et al., 2010; Bornette & Puijalon, 2011). For example, combinations of environmental conditions and traits can lead to invasive processes harmful to human activities and ecosystems (Gordon & Gantz, 2011). But plants can also be used to mitigate human impacts, such as the use of constructed macrophyte beds for nutrient removal (Xian et al., 2010). A mechanistic understanding of plant-ecosystem interactions, and how they are perturbed by human disturbances, enables the monitoring of the macrophyte communities and water bodies where they exist, and ultimately provides the clues and tools to protect and rehabilitate aquatic environments and plant populations (Lumbreras et al., 2013; Aguiar et al., 2014). The present volume is a contribution to such understanding of ecological interactions and its applications to freshwater management.

Preface: plants in hydrosystems: from functional ecology to weed research