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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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The role of small‐scale environmental gradients on trematode infection103
Temporal and spatial patterns of common hippopotamus populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana63
Persistent effects of historical sea levels on the population structure of a temporary wetland copepod56
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Contrasting Patterns of Genetic Variability in Pet‐Traded Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus clarkii and Its Feral Populations33
Phylogenetic Origin of Morphologically Cryptic Species Shapes Co‐Occurrence and Sympatry Patterns31
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New species, new story: The impact of invasive non‐host predators on host‐trematode interactions25
Temporal dynamics of alpha and beta diversity of lake algae: Opposing patterns and influencing factors over the past 200 years25
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The value of quantitative environmental DNA analyses for the management of invasive and endangered native fish22
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The impact of increasing turbidity on the predator–prey interactions of freshwater fishes21
Properties of Biofilm Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Communities in a Representative Hypereutrophic Urban River20
The Impact of Oil Palm Plantations and Pastures on Benthic Prokaryotic and Fungal Communities in Tropical Streams19
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Correction to ‘Reciprocal Transplant Experiments Demonstrate a Dynamic Coevolutionary Relationship Between Parasitic Mussel Larvae and Bitterling Fishes’17
Landscape context and dispersal ability as determinants of population genetic structure in freshwater fishes16
Long‐term differences in population structure, body size and distribution patterns of amphipods and isopods in wetlands with declining hydroperiods16
Experimental evaluation of the role of inorganic phosphorus for terrestrial carbon degradation in stream hyporheic zones16
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Climate and conspecific density inform phenotypic forecasting of juvenile Pacific salmon body size16
Nanoplastics modulate the outcome of a zooplankton–microparasite interaction16
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Warming reshapes the invertebrate predation pressure on the plankton community15
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Genetic diversity and connectivity of the invasive gastropod, Callinina georgiana (Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae) across a fragmented riverscape: A mitonuclear perspective14
Eggs on a plate: Population‐dependent effects of humic substance rich water on perch egg size and hatching success14
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Trout and invertebrate assemblages in stream pools through wildfire and drought13
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Scale‐dependence of fish habitat associations in a North American river system13
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Distinctive genetic signatures of two fairy shrimp species with overlapping ranges in Iberian temporary ponds13
The colonisation of saline waters is associated with lowered immune responses in aquatic beetles13
Terrestrial subsidies and light affect an aquatic micro‐ecosystem in unexpected ways13
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Even short‐distance dispersal over a barrier can affect genetic differentiation in Gyraulus, an island freshwater snail13
Nitrogen fixation rates in forested mountain streams: Are sediment microbes more important than previously thought?13
Sublethal impacts of different road salts on a freshwater macrophyte: Altered productivity, acclimation, and lag effects13
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Fish size structures in lakes of the Lower Mississippi River floodplain12
Environmental DNA metabarcoding in the Cape Fold aquatic ecoregion: Opportunities and challenges for eDNA uptake in an endemism hotspot12
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Antibiotic resistance gene abundance and bacterial community composition in macroinvertebrates of an urban stream12
Effect of abrupt post‐fire ash inputs on water quality and the phytoplankton community in lentic freshwaters12
Climate‐driven stream‐flow impacts on bull trout metapopulation dynamics revealed by quantitative assessment of 22 years of tag–recapture data12
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Assessing the direct and indirect effects of bigheaded carp (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) on freshwater food webs: A meta‐analysis12
Stygofaunal diversity and ecological sustainability of coastal groundwater ecosystems in a changing climate: The Australian paradigm11
Chronosequence of morphological change in a stream fish following impoundment11
Among‐river pattern in relative abundance of two salmonid fishes reflects temperature‐dependent competition11
Metacommunity structures of dormant and active zooplankton in two distant mediterranean regions11
An evaluation of crustacean and rotifer diversity and composition in a temporary pond metacommunity: Comparing results from field samples and a hatching experiment11
Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities11
Individual movement variation in upstream‐migrating sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in a highly fragmented river11
High temperature events shape the broadscale distribution of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)11
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Properties of ammonia‐oxidising bacteria and archaea in a hypereutrophic urban river network11
Determinants of invertebrate community structure in glacial‐melt streams of southeast Tibet10
Functional community structure modulates zooplankton production rates across boreal lakes10
