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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Persisting in extreme environments: What are the drivers of body conditions of introduced fish in high mountain lakes?51
Trout and invertebrate assemblages in stream pools through wildfire and drought37
The role of small‐scale environmental gradients on trematode infection29
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Antibiotic resistance gene abundance and bacterial community composition in macroinvertebrates of an urban stream24
Stygobitic Candonidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Are Potential Environmental Indicators of Groundwater Quality in Tropical West Africa24
Nitrogen fixation rates in forested mountain streams: Are sediment microbes more important than previously thought?24
High temperature events shape the broadscale distribution of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)23
Effects of Lateral Hydrological Connectivity on the Taxonomic and Functional Structure of Fish Communities in Saône River Floodplains (France): Implications for Non‐Native Species Distribution23
Eggs on a plate: Population‐dependent effects of humic substance rich water on perch egg size and hatching success22
Integrating freshwater biodiversity data sources: Key challenges and opportunities22
Planktothrix rubescens Mass Development Reduces Phosphorus Sedimentation: Implications for Lake Nutrient Cycling22
The angled‐web: Recreational angling as an underappreciated disruptor to the interconnectedness of terrestrial and freshwater food webs22
Taxonomy and Functional Traits Modulate the Environmental Niche Dimensions of Crustacean Zooplankton Communities in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Beds21
Tracking dietary fatty acids in triacylglycerols and phospholipids of zooplankton21
What determines mate choices? Heterospecific mating in Sympetrum dragonflies20
Comparing environmental DNA with whole pond survey to estimate the total biomass of fish species in ponds20
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Among‐river pattern in relative abundance of two salmonid fishes reflects temperature‐dependent competition20
A call to action: The need for evaluation of carbon storage by lacustrine large woody debris19
Habitat and Feeding Behaviour Influence Microbiome Composition in Rhabdocoela (‘Turbellaria’)19
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Optimized protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments18
Metalimnion as an ecotone in stratified freshwater lakes: A case study on benthic testate amoebae in Lake Valdayskoe18
Effects of Changing Snow and Ice Cover Conditions on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll‐a and Community Composition in a Mesotrophic Lake18
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Challenges and Solutions for Measuring Taxonomic Richness of Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands17
Effects of land use change on inter‐species and intra‐guild trophic interactions of fish communities in tropical headwater streams16
Long‐term injury records reveal the role of biting in male–male combat in the Japanese giant salamander16
Ecosystem Engineering by Mussels ( Margaritifera margaritifera ) Influences the Behaviour of Their16
Variations in Soil Microbial Community Structure and Respiration Intensity in Different Typical Herbaceous Marsh Wetlands in Northeastern China16
Elevational microbial β diversity and community assembly processes in subarctic ponds16
Effect of suspended sediment concentration on the clearance and biodeposition rates of an Australian freshwater mussel (Hyriidae: Alathyria jacksoni)16
Reproduction in the tropical invasive freshwater mussel Sinanodonta pacifica (Unionidae), at different elevations in West Java, Indonesia16
Patterns in aquatic metacommunities are associated with environmental and trait heterogeneity16
Exploring the Dietary Preferences of Limnic Supraglacial Consumers: 13 C 15
Intraguild Predation Is Insufficiently Mitigated by Complex‐Structured Aquatic Vegetation15
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Relative Importance of Resource and Condition Niche for Invertebrates in Water‐Filled Treeholes15
Diverse Foraging in Small‐Bodied Fishes: Effects on Water Quality and Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Subtropical Lake Ecosystems15
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Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages14
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Interannual variability in the trophic niche of young‐of‐year fish belonging to four piscivorous species coexisting in a natural lake14
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Changes in midge assemblages reflect climate and trophic gradients across north temperate and boreal lakes since the pre‐industrial period13
Decryption of Amphipod Cryptic Species: Ecological Differentiation of Syntopic Lineages of a Gammarus Species Complex13
