Entwicklung der Wasser- und Sumpfpflanzen-Gesellschaften Europas von der Kreide bis ins Quartär

Abstract

The purpose of the present investigation is to elucidate the following facts and problems of Cenozoic Waterplant and Swamp Communities in Europe: 1. Aquatic Angiosperms of the Cretaceous. 2. Evidences of Aquatic Plant Families and the Development of the Water- and Swamp Vegetation in the Early and Younger Tertiary and the Quaternary — Differenciation of the European Floristic Regions — Endemism — Local Exotics. 3. Ecological Indicatorplants in fossil condition: thermic, nutriments, facies-indicators. 4. European fossil Communities of Water, Swamp and Bog Plants: Freshwater and Swamp Vegetation (Submersed Aquatic Plant Communities, Shallow-water Communities and Communities of Plants Floating on the Water Surface, Reed Marshes and Tall Sedge Swamps, Spring Communities, Herb-rich Fen Communities, Bog Communities) — Saltwater and Coastal Vegetation — Herbaceous Shore vegetation of Temporarely Impounded Wet Places.