Lin Chun-chi, who wrote Taiwan Water Plants, explains: "Water plants are the weakest link in Taiwan's chain of life. The rate at which they are disappearing is truly too fast. Many rare plants that have been located with great difficulty are also in peril.
曾出版《台灣水生植物》專書的林春吉表示：「水生植物是台灣生物最脆弱的一環，消失的速度實在太快，許多好不容易才找到的植物也常朝不保夕。」