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Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in nutrient‐rich, spring‐fed streams recently invaded by non‐native New Zealand mud snails13
Evidence that long‐distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates by ducks increases with propagule size13
An urbanized phantom tributary subsidizes river–riparian communities of a mainstem gravel‐bed river12
The Size Structure of the Zooplankton Community Reflects Better the Trophic Status of Mediterranean Ponds Than the Taxonomic Structure12
The effects of temperature and flooding duration on the structure and magnitude of a floodplain prey subsidy12
Herbivorous cladoceran essential fatty acid and cholesterol content across a phosphorous and DOC gradients of boreal lakes—Importance of diet selection12
How Do Spatial and Temporal Scales of Post‐Restoration Studies Affect Conclusions About the Effectiveness of Habitat Restoration?12
Where Do You Fly From? Assessing Aerial Dispersal in Temporary Rivers Using Stable Isotopes12
Planktic diatom responses to spatiotemporal environmental variation in high‐mountain tropical lakes11
Spatially Diverse Water Levels Enhance Habitat Heterogeneity for Wintering Waterbirds11
Submerged Macrophyte Coverage and Composition: Key Regulators of Buffering Capacity and Resilience in Freshwater Ecosystems to Nutrient Pulses11
Sedimentary ancient DNA of rotifers reveals responses to 200 years of climate change in two Kenyan crater lakes11
Comparative impacts of dam water level regimes on herbaceous plant growth strategies in cascade reservoirs and downstream reaches of a major river11
Disentangling the Components Shaping Aquatic Richness Over Spatial Scales in Extreme Climatic Events11
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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
Upward migration of calanoid copepods is driven by high food quality in surface waters in an alpine lake11
Phytoplankton Biomass and Growth Limitation During Fifty Years of Reduced Nutrient Loading in Shallow Lake Arresø11
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Aquatic Insect Availability and Use by Ground‐Active Terrestrial Predators Varies Between Habitats of Different Successional Age in a Braided River11
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Fishes move to transient local refuges, not persistent landscape refuges during river drying experiment11
Periphyton and benthivorous fish affect charophyte abundance and indicate hidden nutrient loading in oligo‐ and mesotrophic temperate hardwater lakes11
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Lateral connectivity maintains higher freshwater mussel biodiversity11
Life in the Limestone: Patterns of Copepod Taxonomic and Molecular Diversity in the Epikarst11
Provisioning of breeding habitat by beaver and beaver dam analogue complexes within the Great Salt Lake catchment11
Investigating the Effects of Thermal Variability and Heatwaves on Pond Zooplankton Communities and Physiological Traits11
Impacts of predation by Eurasian otters on Atlantic salmon in two Norwegian rivers10
Connectivity‐Driven Assembly of Trichoptera Metacommunities Across River Networks With Different Drying Patterns10
Habitat complexity versus habitat heterogeneity: Invertebrates prefer macrophyte stands with intermediate biomass and high functional diversity10
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Varying Thermal Dependence of Life History Traits Predicts Responses to Environmental Change in Aquatic Amphibian Larvae10
Distribution and photosynthetic potential of epilithic periphyton along an altitudinal gradient in Jue River (Qinling Mountain, China)10
Combined Effects of Land‐Use‐ and Climate‐Driven Stressors on Stream Fungi and Organic Matter Decomposition10
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Conductivity and water level modulate developmental plasticity and explain distribution patterns in a diverse neotropical Odonata assemblage10
Unique Genetic Diversity Patterns and Extreme Endemism in Temperate Springs: Evidence From Narrow‐Range Endemic Snails10
Control of diatom and chrysophyte cyst dynamics by a meteorologically driven mixing regime in eutrophic Lake Żabińskie, northern Poland10
Water‐Level Fluctuations Modulate Phytoplankton Succession and Interannual Dynamics in a Hypertrophic Shallow Lake10
Correction to ‘Asian Loaches: An Emerging Threat as Global Invaders’10
Zooplankton community heterogeneity and trophic interactions in response to environmental drivers in a mesotidal estuary on the Brazilian equatorial margin—Lençóis Maranhenses National Park10
Projecting exceedance of juvenile salmonid thermal maxima in streams under climate change: A crosswalk from lab experiments to riparian restoration9
Structure and functional composition of macroinvertebrate communities in coastal plain streams across a precipitation gradient9
Escaping the dry: Native and non‐native fish outmigration from a receding floodplain following managed inundation9
