Abstract:Baoan Lake is a shallow lake spreading along the middle reach of the Yangtze River. Submerged macrophytes were surveyed in the main part of the Baoan Lake and Qiaodun Lake (subregion of Baoan Lake) by setting up 103 sampling sites with assistant of a GPS setting on August 21~23, 2001. The investigation data were compiled and a GIS database of submerged plants of Baoan Lake was established. A vector boundary map of the Baoan Lake was digitized and georeferenced, then used to introduce sampling sites. Under t...