Freshwater Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Freshwater Biology is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes124
Release of treated effluent into streams: A global review of ecological impacts with a consideration of its potential use for environmental flows80
Cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic lakes: Shifting the high‐nutrient paradigm73
Toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacterial proliferations: Challenges and solutions for enhancing knowledge and improving monitoring and mitigation72
Microplastic evacuation in fish is particle size‐dependent36
Riparian forests can mitigate warming and ecological degradation of agricultural headwater streams34
Meta‐analyses of environmental DNA downstream transport and deposition in relation to hydrogeography in riverine environments32
Drying in newly intermittent rivers leads to higher variability of invertebrate communities32
Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities31
Taxonomic and functional homogenisation of macroinvertebrate communities in recently intermittent Alpine watercourses30
Unnatural flooding alters the functional diversity of riparian vegetation of the Three Gorges Reservoir27
Fragmentation promotes the role of dispersal in determining 10 intermittent headwater stream metacommunities27
The role of internal feedbacks in shifting deep lake mixing regimes under a warming climate25
Latitudinal variation in global range‐size of aquatic macrophyte species shows evidence for a Rapoport effect24
Beyond ecological opportunity: Prey diversity rather than abundance shapes predator niche variation23
Cave amphipods reveal co‐variation between morphology and trophic niche in a low‐productivity environment23
No quarter: Lack of refuge during flow intermittency results in catastrophic mortality of an imperiled minnow23
Comparing the diversity and composition of waterbird functional traits between natural, restored, and artificial wetlands23
Spatial distribution of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) across seasonal thermal cycles in a large lake22
Temporal changes in the relative abundance of anadromous Arctic charr, brown trout, and Atlantic salmon in northern Europe: Do they reflect changing climates?22
Spatial and temporal variation in Arctic freshwater chemistry—Reflecting climate‐induced landscape alterations and a changing template for biodiversity21
Anthropogenic litter is a novel habitat for aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban rivers21
Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic20
Community isolation drives lower fish biomass and species richness, but higher functional evenness, in a river metacommunity20
Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA19
Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages19
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) stocking promotes phytoplankton growth by suppression of zooplankton rather than through nutrient recycling: An outdoor mesocosm study18
Zooplankton β diversity dynamics and metacommunity structure depend on spatial and temporal scales in a Neotropical floodplain18
Strong impacts of signal crayfish invasion on upland stream fish and invertebrate communities17
Habitats and seasons differentiate the assembly of bacterial communities along a trophic gradient of freshwater lakes17
Environmental DNA metabarcoding elucidates patterns of fish colonisation and co‐occurrences with amphibians in temperate wetlands created for biodiversity17
Tackling inconsistencies among freshwater invertebrate trait databases: harmonising across continents and aggregating taxonomic resolution17
From distraction to habituation: Ecological and behavioural responses of invasive fish to anthropogenic noise16
The lentic and lotic characteristics of habitats determine the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean rivers16
Record‐setting algal bloom in polymictic Lake Balaton (Hungary): A synergistic impact of climate change and (mis)management16
Going with the flow: Spatio‐temporal drift patterns of larval fish in a large alpine river16
A review and evaluation of the effects of hydrodynamic variables on freshwater mussel communities16
Estimation of biodiversity metrics by environmental DNA metabarcoding compared with visual and capture surveys of river fish communities16
Non‐native freshwater snails: a global synthesis of invasion status, mechanisms of introduction, and interactions with natural enemies16
First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors16
Shallow lakes at risk: Nutrient enrichment enhances top‐down control of macrophytes by invasive herbivorous snails16
Forecasting the combined effects of anticipated climate change and agricultural conservation practices on fish recruitment dynamics in Lake Erie16
Ecological correlates of riverine diatom and macroinvertebrate alpha and beta diversity across Arctic Fennoscandia16
