Freshwater Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Freshwater Biology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Persisting in extreme environments: What are the drivers of body conditions of introduced fish in high mountain lakes?50
Trout and invertebrate assemblages in stream pools through wildfire and drought43
Integrating freshwater biodiversity data sources: Key challenges and opportunities31
Eggs on a plate: Population‐dependent effects of humic substance rich water on perch egg size and hatching success28
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Antibiotic resistance gene abundance and bacterial community composition in macroinvertebrates of an urban stream22
Nitrogen fixation rates in forested mountain streams: Are sediment microbes more important than previously thought?21
Among‐river pattern in relative abundance of two salmonid fishes reflects temperature‐dependent competition21
The role of small‐scale environmental gradients on trematode infection20
Tracking dietary fatty acids in triacylglycerols and phospholipids of zooplankton20
Comparing environmental DNA with whole pond survey to estimate the total biomass of fish species in ponds20
High temperature events shape the broadscale distribution of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)20
The angled‐web: Recreational angling as an underappreciated disruptor to the interconnectedness of terrestrial and freshwater food webs19
Stygobitic Candonidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Are Potential Environmental Indicators of Groundwater Quality in Tropical West Africa19
Long‐term injury records reveal the role of biting in male–male combat in the Japanese giant salamander18
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Metalimnion as an ecotone in stratified freshwater lakes: A case study on benthic testate amoebae in Lake Valdayskoe18
Habitat and Feeding Behaviour Influence Microbiome Composition in Rhabdocoela (‘Turbellaria’)18
What determines mate choices? Heterospecific mating in Sympetrum dragonflies18
Elevational microbial β diversity and community assembly processes in subarctic ponds17
A call to action: The need for evaluation of carbon storage by lacustrine large woody debris17
Reproduction in the tropical invasive freshwater mussel Sinanodonta pacifica (Unionidae), at different elevations in West Java, Indonesia17
Optimized protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments17
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Challenges and Solutions for Measuring Taxonomic Richness of Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands16
Patterns in aquatic metacommunities are associated with environmental and trait heterogeneity16
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Variations in Soil Microbial Community Structure and Respiration Intensity in Different Typical Herbaceous Marsh Wetlands in Northeastern China15
Interannual variability in the trophic niche of young‐of‐year fish belonging to four piscivorous species coexisting in a natural lake15
Effect of suspended sediment concentration on the clearance and biodeposition rates of an Australian freshwater mussel (Hyriidae: Alathyria jacksoni)15
Diverse Foraging in Small‐Bodied Fishes: Effects on Water Quality and Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Subtropical Lake Ecosystems15
Effects of land use change on inter‐species and intra‐guild trophic interactions of fish communities in tropical headwater streams15
Intraguild Predation Is Insufficiently Mitigated by Complex‐Structured Aquatic Vegetation15
Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages15
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Effects of Changing Snow and Ice Cover Conditions on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll‐a and Community Composition in a Mesotrophic Lake14
Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in nutrient‐rich, spring‐fed streams recently invaded by non‐native New Zealand mud snails13
Changes in midge assemblages reflect climate and trophic gradients across north temperate and boreal lakes since the pre‐industrial period13
How hydrology and landscape shape Odonata assemblages in marshlands crossed by ditches13
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Decryption of Amphipod Cryptic Species: Ecological Differentiation of Syntopic Lineages of a Gammarus Species Complex13
Periphyton and benthivorous fish affect charophyte abundance and indicate hidden nutrient loading in oligo‐ and mesotrophic temperate hardwater lakes13
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The Size Structure of the Zooplankton Community Reflects Better the Trophic Status of Mediterranean Ponds Than the Taxonomic Structure13
Genomic signatures of adaptive divergence in lacustrine copepods13
Planktic diatom responses to spatiotemporal environmental variation in high‐mountain tropical lakes12
Fishes move to transient local refuges, not persistent landscape refuges during river drying experiment12
