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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
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Among‐river pattern in relative abundance of two salmonid fishes reflects temperature‐dependent competition111
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Persisting in extreme environments: What are the drivers of body conditions of introduced fish in high mountain lakes?64
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Properties of ammonia‐oxidising bacteria and archaea in a hypereutrophic urban river network38
Integrating freshwater biodiversity data sources: Key challenges and opportunities32
The role of small‐scale environmental gradients on trematode infection28
Trout and invertebrate assemblages in stream pools through wildfire and drought27
Eggs on a plate: Population‐dependent effects of humic substance rich water on perch egg size and hatching success26
Tracking dietary fatty acids in triacylglycerols and phospholipids of zooplankton25
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Antibiotic resistance gene abundance and bacterial community composition in macroinvertebrates of an urban stream23
Nitrogen fixation rates in forested mountain streams: Are sediment microbes more important than previously thought?23
The angled‐web: Recreational angling as an underappreciated disruptor to the interconnectedness of terrestrial and freshwater food webs21
High temperature events shape the broadscale distribution of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)20
Comparing environmental DNA with whole pond survey to estimate the total biomass of fish species in ponds20
Stygobitic Candonidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Are Potential Environmental Indicators of Groundwater Quality in Tropical West Africa20
Patterns in aquatic metacommunities are associated with environmental and trait heterogeneity18
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Optimized protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments18
Habitat and Feeding Behaviour Influence Microbiome Composition in Rhabdocoela (‘Turbellaria’)17
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A call to action: The need for evaluation of carbon storage by lacustrine large woody debris17
Metalimnion as an ecotone in stratified freshwater lakes: A case study on benthic testate amoebae in Lake Valdayskoe16
Elevational microbial β diversity and community assembly processes in subarctic ponds16
Effects of land use change on inter‐species and intra‐guild trophic interactions of fish communities in tropical headwater streams16
What determines mate choices? Heterospecific mating in Sympetrum dragonflies16
Long‐term injury records reveal the role of biting in male–male combat in the Japanese giant salamander16
Interannual variability in the trophic niche of young‐of‐year fish belonging to four piscivorous species coexisting in a natural lake15
Reproduction in the tropical invasive freshwater mussel Sinanodonta pacifica (Unionidae), at different elevations in West Java, Indonesia15
Effect of suspended sediment concentration on the clearance and biodeposition rates of an Australian freshwater mussel (Hyriidae: Alathyria jacksoni)15
Improving the framework for assessment of ecological change in the Arctic: A circumpolar synthesis of freshwater biodiversity15
Effects of Changing Snow and Ice Cover Conditions on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll‐a and Community Composition in a Mesotrophic Lake15
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Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages15
Challenges and Solutions for Measuring Taxonomic Richness of Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands15
Cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic lakes: Shifting the high‐nutrient paradigm14
An urbanized phantom tributary subsidizes river–riparian communities of a mainstem gravel‐bed river14
Evidence that long‐distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates by ducks increases with propagule size14
Cave amphipods reveal co‐variation between morphology and trophic niche in a low‐productivity environment14
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The effects of temperature and flooding duration on the structure and magnitude of a floodplain prey subsidy14
Underlying trends confound estimates of fish population responses to river discharge14
Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in nutrient‐rich, spring‐fed streams recently invaded by non‐native New Zealand mud snails14
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Genomic signatures of adaptive divergence in lacustrine copepods13
Changes in midge assemblages reflect climate and trophic gradients across north temperate and boreal lakes since the pre‐industrial period13
Fishes move to transient local refuges, not persistent landscape refuges during river drying experiment13
Periphyton and benthivorous fish affect charophyte abundance and indicate hidden nutrient loading in oligo‐ and mesotrophic temperate hardwater lakes13
Modelling key variables for understanding the effects of grazing and nutrient recycling by zooplankton on the freshwater microbial loop13
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Spatially Diverse Water Levels Enhance Habitat Heterogeneity for Wintering Waterbirds13
Environmental DNA metabarcoding elucidates patterns of fish colonisation and co‐occurrences with amphibians in temperate wetlands created for biodiversity12
Planktic diatom responses to spatiotemporal environmental variation in high‐mountain tropical lakes12
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Investigating the Effects of Thermal Variability and Heatwaves on Pond Zooplankton Communities and Physiological Traits12
Upward migration of calanoid copepods is driven by high food quality in surface waters in an alpine lake12
How hydrology and landscape shape Odonata assemblages in marshlands crossed by ditches12