Brine chemistry matters: Isolation by environment and by distance explain population genetic structure of Artemia franciscana in saline lakes15
Spatial and temporal variation of fish community biomass and energy flow throughout a tropical river network15
Diversity of diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish varies in response to different environmental correlates in Arctic rivers across North America15
Variable temperature effects between heterotrophic stream processes and organisms15
Substantial differences in genetic diversity and spatial structuring among (cryptic) amphipod species in a mountainous river basin15
Abundance of an invasive bivalve, Corbicula fluminea, is negatively related to growth of freshwater mussels in the wild15
Regimes of primary production and their drivers in Alpine streams15
Daphnia performance on diets containing different combinations of high‐quality algae, heterotrophic bacteria, and allochthonous particulate organic matter14
Trophic and non‐trophic effects of fish and macroinvertebrates on carbon emissions14
Communities in high definition: Spatial and environmental factors shape the micro‐distribution of aquatic invertebrates14
Interactive effects of water temperature and stoichiometric food quality on Daphnia pulicaria14
Community shifts from eukaryote to cyanobacteria dominated phytoplankton: The role of mixing depth and light quality13
Stream inflows to lake deltas: A tributary junction that provides a unique habitat in lakes13
Capturing the spatial variability of algal bloom development in a shallow temperate lake13
Invasive crayfish outperform Potamonautid crabs at higher temperatures13
Seed dispersal by neotropical waterfowl depends on bird species and seasonality13
Sedimentary microeukaryotes reveal more dispersal limitation and form networks with less connectivity than planktonic microeukaryotes in a highly regulated river13
Macrophytes and groundwater drive extremely high organic carbon concentration of soda pans13
Biological and environmental influences on the migration phenology of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in a chalk stream in southern England13
Flow regime change alters shredder identity but not leaf litter decomposition in headwater streams affected by severe, permanent drying12
Submerged macrophytes affect the temporal variability of aquatic ecosystems12
Ecological significance of autotroph–heterotroph microbial interactions in freshwaters12
Population‐level effects of parasitism on a freshwater ecosystem engineer, the unionid mussel Anodonta anatina12
Stygofaunal diversity and ecological sustainability of coastal groundwater ecosystems in a changing climate: The Australian paradigm12
Differences in the functional responses of four invasive and one native crayfish species suggest invader‐specific ecological impacts12
Go with the flow: Fragment retention patterns shape the vegetative dispersal of aquatic plants in lowland streams12
Life‐history traits correlate with temporal trends in freshwater fish populations for common European species12
Temporal changes in rainfall affect taxonomic and functional composition of stream fish assemblages in central Amazonia12
Optimised protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments11
The ultimate peanut butter on crackers for Hyalella: diatoms on macrophytes rather than bacteria and fungi on conditioned terrestrial leaf litter11
Induction and reversibility of Ceriodaphnia cornuta horns under varied intensity of predation risk and their defensive effectiveness against Chaoborus larvae11
Taxonomic composition and lake bathymetry influence fatty acid export via emergent insects11
Impacts of shelter on the relative dominance of primary producers and trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic food webs: Implications for shallow lake restoration11
Explaining declines of newt abundance in northern Italy11
Dietary DNA metabarcoding reveals seasonal trophic changes among three syntopic freshwater trout species11
The value of quantitative environmental DNA analyses for the management of invasive and endangered native fish10
Dissolved nitrogen form mediates phycocyanin content in cyanobacteria10
Arctic freshwater biodiversity: Establishing baselines, trends, and drivers of ecological change10
Diadromous fish modified timing of upstream migration over the last 30 years in France10
Conforming to the status flow: The influence of altered habitat on fish body‐shape characteristics10
Behaviour at short temporal scales drives dispersal dynamics and survival in a metapopulation of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)10
An experimental test of climate change effects in northern lakes: Increasing allochthonous organic matter and warming alters autumn primary production10
Combined per‐capita and abundance effects of an invasive species on native invertebrate diversity and a key ecosystem process10