Where Do You Fly From? Assessing Aerial Dispersal in Temporary Rivers Using Stable Isotopes12
Spatially Diverse Water Levels Enhance Habitat Heterogeneity for Wintering Waterbirds12
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The effects of temperature and flooding duration on the structure and magnitude of a floodplain prey subsidy12
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Herbivorous cladoceran essential fatty acid and cholesterol content across a phosphorous and DOC gradients of boreal lakes—Importance of diet selection12
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An urbanized phantom tributary subsidizes river–riparian communities of a mainstem gravel‐bed river12
Evidence that long‐distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates by ducks increases with propagule size12
Provisioning of breeding habitat by beaver and beaver dam analogue complexes within the Great Salt Lake catchment11
Control of diatom and chrysophyte cyst dynamics by a meteorologically driven mixing regime in eutrophic Lake Żabińskie, northern Poland11
Distribution and photosynthetic potential of epilithic periphyton along an altitudinal gradient in Jue River (Qinling Mountain, China)11
Connectivity‐Driven Assembly of Trichoptera Metacommunities Across River Networks With Different Drying Patterns11
Habitat complexity versus habitat heterogeneity: Invertebrates prefer macrophyte stands with intermediate biomass and high functional diversity11
Upward migration of calanoid copepods is driven by high food quality in surface waters in an alpine lake11
Lateral connectivity maintains higher freshwater mussel biodiversity11
Sedimentary ancient DNA of rotifers reveals responses to 200 years of climate change in two Kenyan crater lakes11
Biomass, community composition and N:P recycling ratios of zooplankton in northern high‐latitude lakes with contrasting levels of N deposition and dissolved organic carbon11
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Investigating the Effects of Thermal Variability and Heatwaves on Pond Zooplankton Communities and Physiological Traits11
Unique Genetic Diversity Patterns and Extreme Endemism in Temperate Springs: Evidence From Narrow‐Range Endemic Snails10
Comparative impacts of dam water level regimes on herbaceous plant growth strategies in cascade reservoirs and downstream reaches of a major river10
Varying Thermal Dependence of Life History Traits Predicts Responses to Environmental Change in Aquatic Amphibian Larvae10
An attractor domain model of seasonal and inter‐annual β diversity of stream macroinvertebrate communities10
Aquatic Insect Availability and Use by Ground‐Active Terrestrial Predators Varies Between Habitats of Different Successional Age in a Braided River10
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Submerged Macrophyte Coverage and Composition: Key Regulators of Buffering Capacity and Resilience in Freshwater Ecosystems to Nutrient Pulses10
Impacts of predation by Eurasian otters on Atlantic salmon in two Norwegian rivers10
Alpha and beta diversity and species co‐occurrence patterns in headwaters supporting rare intermittent‐stream specialists10
Drought‐Induced Decreases in Abundance of Emergent Midge Subsidies Are Offset by Increased Body Size in a Prairie Stream10
Projecting exceedance of juvenile salmonid thermal maxima in streams under climate change: A crosswalk from lab experiments to riparian restoration9
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Angling bait consumption and stable isotope niche of two cyprinids in different lake fisheries9
Nitrogen subsidies to pelagic food webs through profundal methane‐oxidising bacteria in oligotrophic fresh water9
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Aquatic invasive species exhibit contrasting seasonal detectability patterns based on environmental DNA: Implications for monitoring9
Conductivity and water level modulate developmental plasticity and explain distribution patterns in a diverse neotropical Odonata assemblage9
Impacts of climate change on the distribution of riverine endemic fish species in Iran, a biodiversity hotspot region9
Structure and functional composition of macroinvertebrate communities in coastal plain streams across a precipitation gradient9
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Interspecific variation in the response of fish to anthropogenic noise9
Functional non‐equivalence in ecosystem engineers? Different freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are associated with different macroinvertebrate communities in a subtropical lake9
Larval newts from turbid and transparent waterbodies exhibit different morphological and behavioural traits9
Water Temperature, Prey Concentration and Salmonid Density Influence Daily Growth of Wild Juvenile Salmonids in Tributaries of the Upper Salmon River, Idaho (USA)9
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Zooplankton community heterogeneity and trophic interactions in response to environmental drivers in a mesotidal estuary on the Brazilian equatorial margin—Lençóis Maranhenses National Park9