Tropical cyclone effects enhance limnetic plankton trophic‐level relationships in a subtropical oligotrophic freshwater ecosystem10
Integrating freshwater biodiversity data sources: Key challenges and opportunities10
Persisting in extreme environments: What are the drivers of body conditions of introduced fish in high mountain lakes?10
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Contrasting Effects of Increasing Invasive Crayfish Densities on Competing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes10
The influence of flood frequency and duration on microcrustacean egg bank composition in dryland river floodplain sediments10
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Combined tracers reveal the multi‐dimensionality of resource partitioning among sympatric forage fish10
Differences in the functional responses of four invasive and one native crayfish species suggest invader‐specific ecological impacts10
Environmental filtering and environmental stress shape regional patterns of riparian community assembly and functional diversity9
Shifts in fine‐scale distribution and breeding success of boreal waterbirds along gradients in ice‐out timing and habitat structure9
Ecological impact of a generalist invader in the aquatic food web is mediated by environmental context9
Ecological succession and fine sediment accretion influence local patch dynamics of a pioneer riparian species (Typha minimaHoppe)9
When and where are catfish fat fish? Hydro‐ecological determinants of energy reserves in the fork‐tailed catfish, Neoarius graeffei, in an intermittent tropical river9
Do crayfish affect stream ecosystem response to riparian vegetation removal?9
Pond area and availability safeguard amphibian genetic diversity across Iberia's largest protected wetland9
Capturing the spatial variability of algal bloom development in a shallow temperate lake9
Zooplankton β diversity dynamics and metacommunity structure depend on spatial and temporal scales in a Neotropical floodplain9
Rotifers stimulate the specific uptake rate in lotic phototrophic biofilms9
Seasonal variation in the coupling of microbial activity and leaf litter decomposition in a boreal stream network9
Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton8
Fish assemblage response to removal of a low‐head dam in the lower reach of a tropical island river8
Nine years of experimental warming did not influence the thermal sensitivity of metabolic rate in the medaka fish Oryzias latipes8
Factors regulating lake periphyton biomass and nutrient limitation status across a large trophic gradient8
Advancing Marker‐Gene‐Based Methods for Prokaryote‐Mediated Multifunctional Redundancy: Exploring Random and Non‐Random Extinctions in a Catchment8
Non‐native freshwater snails: a global synthesis of invasion status, mechanisms of introduction, and interactions with natural enemies8
Aquatic biota responses to temperature in a high Andean geothermal stream8
Temporal changes in streamflow can predict parasitism levels in freshwater prawns better than host traits8
Tracking dietary fatty acids in triacylglycerols and phospholipids of zooplankton8
Do Mouth‐Infecting Parasites Alter the Foraging Ecology of Host Fish? A Test With the Parasitic Copepod Salmincola markewitschi and White‐Spotted Charr Salvelinus leucomaenis8
Glacier Meltwater Input and Salinity Decline Promote Algal Growth in a Tibetan Saline Lake8
Riverscape genomics of the endangered freshwater mussel Lampsilis rafinesqueana8
Using sedimentary prokaryotic communities to assess historical changes in the Gippsland Lakes8
Anthropogenic forcing leads to an abrupt shift to phytoplankton dominance in a shallow eutrophic lake8
The angled‐web: Recreational angling as an underappreciated disruptor to the interconnectedness of terrestrial and freshwater food webs8
Local habitat is a strong determinant of spatial and temporal patterns of macrophyte diversity and composition in boreal lakes8
Infectivity of the parasite Metschnikowia bicuspidata is decreased by time spent as a transmission spore, but exposure to phycotoxins in the water column has no effect8
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Unravelling the effects of multiple types of disturbance on an aquatic plant metacommunity in freshwater lakes8
Patterns and determinants of phenotypic variability within two invasive crayfish species7
Effects of thiamine and its precursor HMP on growth of periphyton in a mountain stream of the Yangtze River Basin, China7
Influences of multiple anthropogenic disturbances coupled with a tailings dam rupture on spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblages of a tropical river7
Patterns in aquatic metacommunities are associated with environmental and trait heterogeneity7
Predator kairomone triggers sexual reproduction of Daphnia population via increasing population density7
Nutrient conditions influence allelopathic capabilities of Ludwigia adscendens and other tropical macrophytes against Microcystis aeruginosa7
Distribution patterns of macrophytes in shallow lakes of the lower Paraná River floodplain: Associations with environmental conditions7
The colour temperature and placement of LED lighting near rivers can reduce attraction of flying adult caddisflies7
Development of genomic resources for cattails (Typha), a globally important macrophyte genus7
Altered metapopulation dynamics in a headwater specialist in geomorphically dynamic catchments7
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A moderate differential effect of organic and conventional agriculture across taxonomic groups inhabiting farmland ponds7
Congruence of water column, contemporary and pre‐industrial sediment cladoceran assemblages in 85 Canadian lakes of contrasting human impact levels7
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Nutrients control reproductive traits of hygrophytic bryophytes7
Effects of small hydropower dams on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in southern Brazil7
