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Tropical rivers represent the most heavily polluted of tropical aquatic habitats. Podostemaceae often represent the dominant submerged vegetation in tropical rivers, especially in river-rapid and waterfall habitats. Anecdotal accounts implicate water pollution as detrimental to populations of Podostemaceae. This paper examines chemical variables and their relationship to the occurrence of species...