The microbial community spatially varies during a Microcystis bloom event in Lake Kinneret9
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Stream bryophyte recovery after extreme flood disturbance takes several years9
Day‐night variation of microbial organic matter use in sediments of a saline shallow lake9
Long‐term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon‐specific biomass change9
A review of current knowledge and research priorities for conservation of lentic biodiversity in tropical wet and monsoonal urban landscapes9
No free refills: Prior drying and vertebrate colonisation alter ecological functioning and vertebrate fitness within experimental aquatic systems9
Correction to ‘Asian Loaches: An Emerging Threat as Global Invaders’9
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Arctic char occurrence and abundance using environmental DNA8
Species traits and ecosystem characteristics affect species detection by eDNA metabarcoding in lake fish communities8
Sulawesi Stream Fish Communities Disconnected From the Sea: Absence of Diadromous and Dominance of Exotic Species8
Egestion rates of microplastic fibres in fish scaled to in situ concentration and fish density8
The colonisation of saline waters is associated with lowered immune responses in aquatic beetles8
The Role of Host Age at Exposure, Host–Parasite Genetics and Host Size‐Parasite Length Mechanics in Shaping the Outcome of Parasitic Infections in Three Zooplankton Taxa8
Assessing the direct and indirect effects of bigheaded carp (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) on freshwater food webs: A meta‐analysis8
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Cyanobacteria can benefit from freshwater salinization following the collapse of dominant phytoplankton competitors and zooplankton herbivores8
Flow pulses shape periphyton differently according to local light and nutrient conditions in experimental lowland streams8
Macroinvertebrate distribution associated with environmental variables in alpine streams8
Pond area and availability safeguard amphibian genetic diversity across Iberia's largest protected wetland8
The impact of increasing turbidity on the predator–prey interactions of freshwater fishes8
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Escaping the dry: Native and non‐native fish outmigration from a receding floodplain following managed inundation8
What do macroinvertebrate indices measure? Stressor‐specific stream macroinvertebrate indices can be confounded by other stressors8
Functional and Taxonomic Responses of Fish Assemblages to Low‐Head Dam Removals8
Shifts in fish community composition and structure linked to seasonality in a tropical river8
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Biodiversity and Community Assembly of Endorheic Rivers on Earth's Largest Plateau8
Using sedimentary prokaryotic communities to assess historical changes in the Gippsland Lakes8
Predator kairomone triggers sexual reproduction of Daphnia population via increasing population density7
Current anthropogenic warming threatens shallow Lake ecosystems on the Tibetan plateau: A palaeolimnological study covering the past 1,600 years in Genggahai Lake7
Supraspecific Ecological Niche Models as a Tool for Predicting Burrowing Crayfish Habitat7
Phylogenetic Origin of Morphologically Cryptic Species Shapes Co‐Occurrence and Sympatry Patterns7
Effects of mesohabitat, grazing and substratum roughness on locally common and rare diatom species7
Influence of spatial and temporal variation on establishing stable isotope baselines of δ15N, δ13C, and δ34S in a large freshwater lak7
Shedding light on the decline of Iberian freshwater fish species over the period 1980–20207
Water temperature and organic carbon control spatio‐temporal dynamics of particle‐attached and free‐living bacterial communities in a hypereutrophic urban river network7
Compound‐specific stable isotopes resolve sources and fate of polyunsaturated fatty acids in biota of headwater streams7
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Effects of small hydropower dams on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in southern Brazil7
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Historic Human‐Induced Species Shift Increases Climate Sensitivity of Today’s Western European Floodplain Forests: Restoring Past Conditions for Future Resilience7
Groundwater Structures Fish Growth and Production Across a Riverscape7
Closing the life‐history loop: Density effects on fecundity and egg size of an exploited, amphidromous fish (Galaxias maculatus) in freshwater protected areas7
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Anuran occupancy varies with stream characteristics and flow across Arizona wilderness areas7
High aquatic macrophyte diversity in Norwegian lakes north of the Arctic Circle7
Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton7