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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Provisioning of breeding habitat by beaver and beaver dam analogue complexes within the Great Salt Lake catchment12
Sedimentary ancient DNA of rotifers reveals responses to 200 years of climate change in two Kenyan crater lakes12
Damming shapes genetic patterns and may affect the persistence of freshwater fish populations12
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Lateral connectivity maintains higher freshwater mussel biodiversity11
Tackling inconsistencies among freshwater invertebrate trait databases: harmonising across continents and aggregating taxonomic resolution11
Habitat complexity versus habitat heterogeneity: Invertebrates prefer macrophyte stands with intermediate biomass and high functional diversity11
Comparative impacts of dam water level regimes on herbaceous plant growth strategies in cascade reservoirs and downstream reaches of a major river11
Crayfish connections: Linking ecology and hydrogeology in Alabama’s Black Prairie using crayfish distribution patterns11
Control of diatom and chrysophyte cyst dynamics by a meteorologically driven mixing regime in eutrophic Lake Żabińskie, northern Poland11
Alpha and beta diversity and species co‐occurrence patterns in headwaters supporting rare intermittent‐stream specialists11
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
An attractor domain model of seasonal and inter‐annual β diversity of stream macroinvertebrate communities10
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Impacts of predation by Eurasian otters on Atlantic salmon in two Norwegian rivers10
Distribution and photosynthetic potential of epilithic periphyton along an altitudinal gradient in Jue River (Qinling Mountain, China)10
Connectivity‐Driven Assembly of Trichoptera Metacommunities Across River Networks With Different Drying Patterns10
Altitudinal diversity of aquatic plants in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau10
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Submerged Macrophyte Coverage and Composition: Key Regulators of Buffering Capacity and Resilience in Freshwater Ecosystems to Nutrient Pulses10
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Water Temperature, Prey Concentration and Salmonid Density Influence Daily Growth of Wild Juvenile Salmonids in Tributaries of the Upper Salmon River, Idaho (USA)10
Projecting exceedance of juvenile salmonid thermal maxima in streams under climate change: A crosswalk from lab experiments to riparian restoration9
Trophic interactions of vampire catfishes (Siluriformes: Vandelliinae) revealed by metabarcoding analysis of stomach contents9
Correction to ‘Asian Loaches: An Emerging Threat as Global Invaders’9
Zooplankton community heterogeneity and trophic interactions in response to environmental drivers in a mesotidal estuary on the Brazilian equatorial margin—Lençóis Maranhenses National Park9
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Taxonomic composition and lake bathymetry influence fatty acid export via emergent insects9
Impacts of climate change on the distribution of riverine endemic fish species in Iran, a biodiversity hotspot region9
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No free refills: Prior drying and vertebrate colonisation alter ecological functioning and vertebrate fitness within experimental aquatic systems9
The microbial community spatially varies during a Microcystis bloom event in Lake Kinneret9
Drought‐Induced Decreases in Abundance of Emergent Midge Subsidies Are Offset by Increased Body Size in a Prairie Stream9
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A review of current knowledge and research priorities for conservation of lentic biodiversity in tropical wet and monsoonal urban landscapes9
Interactive effects of land use, river regulation, and climate on a key recreational fishing species in temperate and boreal streams9
Arctic freshwater biodiversity: Establishing baselines, trends, and drivers of ecological change9
Day‐night variation of microbial organic matter use in sediments of a saline shallow lake9
Conductivity and water level modulate developmental plasticity and explain distribution patterns in a diverse neotropical Odonata assemblage9
Varying Thermal Dependence of Life History Traits Predicts Responses to Environmental Change in Aquatic Amphibian Larvae9
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Structure and functional composition of macroinvertebrate communities in coastal plain streams across a precipitation gradient9
Aquatic invasive species exhibit contrasting seasonal detectability patterns based on environmental DNA: Implications for monitoring9
Going with the flow: Spatio‐temporal drift patterns of larval fish in a large alpine river9
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Increasing inputs of invasive N‐fixing Acacia litter decrease litter decomposition and associated microbial activity in streams8
Functional non‐equivalence in ecosystem engineers? Different freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are associated with different macroinvertebrate communities in a subtropical lake8
What do macroinvertebrate indices measure? Stressor‐specific stream macroinvertebrate indices can be confounded by other stressors8
Egestion rates of microplastic fibres in fish scaled to in situ concentration and fish density8
Functional and Taxonomic Responses of Fish Assemblages to Low‐Head Dam Removals8
Stream bryophyte recovery after extreme flood disturbance takes several years8
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
Larval newts from turbid and transparent waterbodies exhibit different morphological and behavioural traits8
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Long‐term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon‐specific biomass change8
Angling bait consumption and stable isotope niche of two cyprinids in different lake fisheries8
Interspecific variation in the response of fish to anthropogenic noise8
Species traits and ecosystem characteristics affect species detection by eDNA metabarcoding in lake fish communities8
