Below is a list of scientists and professors who have helped me. They have taken the time from their busy schedules to review and comment on parts of the manuscript. Their ideas, comments, and critique have molded and reshaped many of my theories and helped keep the book ‘on track’.
•Dave Huebert, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba (Canada)
•Elisabeth Gross, Limnology Institute, University Konstanz (Germany)
•Laura Serrano, Department of Ecology, University of Sevilla (Spain)
•Giovanni Aliotta, Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universita Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Naples, Italy)
•Wolfram Ullrich, Institute of Botany, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (Germany)
•Dan Weber, NIEHS Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Core Center, University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
•David Spencer, Plant Biology Section, Aquatic Weed Control Research Laboratory, University of California (Davis)
•George Bowes, Department of Botany, University of Florida (Gainesville)
•Anthony Paradiso, Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
•Claude E. Boyd, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University (AL)
During my 5-year tenure as Technical Advisor for the AGA (Aquatic Gardeners Association), I accumulated many Questions and Answers (Q&As). I have included many of those Q&As in the book and would like to thank AGA members for their permission to use them. I would also like to thank Neil Frank, previous editor of the AGA, who twice reviewed manuscript drafts of the book. His insightful comments helped.
To Robert G. Wetzel, Biology Professor and a leading authority on freshwater ecology, I owe special thanks. First, his comprehensive reference work (Limnology) prompted my initial search of the scientific literature on aquatic ecology. Second, his enthusiastic review of the first draft of Ecology of the Planted Aquarium convinced me that my book was worth the trouble.
The Second Edition has been updated only slightly from the First Edition. The main difference is that it includes the color plates.