Predicting climatic threats to an endangered freshwater mussel in Europe: The need to account for fish hosts10
Benthic habitat is an integral part of freshwater Mysis ecology10
Duration and frequency of non‐flow periods affect the abundance and diversity of stream meiofauna10
Movements of common bream Abramis brama in a highly connected, lowland wetland reveal sub‐populations with diverse migration strategies10
Intrapopulation variability in a functional trait: Susceptibility of Daphnia to limitation by dietary fatty acids10
Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments10
Altitudinal diversity of aquatic plants in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau9
Systematic review of documented Indigenous Knowledge of freshwater biodiversity in the circumpolar Arctic9
Improving the framework for assessment of ecological change in the Arctic: A circumpolar synthesis of freshwater biodiversity9
Environmental drivers of cladoceran assemblages at a continental scale: A synthesis of Alaskan and Canadian datasets9
Drainage rearrangements and in situ diversification of an endemic freshwater fish genus from north‐eastern Brazilian rivers9
Impacts of native and invasive crayfish on three native and one invasive freshwater mussel species9
Patterns of functional diversity of native and non‐native fish species in a neotropical floodplain9
Natural toxins leached from Eucalyptus globulus plantations affect the development and life‐history of anuran tadpoles9
Design features of constructed floodplain ponds influence waterbird and fish communities in northern New Zealand9
Submerged macrophytes benefit from lanthanum modified bentonite treatment under juvenile omni‐benthivorous fish disturbance: Implications for shallow lake restoration9
Growth–reproduction trade‐off and fecundity regulate population stability in Amazon floodplain fishes9
Spatial and temporal patterns in native and invasive crayfishes during a 19‐year whole‐lake invasive crayfish removal experiment9
Invasive and toxic cyanobacteria regulate allochthonous resource use and community niche width of reservoir zooplankton9
Linking flow and upper thermal limits of freshwater mussels to inform environmental flow benchmarks9
Motion‐triggered laser photography reveals fine‐scale activity patterns for burrowing crayfish9
Influence of acoustics on the collective behaviour of a shoaling freshwater fish8
Biomass, community composition and N:P recycling ratios of zooplankton in northern high‐latitude lakes with contrasting levels of N deposition and dissolved organic carbon8
Effects of increased temperature on arctic slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus is mediated by food availability: Implications for climate change8
Impacts of invasive Amur honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, leaf litter on multiple trophic levels of detritus‐based experimental wetlands8
Damming shapes genetic patterns and may affect the persistence of freshwater fish populations8
Sedimentary DNA and pigments show increasing abundance and toxicity of cyanoHABs during the Anthropocene8
Size‐dependent sensitivity of stream amphipods indicates population‐level responses to chemical pollution8
Freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) increase rates of leaf breakdown in a neotropical headwater stream8
Intrinsic postzygotic barriers constrain cross‐fertilisation between two hybridising sibling rotifer species of the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex8
Temporal trends and spatial patterns of chironomid communities in alpine lakes recovering from acidification under accelerating climate change8
Drivers of fish biodiversity in a rapidly changing permafrost landscape8
Beaver dams are associated with enhanced amphibian diversity via lengthened hydroperiods and increased representation of slow‐developing species8
Associations among elements in freshwater mussel shells (Unionidae) and their relation to morphology and life history8
Failure to achieve recommended environmental flows coincides with declining fish populations: Long‐term trends in regulated and unregulated rivers8
Landscape context and dispersal ability as determinants of population genetic structure in freshwater fishes8
Effects of flooding duration on wetland plant biomass: The importance of soil nutrients and season8
Ecosystem change as a driver of fish recruitment dynamics: A case study of two Lake Erie yellow perch populations8
Estimating the spawning activity of fish species using nuclear and mitochondrial environmental DNA concentrations and their ratios8
Effects of artificial light at night on the leaf functional traits of freshwater plants8
Potential long‐distance dispersal of freshwater diatoms adhering to waterfowl plumage8
Trophic consequences of competitive interactions in freshwater fish: Density dependent effects and impacts of inter‐specific versus intra‐specific competition8
