Aquatic Botany is an international scientific journal dealing with applied and fundamental research on submerged, floating and emergent plants in marine and freshwater ecosystems. It is concerned with fundamental studies on structure, function, dynamics and classification of plant-dominated aquatic communities and ecosystems, as well as molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of aquatic plants. It is also an outlet for papers dealing with applied research on plant-dominated aquatic systems, including the consequences of disturbance (e.g. transplantation, influence of herbicides and other chemicals, thermal pollution, biological control, grazing and disease), the use of aquatic plants, conservation of resources, and all aspects of aquatic plant production and decomposition. ( http://www.journals.elsevier.com/aquatic-botany/ ) 

LI Wei, member of Hundred Talent Program of CAS, is the Principle investigator of Aquatic Plant Biology Research Group, the director of Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution & Ecological Restoration, and the vice director of the Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS. Professor LI Wei engages in research on conservation biology of aquatic and wetland plants, ecology of aquatic and wetland plants, restoration of macrophytes.