Facilitation of Lake Eutrophication by Altered Feedback Loops Between Submerged Macrophyte Vegetation and Phosphorus Retention7
Effects of Hyporheic Water Exchange on Microbial Community Structure and Function: A Case Study in the Beiluo River, Loess Plateau, China7
Flow intermittency affects structural and functional properties of macroinvertebrate communities in alpine streams7
Experimental thermocline deepening alters vertical distribution and community structure of phytoplankton in a 4‐year whole‐reservoir manipulation7
Geographical and Habitat Factors Affecting Migratory Waterbirds Along Rivers in the Palearctic7
Secondary Dispersal of Wetland Plants by Neotropical Otters6
The gut bacterial microbiome of the Threeridge mussel, Amblema plicata, varies between rivers but shows a consistent core community6
Drainage ditches are year‐round greenhouse gas hotlines in temperate peat landscapes6
Nutrient and Light Interactions Shape Competitive Dynamics Between Two Co‐Occurring Submerged Macrophytes6
Unexpected Shifts in Bivalve Function From Filtration to Transmission Risk6
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In hot water? Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in Arctic thaw ponds and relationships with environmental variables6
A role for the local environment in driving species‐specific parasitism in a multi‐host parasite system6
Anadromous Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) Contribute Disproportionally to Recruitment: Insights From Genomics and Multi‐Tissue Stable Isotope Chemistry6
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A two‐dimensional morphospace for cyanobacteria and microalgae: Morphological diversity, evolutionary relatedness, and size constraints6
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Homogenization of fish assemblages in an endemic biodiversity hot spot: Evidence from 70‐year data from the Yun‐Gui Plateau, China6
Deciphering the Patterns and Correlates of Zooplankton Functional Diversity in Mountain and Lowland Ponds6
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Nutrient conditions influence allelopathic capabilities of Ludwigia adscendens and other tropical macrophytes against Microcystis aeruginosa6
Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments6
Microalgal food sources greatly improve macroinvertebrate growth in detritus‐based headwater streams: Evidence from an instream experiment6
Species sensitivity and functional uniqueness determine the response of macroinvertebrate functional diversity to species loss in urban streams6
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Contextualising the bizarre: The integrated functioning of rib puncture as an antipredator defence in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)6
Spatiotemporal Patterns in Profiles of Amino Acids Indicates They Are Unlikely Singular Olfactory Cues Underlying Natal Homing in Migratory Fishes6
Spatial Segregation of Adult Aquatic Insects From the Water Surface to the Riparian Canopy in a Lowland River6
Dietary sterol availability modulates heat tolerance of Daphnia6
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Impacts of shelter on the relative dominance of primary producers and trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic food webs: Implications for shallow lake restoration6
Larger Fish Upstream: Testing the Drivers of Fish Longitudinal Size Distribution in a Stream6
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Seasonal differences in amounts of oviposition habitat and egg‐laying by caddisflies in rivers with regulated versus unregulated flows6
Correction to ‘Contrasting Effects of Increasing Invasive Crayfish Densities on Competing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes’6
Thermal regime, together with lateral connectivity, control aquatic invertebrate composition in river floodplains5
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Metabolic rate of two invasive Ponto‐Caspian goby species and their native competitors in the context of global warming5
Long‐term droughts change the hatching patterns of zooplankton resting eggs from permanent and temporary lakes5
Seasonal variation in the response to a toxin‐producing cyanobacteria in Daphnia5
Dispersal direction, geographic location and river discharge all influence juvenile growth of a freshwater fish5
A synthesis of 15 years of instream woody habitat management: Progress towards benchmarks and assessing fish responses5
Experimental increases in detritus boost abundances of small‐bodied fish in a sand‐affected stream5
Reasons for the dramatic loss ofLobelia dortmanna, a keystone plant species of softwater lakes in the Northern Hemisphere5
Local environmental conditions influence species replacement in Great Lakes interdunal wetland macroinvertebrate communities5
Evaluating the Influence of Climatic and Hydrologic Variables on Fish Communities in Channelised Agricultural Headwater Streams in the Midwestern USA5