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No free refills: Prior drying and vertebrate colonisation alter ecological functioning and vertebrate fitness within experimental aquatic systems9
Aquatic invasive species exhibit contrasting seasonal detectability patterns based on environmental DNA: Implications for monitoring9
The microbial community spatially varies during a Microcystis bloom event in Lake Kinneret9
Long‐term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon‐specific biomass change9
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Functional non‐equivalence in ecosystem engineers? Different freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are associated with different macroinvertebrate communities in a subtropical lake9
Water Temperature, Prey Concentration and Salmonid Density Influence Daily Growth of Wild Juvenile Salmonids in Tributaries of the Upper Salmon River, Idaho (USA)9
Drought‐Induced Decreases in Abundance of Emergent Midge Subsidies Are Offset by Increased Body Size in a Prairie Stream9
Day‐night variation of microbial organic matter use in sediments of a saline shallow lake9
Validating a Past Local Extinction Model Using Site‐Level Disappearances in a Cold‐Adapted Salmonid Under Global Warming9
Arctic char occurrence and abundance using environmental DNA9
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Nitrogen subsidies to pelagic food webs through profundal methane‐oxidising bacteria in oligotrophic fresh water9
A review of current knowledge and research priorities for conservation of lentic biodiversity in tropical wet and monsoonal urban landscapes9
Impacts of climate change on the distribution of riverine endemic fish species in Iran, a biodiversity hotspot region9
Species traits and ecosystem characteristics affect species detection by eDNA metabarcoding in lake fish communities8
What do macroinvertebrate indices measure? Stressor‐specific stream macroinvertebrate indices can be confounded by other stressors8
Stream bryophyte recovery after extreme flood disturbance takes several years8
Shifts in fish community composition and structure linked to seasonality in a tropical river8
Pond area and availability safeguard amphibian genetic diversity across Iberia's largest protected wetland8
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Larval newts from turbid and transparent waterbodies exhibit different morphological and behavioural traits8
Functional and Taxonomic Responses of Fish Assemblages to Low‐Head Dam Removals8
Angling bait consumption and stable isotope niche of two cyprinids in different lake fisheries8
Interspecific variation in the response of fish to anthropogenic noise8
Macroinvertebrate distribution associated with environmental variables in alpine streams8
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Biodiversity and Community Assembly of Endorheic Rivers on Earth's Largest Plateau8
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
Cyanobacteria can benefit from freshwater salinization following the collapse of dominant phytoplankton competitors and zooplankton herbivores8
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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
Anuran occupancy varies with stream characteristics and flow across Arizona wilderness areas7
Effects of Hyporheic Water Exchange on Microbial Community Structure and Function: A Case Study in the Beiluo River, Loess Plateau, China7
Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton7
Effects of small hydropower dams on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in southern Brazil7
Supraspecific Ecological Niche Models as a Tool for Predicting Burrowing Crayfish Habitat7
High aquatic macrophyte diversity in Norwegian lakes north of the Arctic Circle7
Geographical and Habitat Factors Affecting Migratory Waterbirds Along Rivers in the Palearctic7
Water temperature and organic carbon control spatio‐temporal dynamics of particle‐attached and free‐living bacterial communities in a hypereutrophic urban river network7
Heatwaves and Anthropogenic Light May Disrupt Phototaxis‐Based Behaviours That Regulate Early‐Life Migrations of Fish7
The colonisation of saline waters is associated with lowered immune responses in aquatic beetles7
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Groundwater Structures Fish Growth and Production Across a Riverscape7
Shedding light on the decline of Iberian freshwater fish species over the period 1980–20207
Predator kairomone triggers sexual reproduction of Daphnia population via increasing population density7
The impact of increasing turbidity on the predator–prey interactions of freshwater fishes7
Phylogenetic Origin of Morphologically Cryptic Species Shapes Co‐Occurrence and Sympatry Patterns7
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Using sedimentary prokaryotic communities to assess historical changes in the Gippsland Lakes7
Potential Effects of Climate Warming on Density‐Dependent Growth and Mortality in a Cannibalistic Ectotherm ( Sympetrum vulgatum : Odonata)6