Hydrology drives variation in spawning phenologies and diversity of larval assemblages of Australian wet–dry tropical fish8
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Nitrogen subsidies to pelagic food webs through profundal methane‐oxidising bacteria in oligotrophic fresh water8
Escaping the dry: Native and non‐native fish outmigration from a receding floodplain following managed inundation8
Shifts in fish community composition and structure linked to seasonality in a tropical river8
Changes in wetland habitat use by waterbirds wintering in Czechia are related to diet and distribution changes8
Cyanobacteria can benefit from freshwater salinization following the collapse of dominant phytoplankton competitors and zooplankton herbivores8
Arctic char occurrence and abundance using environmental DNA8
Factors regulating lake periphyton biomass and nutrient limitation status across a large trophic gradient7
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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 restoration7
Historic Human‐Induced Species Shift Increases Climate Sensitivity of Today’s Western European Floodplain Forests: Restoring Past Conditions for Future Resilience7
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Compound‐specific stable isotopes resolve sources and fate of polyunsaturated fatty acids in biota of headwater streams7
High aquatic macrophyte diversity in Norwegian lakes north of the Arctic Circle7
The impact of increasing turbidity on the predator–prey interactions of freshwater fishes7
Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton7
Aquatic biota responses to temperature in a high Andean geothermal stream7
Phylogenetic Origin of Morphologically Cryptic Species Shapes Co‐Occurrence and Sympatry Patterns7
Differences in the functional responses of four invasive and one native crayfish species suggest invader‐specific ecological impacts7
Anuran occupancy varies with stream characteristics and flow across Arizona wilderness areas7
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Predator kairomone triggers sexual reproduction of Daphnia population via increasing population density7
Closing the life‐history loop: Density effects on fecundity and egg size of an exploited, amphidromous fish (Galaxias maculatus) in freshwater protected areas7
Shedding light on the decline of Iberian freshwater fish species over the period 1980–20207
Effects of small hydropower dams on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in southern Brazil7
Using sedimentary prokaryotic communities to assess historical changes in the Gippsland Lakes7
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Pond area and availability safeguard amphibian genetic diversity across Iberia's largest protected wetland7
Assessing the direct and indirect effects of bigheaded carp (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) on freshwater food webs: A meta‐analysis7
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Nutrient conditions influence allelopathic capabilities of Ludwigia adscendens and other tropical macrophytes against Microcystis aeruginosa7
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
Effects of Hyporheic Water Exchange on Microbial Community Structure and Function: A Case Study in the Beiluo River, Loess Plateau, China7
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The colonisation of saline waters is associated with lowered immune responses in aquatic beetles7
Capturing the spatial variability of algal bloom development in a shallow temperate lake7
From adverse to beneficial: Contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton6
A role for the local environment in driving species‐specific parasitism in a multi‐host parasite system6
Spatiotemporal Patterns in Profiles of Amino Acids Indicates They Are Unlikely Singular Olfactory Cues Underlying Natal Homing in Migratory Fishes6
Flow intermittency affects structural and functional properties of macroinvertebrate communities in alpine streams6
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Assessing climatic and spatial variables influencing zooplankton richness for space‐for‐time predictions6
Current anthropogenic warming threatens shallow Lake ecosystems on the Tibetan plateau: A palaeolimnological study covering the past 1,600 years in Genggahai Lake6
Unexpected Shifts in Bivalve Function From Filtration to Transmission Risk6
Natural toxins leached from Eucalyptus globulus plantations affect the development and life‐history of anuran tadpoles6
Dietary sterol availability modulates heat tolerance of Daphnia6
Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments6
Leaves stimulate aquatic phosphorus uptake by dark‐grown but not by light‐grown microbial communities in sediments: A laboratory study6
Contextualising the bizarre: The integrated functioning of rib puncture as an antipredator defence in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)6
Microalgal food sources greatly improve macroinvertebrate growth in detritus‐based headwater streams: Evidence from an instream experiment6
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Invasion of a non‐native anuran likely disrupts pond ecosystems6
Autochthonous production sustains food webs in large perialpine lakes, independent of trophic status: Evidence from amino acid stable isotopes6
Geographical and Habitat Factors Affecting Migratory Waterbirds Along Rivers in the Palearctic6
Correction to ‘Contrasting Effects of Increasing Invasive Crayfish Densities on Competing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes’6
Facilitation of Lake Eutrophication by Altered Feedback Loops Between Submerged Macrophyte Vegetation and Phosphorus Retention6
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A two‐dimensional morphospace for cyanobacteria and microalgae: Morphological diversity, evolutionary relatedness, and size constraints6
Secondary Dispersal of Wetland Plants by Neotropical Otters6
Drainage ditches are year‐round greenhouse gas hotlines in temperate peat landscapes6
Seasonal variation in the response to a toxin‐producing cyanobacteria in Daphnia6