Thermal response of freshwater ciliates: Can they survive at elevated lake temperatures?5
A trophic cascade triggers blooms of Asterionella formosa in subtropical eutrophic Lake Taihu, China5
Evaluating environmental DNA metabarcoding as a survey tool for unionid mussel assessments5
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Invasion of a non‐native anuran likely disrupts pond ecosystems5
Impact of anthropogenic infrastructure on aquatic and avian predator–prey interactions in a modified lowland river5
Assessing climatic and spatial variables influencing zooplankton richness for space‐for‐time predictions5
Terrestrial Invertebrates Strike Back: Aerial and Ground‐Based Colonisation of a Dry Riverbed5
Microbial race to colonise leaf litter in a littoral‐lake environment and its relation to nutrient dynamics5
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Dissolved organic carbon bioreactivity and DOC:DIN stoichiometry control ammonium uptake in an intermittent Mediterranean stream5
A Run‐of‐River Mega‐Dam in the Largest Amazon Tributary Changed the Diversity Pattern of Planktonic Communities and Caused the Loss of Species5
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Greater physiological resistance to heat may favour an invasive freshwater turtle, enabling it to outcompete native species in a changing climate5
Effects of past riverine connectivity on the population structure and species distribution of ‘Geophagusbrasiliensis (Cichlidae) complex in a Neotropical hotspot5
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Leaves stimulate aquatic phosphorus uptake by dark‐grown but not by light‐grown microbial communities in sediments: A laboratory study5
Autochthonous production sustains food webs in large perialpine lakes, independent of trophic status: Evidence from amino acid stable isotopes5
Influence of internal seiche dynamics on vertical movement of fish5
Assessing the Complex Effects of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Rivers5
The effects of land‐use change on semi‐aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia5
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Optimised protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments5
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Cascading Effects of Biological Invasion and Nutriment Enrichment Disrupt Freshwater Trophic Energy Pathways and Food Web Quality4
Ecosystem effects of invasive crayfish increase with crayfish density4
Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: What does not kill you makes you stronger?4
Fish assemblage response to removal of a low‐head dam in the lower reach of a tropical island river4
Temperature Variability and Salt Pollution Interact to Alter Subsequent Multi‐Parasite Susceptibility in Larval Amphibians4
Inter‐Period and Inter‐Season Variability of Zooplankton of a Mountain Lake With an Emphasis on Under‐Ice Communities4
Functional traits drive tadpole responses to land use in coastal areas4
The Ecological Memory of Fish Assemblages in Tropical Agroecosystems With Different History of Landscape Changes4
From External Pressure to Internal Drivers: Anthropogenic Disturbance and Positive Feedback Trigger Deep Lake Regime Shifts4
Signals in Flux: Investigating the Seasonal Turnover of the Diel Vertical Migration‐Inducing Kairomone 5α‐Cyprinol Sulfate4
Riverscape genomics of the endangered freshwater mussel Lampsilis rafinesqueana4
Environmental DNA metabarcoding in the Cape Fold aquatic ecoregion: Opportunities and challenges for eDNA uptake in an endemism hotspot4
Natural swimming holes, at the crossroad between conservation and recreation4
The effects of terrestrial dissolved organic matter on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in boreal lakes4
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Seasonal variation in the coupling of microbial activity and leaf litter decomposition in a boreal stream network4
Ice Age Biogeography Corresponds With Current Climate Vulnerability of Freshwater Fishes4
Functional community structure modulates zooplankton production rates across boreal lakes4
Explaining declines of newt abundance in northern Italy4
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Long‐term differences in population structure, body size and distribution patterns of amphipods and isopods in wetlands with declining hydroperiods4
Population genetic dynamics during colonisation and establishment of an obligate parthenogenetic Daphnia pulex population in a small lake of a continental archipelago4
Within‐lake variatiability in predation risk shapes the spatio‐temporal structure of the zooplankton community4
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Record‐setting algal bloom in polymictic Lake Balaton (Hungary): A synergistic impact of climate change and (mis)management4
Individual movement variation in upstream‐migrating sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in a highly fragmented river4
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