Aquatic plants and animals

Robison, Keyon and Ritchey, Kerri (2012) Aquatic plants and animals. Academic Studio, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132306825

[thumbnail of Aquaticplantsandanimals_KeyonKerri.pdf]
Preview
Text
Aquaticplantsandanimals_KeyonKerri.pdf - Published Version

Download (6MB) | Preview

Abstract

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living within aquatic environments. They are also referred to as hydrophytes or aquatic macrophytes. These plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water or at the water's surface. Aquatic plants can only grow in water or in soil that is permanently saturated with water. Aquatic vascular plants can be ferns or angiosperms (from a variety of families, including among the monocots and dicots). Seaweeds are not vascular plants but multicellular marine algae, and therefore not typically included in the category of aquatic plants. As opposed to plant types such as mesophytes and xerophytes, hydrophytes do not have a problem in retaining water, due to the abundance of water in their environment. This means that aquatic plants have less need to regulate transpiration, which would require more energy and be of little benefit to the plant.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Divisions: Electronic Books
Depositing User: Esam @ Hisham Muhammad
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2024 06:09
Last Modified: 02 Jan 2024 06:09
URI: http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/4303

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item