Comparing environmental DNA with whole pond survey to estimate the total biomass of fish species in ponds7
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Invaders they are a‐changing: A recent, unexpected surge of invasive loaches in Catalonia7
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Landscape attributes explain salmonid ecological neighbourhoods across a complex river network7
Effects of land use change on inter‐species and intra‐guild trophic interactions of fish communities in tropical headwater streams7
Record‐setting algal bloom in polymictic Lake Balaton (Hungary): A synergistic impact of climate change and (mis)management7
Spatially variable hydrological and biological processes shape diverse post‐flood aquatic communities7
Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: What does not kill you makes you stronger?7
Effects of mesohabitat, grazing and substratum roughness on locally common and rare diatom species6
Anuran occupancy varies with stream characteristics and flow across Arizona wilderness areas6
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Spatio‐temporal analyses show conflicting evidence of the role of an invasive minnow in the decline of an endangered desert fish endemic to the south‐western U.S.A.6
Ontogenetic diet shifts and temporal separations in gonad development of two icefish species in Hongze Lake, China6
The role of the environment and connectivity on multiple facets of local fish diversity in tropical headwater streams6
Optimized protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments6
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Embryonic development of natural annual killifish populations of the genus Austrolebias: Evolutionary parallelism and the role of environment6
Multi‐scale relationships in thermal limits within and between two cold‐water frog species uncover different trends in physiological vulnerability6
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Nitrogen supply and physical disturbance shapes Arctic stream nitrogen uptake through effects on metabolic activity6
Death‐feigning behaviours increase survival rate of littoral cladocerans under predation by odonate larvae6
Population genetic dynamics during colonisation and establishment of an obligate parthenogenetic Daphnia pulex population in a small lake of a continental archipelago6
Some like it salty: Spatio‐temporal dynamics of salinity differentially affect anurans and caudates in coastal wetlands6
Hydrological controls on oviposition habitat are associated with egg‐laying phenology of some caddisflies6
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High aquatic macrophyte diversity in Norwegian lakes north of the Arctic Circle6
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Responses to desiccation vary among populations of an endemic freshwater isopod,Paramphisopus palustris6
Trophic impact of an invasive mysid shrimp depends on zooplankton community composition: A mesocosm experiment6
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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Habitat and Feeding Behaviour Influence Microbiome Composition in Rhabdocoela (‘Turbellaria’)6
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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 network5
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Response of freshwater snails to invasive crayfish varies with physiochemical exposure cues and predator experience5
Experimental additions of allochthonous dissolved organic matter reveal multiple trophic pathways to stimulate planktonic food webs5
Population genetic structure and connectivity in three montane freshwater invertebrate species (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Amphipoda) with differing life cycles and dispersal capabilities5
Effect of suspended sediment concentration on the clearance and biodeposition rates of an Australian freshwater mussel (Hyriidae: Alathyria jacksoni)5
Multi‐method sampling increases detectability and assessment of spatio‐temporal interactions of mammals and birds in wetland habitats5
Observing diatom diversity and community composition along environmental gradients in subarctic mountain ponds5
Living with hypoxia: Residence and site fidelity by golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) in habitats affected by methane seeps and chronic hypoxia5
Experimental thermocline deepening alters vertical distribution and community structure of phytoplankton in a 4‐year whole‐reservoir manipulation5
Fish movements in response to environmental flow releases in intermittent rivers5
Interannual variability in the trophic niche of young‐of‐year fish belonging to four piscivorous species coexisting in a natural lake5
Lack of congruence between fundamental and realised aridity niche in a lineage of water beetles5
Associations among elements in freshwater mussel shells (Unionidae) and their relation to morphology and life history5
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Ecological and habitat preferences of diatoms in lakes of Lützow‐Holm Bay, East Antarctica5
Improving the framework for assessment of ecological change in the Arctic: A circumpolar synthesis of freshwater biodiversity5
Failure to achieve recommended environmental flows coincides with declining fish populations: Long‐term trends in regulated and unregulated rivers5
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Latitudinal variation in freshwater mussel potential maximum length in Eastern North America5
Neglected symbionts and other metazoan invertebrates associated with molluscs from Africa's largest lake: Diversity, biotic interactions and bioindication5
Metalimnion as an ecotone in stratified freshwater lakes: A case study on benthic testate amoebae in Lake Valdayskoe5
Reproduction in the tropical invasive freshwater mussel Sinanodonta pacifica (Unionidae), at different elevations in West Java, Indonesia5
Natural toxins leached from Eucalyptus globulus plantations affect the development and life‐history of anuran tadpoles5