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Long‐term droughts change the hatching patterns of zooplankton resting eggs from permanent and temporary lakes6
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A two‐dimensional morphospace for cyanobacteria and microalgae: Morphological diversity, evolutionary relatedness, and size constraints6
Flow intermittency affects structural and functional properties of macroinvertebrate communities in alpine streams6
Correction to ‘Relating Microplastic Contamination to Trophic Ecology of the Highly Invasive Red Swamp Crayfish and Eastern Mosquitofish’6
Secondary Dispersal of Wetland Plants by Neotropical Otters6
Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments6
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Historic Human‐Induced Species Shift Increases Climate Sensitivity of Today’s Western European Floodplain Forests: Restoring Past Conditions for Future Resilience6
Current anthropogenic warming threatens shallow Lake ecosystems on the Tibetan plateau: A palaeolimnological study covering the past 1,600 years in Genggahai Lake6
Homogenization of fish assemblages in an endemic biodiversity hot spot: Evidence from 70‐year data from the Yun‐Gui Plateau, China6
Temporal Variation in the Impact of Artificial Light at Night on Aquatic‐Terrestrial Insect Fluxes6
Drainage ditches are year‐round greenhouse gas hotlines in temperate peat landscapes6
Leaves stimulate aquatic phosphorus uptake by dark‐grown but not by light‐grown microbial communities in sediments: A laboratory study6
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Dietary sterol availability modulates heat tolerance of Daphnia6
Deciphering the Patterns and Correlates of Zooplankton Functional Diversity in Mountain and Lowland Ponds6
Spatiotemporal Patterns in Profiles of Amino Acids Indicates They Are Unlikely Singular Olfactory Cues Underlying Natal Homing in Migratory Fishes6
Waterbirds and Other Drivers of Endoparasite Communities Across a Hierarchy of Spatial Scales6
Unexpected Shifts in Bivalve Function From Filtration to Transmission Risk6
Spatial Segregation of Adult Aquatic Insects From the Water Surface to the Riparian Canopy in a Lowland River6
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Facilitation of Lake Eutrophication by Altered Feedback Loops Between Submerged Macrophyte Vegetation and Phosphorus Retention6
Nutrient conditions influence allelopathic capabilities of Ludwigia adscendens and other tropical macrophytes against Microcystis aeruginosa6
Effects of mesohabitat, grazing and substratum roughness on locally common and rare diatom species6
Nutrient and Light Interactions Shape Competitive Dynamics Between Two Co‐Occurring Submerged Macrophytes6
In hot water? Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in Arctic thaw ponds and relationships with environmental variables6
Moderators of Organic Matter Decomposition in Portuguese Streams: A Field Study and Literature Review6
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Invasion of a non‐native anuran likely disrupts pond ecosystems6
Microalgal food sources greatly improve macroinvertebrate growth in detritus‐based headwater streams: Evidence from an instream experiment6
Contextualising the bizarre: The integrated functioning of rib puncture as an antipredator defence in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)6
A role for the local environment in driving species‐specific parasitism in a multi‐host parasite system6
Larger Fish Upstream: Testing the Drivers of Fish Longitudinal Size Distribution in a Stream6
Experimental thermocline deepening alters vertical distribution and community structure of phytoplankton in a 4‐year whole‐reservoir manipulation6
Influence of spatial and temporal variation on establishing stable isotope baselines of δ15N, δ13C, and δ34S in a large freshwater lak6
Compound‐specific stable isotopes resolve sources and fate of polyunsaturated fatty acids in biota of headwater streams6
Closing the life‐history loop: Density effects on fecundity and egg size of an exploited, amphidromous fish (Galaxias maculatus) in freshwater protected areas6
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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
Environmental Filtering Correlates More Strongly With Taxonomic and Functional Beta Diversity of Phytoplankton Assemblages Than Spatial Structuring in a High‐Altitude River–Lake System5
Metabolic rate of two invasive Ponto‐Caspian goby species and their native competitors in the context of global warming5
A Run‐of‐River Mega‐Dam in the Largest Amazon Tributary Changed the Diversity Pattern of Planktonic Communities and Caused the Loss of Species5
Hidden Waters, Unique Communities: Subterranean Zooplankton Beta Diversity in the Caatinga Drylands5
Seasonal differences in amounts of oviposition habitat and egg‐laying by caddisflies in rivers with regulated versus unregulated flows5
Anadromous Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) Contribute Disproportionally to Recruitment: Insights From Genomics and Multi‐Tissue Stable Isotope Chemistry5