Deciphering the Patterns and Correlates of Zooplankton Functional Diversity in Mountain and Lowland Ponds6
Homogenization of fish assemblages in an endemic biodiversity hot spot: Evidence from 70‐year data from the Yun‐Gui Plateau, China6
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Water temperature and organic carbon control spatio‐temporal dynamics of particle‐attached and free‐living bacterial communities in a hypereutrophic urban river network6
Long‐term droughts change the hatching patterns of zooplankton resting eggs from permanent and temporary lakes6
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Experimental thermocline deepening alters vertical distribution and community structure of phytoplankton in a 4‐year whole‐reservoir manipulation6
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The gut bacterial microbiome of the Threeridge mussel, Amblema plicata, varies between rivers but shows a consistent core community6
In hot water? Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in Arctic thaw ponds and relationships with environmental variables6
Larger Fish Upstream: Testing the Drivers of Fish Longitudinal Size Distribution in a Stream6
Seasonal differences in amounts of oviposition habitat and egg‐laying by caddisflies in rivers with regulated versus unregulated flows6
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Evaluating the relevance of species sorting and physiological plasticity of phytoplankton communities grown in a multifactor environment5
A synthesis of 15 years of instream woody habitat management: Progress towards benchmarks and assessing fish responses5
Species sensitivity and functional uniqueness determine the response of macroinvertebrate functional diversity to species loss in urban streams5
Eutrophication‐driven eco‐evolutionary dynamics indicated by differences in stoichiometric traits among populations of Daphnia pulicaria5
Temporal trends and spatial patterns of chironomid communities in alpine lakes recovering from acidification under accelerating climate change5
Metabolic rate of two invasive Ponto‐Caspian goby species and their native competitors in the context of global warming5
Rising algae density affects the influences of Daphnia magna on the competitive outcome between Brachionus rotifer species5
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Influence of internal seiche dynamics on vertical movement of fish5
Dispersal direction, geographic location and river discharge all influence juvenile growth of a freshwater fish5
Local environmental conditions influence species replacement in Great Lakes interdunal wetland macroinvertebrate communities5
Do mobile consumers homogenize the distribution of resources in stream food webs? A test with overlapping fish and mussel aggregations5
Thermal regime, together with lateral connectivity, control aquatic invertebrate composition in river floodplains5
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Long‐term acclimation might enhance the growth and competitive ability of Microcystis aeruginosa in warm environments5
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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
Dissolved organic carbon bioreactivity and DOC:DIN stoichiometry control ammonium uptake in an intermittent Mediterranean stream5
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Evaluating environmental DNA metabarcoding as a survey tool for unionid mussel assessments5
Terrestrial Invertebrates Strike Back: Aerial and Ground‐Based Colonisation of a Dry Riverbed5
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
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Drivers of fish biodiversity in a rapidly changing permafrost landscape5
Invasive forest pathogens affect the characteristics, microbial colonisation, and decomposition of leaf litter in streams5
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Impact of anthropogenic infrastructure on aquatic and avian predator–prey interactions in a modified lowland river5
Reasons for the dramatic loss ofLobelia dortmanna, a keystone plant species of softwater lakes in the Northern Hemisphere5
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Assessing the Complex Effects of the Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Rivers5
Optimised protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments5
Effects of past riverine connectivity on the population structure and species distribution of ‘Geophagusbrasiliensis (Cichlidae) complex in a Neotropical hotspot5
A Run‐of‐River Mega‐Dam in the Largest Amazon Tributary Changed the Diversity Pattern of Planktonic Communities and Caused the Loss of Species5
The effects of terrestrial dissolved organic matter on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in boreal lakes4
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Scale‐dependence of fish habitat associations in a North American river system4
Fish assemblage response to removal of a low‐head dam in the lower reach of a tropical island river4
Sedimentary DNA and pigments show increasing abundance and toxicity of cyanoHABs during the Anthropocene4
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Non‐random dispersal in sympatric stream fishes: Influences of natural disturbance and body size4
Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: What does not kill you makes you stronger?4
Climate‐driven stream‐flow impacts on bull trout metapopulation dynamics revealed by quantitative assessment of 22 years of tag–recapture data4
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Influences of multiple anthropogenic disturbances coupled with a tailings dam rupture on spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblages of a tropical river4
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Record‐setting algal bloom in polymictic Lake Balaton (Hungary): A synergistic impact of climate change and (mis)management4
Persistent effects of historical sea levels on the population structure of a temporary wetland copepod4
Functional community structure modulates zooplankton production rates across boreal lakes4
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