Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar - Aquatic macrophytes in lakes in Myanmar 2014-2020 - Field survey and identification

Summary

This report is performed by NIVA, as part of the project Integrated Water Resources Management – Institutional Building and Training. The purpose of this report is to assist experts undertaking biological field surveys in Myanmar. The purpose of the report is to assist the Myanmar experts responsible for the aquatic macrophyte field surveys. In addition to a suggested field method for aquatic macrophyte survey in lakes in Myanmar, the report contains factsheets with short descriptions and photos of 40 hydrophyte species in Myanmar. These factsheets can be used as a supplement to other identifications keys and floras from the Asian region and serve as a “first identification step”.