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
Local environmental conditions influence species replacement in Great Lakes interdunal wetland macroinvertebrate communities5
Thermal response of freshwater ciliates: Can they survive at elevated lake temperatures?5
Evaluating environmental DNA metabarcoding as a survey tool for unionid mussel assessments5
Effects of past riverine connectivity on the population structure and species distribution of ‘Geophagusbrasiliensis (Cichlidae) complex in a Neotropical hotspot5
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Trophic Diversity in Aquatic Food Webs Along a Tropical Coastal River Continuum in West‐Central Africa5
Species sensitivity and functional uniqueness determine the response of macroinvertebrate functional diversity to species loss in urban streams5
Impact of anthropogenic infrastructure on aquatic and avian predator–prey interactions in a modified lowland river5
A trophic cascade triggers blooms of Asterionella formosa in subtropical eutrophic Lake Taihu, China5
Dispersal direction, geographic location and river discharge all influence juvenile growth of a freshwater fish5
Thermal regime, together with lateral connectivity, control aquatic invertebrate composition in river floodplains5
Optimised protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments5
Evaluating the Influence of Climatic and Hydrologic Variables on Fish Communities in Channelised Agricultural Headwater Streams in the Midwestern USA5
A synthesis of 15 years of instream woody habitat management: Progress towards benchmarks and assessing fish responses5
Agricultural Landscape Structure Alters the Water Quality and Bacterioplankton Community Assembly: Implications in River Management5
Terrestrial Invertebrates Strike Back: Aerial and Ground‐Based Colonisation of a Dry Riverbed5
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Assessing climatic and spatial variables influencing zooplankton richness for space‐for‐time predictions5
Correction to ‘Contrasting Effects of Increasing Invasive Crayfish Densities on Competing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes’5
Dissolved organic carbon bioreactivity and DOC:DIN stoichiometry control ammonium uptake in an intermittent Mediterranean stream5
Temperature Variability and Salt Pollution Interact to Alter Subsequent Multi‐Parasite Susceptibility in Larval Amphibians4
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Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: What does not kill you makes you stronger?4
Scale‐dependence of fish habitat associations in a North American river system4
Hydrological Alterations Drive Long‐Term Decline and Resilience Loss of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in a Large Floodplain Lake4
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Correction to ‘Reciprocal Transplant Experiments Demonstrate a Dynamic Coevolutionary Relationship Between Parasitic Mussel Larvae and Bitterling Fishes’4
Sedimentary DNA and pigments show increasing abundance and toxicity of cyanoHABs during the Anthropocene4
Natural swimming holes, at the crossroad between conservation and recreation4
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Some like it salty: Spatio‐temporal dynamics of salinity differentially affect anurans and caudates in coastal wetlands4
Functional community structure modulates zooplankton production rates across boreal lakes4
From External Pressure to Internal Drivers: Anthropogenic Disturbance and Positive Feedback Trigger Deep Lake Regime Shifts4
Past Pollution Can Shape Future Climatic Vulnerability: Fungicide Exposure Alters Detritivore Performance During Heatwaves and Recovery4
Impact of the Highly Invasive Signal Crayfish ( Pacifastacus leniusculus ) on Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Communities4
The Ecological Memory of Fish Assemblages in Tropical Agroecosystems With Different History of Landscape Changes4
Metacommunity structures of dormant and active zooplankton in two distant mediterranean regions4
Population genetic dynamics during colonisation and establishment of an obligate parthenogenetic Daphnia pulex population in a small lake of a continental archipelago4
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Relating Microplastic Contamination to Trophic Ecology of the Highly Invasive Red Swamp Crayfish and Eastern Mosquitofish4
Environmental DNA metabarcoding in the Cape Fold aquatic ecoregion: Opportunities and challenges for eDNA uptake in an endemism hotspot4
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Riverscape genomics of the endangered freshwater mussel Lampsilis rafinesqueana4
Influences of multiple anthropogenic disturbances coupled with a tailings dam rupture on spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblages of a tropical river4
Functional traits drive tadpole responses to land use in coastal areas4
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