''Aquatic Botany'' ("An International Scientific Journal dealing with Applied and Fundamental Research on Submerged, Floating and Emergent Plants in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems") is a

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covering research on structure, function, dynamics, and classification of plant-dominated aquatic communities and

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s, as well as molecular,

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, and physiological aspects of aquatic plants. It publishes fundamental as well as applied research. The journal was established in 1975 by the late Cornelis (Kees) den Hartog. It is published by

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and the editors-in-chief are Thomas Wernberg (

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), Brigitta van Tussenbroek ( National Autonomous University of Mexico), and Francisca Aguiar (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, EMBiology, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.473.

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External links

*{{Official website, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/aquatic-botany/ Botany journals Ecology journals Aquatic plants Elsevier academic journals Academic journals established in 1975 English-language journals Marine botany