Freshwater disease hotspots: Drivers of fine‐scale spatial heterogeneity in trematode parasitism in streams5
What determines mate choices? Heterospecific mating in Sympetrum dragonflies5
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Compound‐specific stable isotopes resolve sources and fate of polyunsaturated fatty acids in biota of headwater streams5
Cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic lakes: Shifting the high‐nutrient paradigm5
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Non‐random dispersal in sympatric stream fishes: Influences of natural disturbance and body size5
Long‐term fluctuations in density of two species of caddisfly from south‐east Australia and the importance of density‐dependent mortality5
Impacts of shelter on the relative dominance of primary producers and trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic food webs: Implications for shallow lake restoration5
Functional traits drive tadpole responses to land use in coastal areas5
Biological and environmental influences on the migration phenology of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in a chalk stream in southern England5
Species identity and diversity of filter‐feeding bivalves impact green and brown food webs5
Stream inflows to lake deltas: A tributary junction that provides a unique habitat in lakes5
Phenotypes of predator individuals underpin contrasting ecosystem effects5
Elevational microbial β diversity and community assembly processes in subarctic ponds5
Predator‐induced plasticity in relation to prey body size: A meta‐analysis of Daphnia experiments5
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Water flow and temperature interact to determine oxidative status, swimming performance, and dispersal of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)5
Natural swimming holes, at the crossroad between conservation and recreation5
Sedimentary DNA and pigments show increasing abundance and toxicity of cyanoHABs during the Anthropocene5
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A predatory waterbird as a vector of plant seeds and aquatic invertebrates4
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Partitioning of benthic biodiversity in boreal streams: Contributions of spatial, inter‐annual, and seasonal variability4
Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA4
Porewater microbiomes in buried wetland soils: Synergic effects of water chemistry and redox gradients associated with hydrological processes4
Within‐lake variatiability in predation risk shapes the spatio‐temporal structure of the zooplankton community4
Temporal Alpha and Beta Diversity of Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Reveals Biotic Heterogenisation in Urban Ponds4
Spatial and seasonal variability of the carbon isotopic signature of Daphnia and their ephippia in four French lakes: Implications for the study of carbon transfers in lake food webs4
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A comparison of spatial and temporal drivers of stream metabolism4
Invasive and toxic cyanobacteria regulate allochthonous resource use and community niche width of reservoir zooplankton4
Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages4
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A call to action: The need for evaluation of carbon storage by lacustrine large woody debris4
Current anthropogenic warming threatens shallow Lake ecosystems on the Tibetan plateau: A palaeolimnological study covering the past 1,600 years in Genggahai Lake4
The structure of epiphytic and planktonic bacterial assemblages under two contrasting lake regimes4
Which ecological factors influence the level of intraspecific diversity within post‐glacial fishes? A case study using Coregonus and Salvelinus4
Comparing Methods for Estimating Geographic Ranges in Freshwater Fishes: Several Mirrors of the Same Reality4
The effects of terrestrial dissolved organic matter on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in boreal lakes4
Effects of Hyporheic Water Exchange on Microbial Community Structure and Function: A Case Study in the Beiluo River, Loess Plateau, China4
Autotrophs are important contributors to benthic macroinvertebrate food webs in two tropical first‐order forest streams4
Long‐term injury records reveal the role of biting in male–male combat in the Japanese giant salamander4
Influence of spatial and temporal variation on establishing stable isotope baselines of δ15N, δ13C, and δ34S in a large freshwater lak4
Effects of Changing Snow and Ice Cover Conditions on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll‐a and Community Composition in a Mesotrophic Lake4
The effects of temperature and flooding duration on the structure and magnitude of a floodplain prey subsidy4
Thermal traits of freshwater macroinvertebrates vary with feeding group and phylogeny4
Estimation of biodiversity metrics by environmental DNA metabarcoding compared with visual and capture surveys of river fish communities4
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) stocking promotes phytoplankton growth by suppression of zooplankton rather than through nutrient recycling: An outdoor mesocosm study4
Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the mid‐20th century4
Flow intermittency affects structural and functional properties of macroinvertebrate communities in alpine streams4
The effect of trait‐based diversity on productivity results mainly from intraspecific trait variability in the macrophyte community4
What is on the menu? Botanical carnivory in carnivorous plants of New England (USA)4
Shedding light on the decline of Iberian freshwater fish species over the period 1980–20204
Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic4
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Norfloxacin Pollution Reshapes Interspecific Relationships in Zooplankton: Impacts of Reduced Phytoplankton Defence and Altered Zooplankton Motility Across Individual, Population and Community Scales4
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