A bioturbator, a holobiont, and a vector: The multifaceted role of Chironomus plumosus in shaping N‐cycling8
Individual movement variation in upstream‐migrating sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in a highly fragmented river8
Hydrostatic pressure influence activity and assembly of bacterial communities in reservoir sediments7
Linking life history strategies and historical baseline information shows effects of altered flow regimes and impoundments on freshwater mussel assemblages7
Fish community composition in small lakes: The impact of lake genesis and fisheries management7
Scavenger‐driven fish carcass decomposition and phosphorus recycling: Laboratory experiments with freshwater fish and crayfish7
Does rapid glacial recession affect feeding habits of alpine stream insects?7
Microalgal food sources greatly improve macroinvertebrate growth in detritus‐based headwater streams: Evidence from an instream experiment7
Identifying groundwater‐fed climate refugia in remote arid regions with citizen science and isotope hydrology7
Changes in functional composition and diversity of waterbirds: The roles of water level and submerged macrophytes7
Hydrology drives variation in spawning phenologies and diversity of larval assemblages of Australian wet–dry tropical fish7
Food quality mediates responses ofDaphnia magnalife history traits and heat tolerance to elevated temperature7
The relative importance of suspended versus benthic food resources to freshwater mussels in central Texas, U.S.A.7
Variable changes in zooplankton phenology associated with the disappearance of the spring phytoplankton bloom in Lake Michigan7
Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: What does not kill you makes you stronger?7
Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton7
Effects of nitrogen removal from wastewater on phytoplankton in eutrophic prairie streams7
Shifts in fish community composition and structure linked to seasonality in a tropical river7
Coexistence within an endangered predator–prey community in California vernal pools7
Current and projected impacts of the parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (causative to proliferative kidney disease) on Central European salmonid populations under predicted climate change7
Habitat use and movements of a large dragonfly (Odonata: Anax imperator) in a pond network7
Better desiccated than eaten by fish: Distribution of anurans among habitats with different risks to offspring7
Body stores of emergent aquatic insects are associated with body size, sex, swarming behaviour and dispersal strategies6
Incomplete recovery of a shallow lake from a natural browning event6
Limnological changes in Lake Victoria since the mid‐20th century6
Is the spread of the alien water boatman Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera, Corixidae) aided by zoochory and drought resistant eggs?6
When and where are catfish fat fish? Hydro‐ecological determinants of energy reserves in the fork‐tailed catfish, Neoarius graeffei, in an intermittent tropical river6
Estimation of vital population rates to assess the relative health of mussel assemblages in the Upper Mississippi River6
Fish assemblage response to removal of a low‐head dam in the lower reach of a tropical island river6
Predicting the occurrence of riparian woody species to inform environmental water policies in an Australian tropical river6
Local environmental conditions influence species replacement in Great Lakes interdunal wetland macroinvertebrate communities6
Temporal variation in the diet of Yangtze finless porpoise calls for conservation of semi‐migratory fish6
Stochastic colonisation dynamics can be a major driver of temporal β diversity in Atlantic Forest coastal stream communities6
Morphological defences and defence–cost trade‐offs in Daphnia in response to two co‐occurring invertebrate predators6
Rock glaciers and paraglacial features influence stream invertebrates in a deglaciating Alpine area6
From adverse to beneficial: Contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton6
How hydrology and landscape shape Odonata assemblages in marshlands crossed by ditches6
Partitioning of benthic biodiversity in boreal streams: Contributions of spatial, inter‐annual, and seasonal variability6
Invaders they are a‐changing: A recent, unexpected surge of invasive loaches in Catalonia6
Functional consequences of alder and oak loss in stream ecosystems6
Environmental conditions modify density‐dependent salmonid recruitment: Insights into the 2016 recruitment crash in Wales6
Extinction of rare fish predicts an abrupt loss of ecological function in the future of Amazonian streams6
Could spatial heterogeneity in flow disturbance drive temporal stability of native–invasive species co‐occurrence in riverscapes?6
Evaluating environmental DNA metabarcoding as a survey tool for unionid mussel assessments6
Factors behind the threshold‐like changes in lake ecosystems along a water colour gradient: The effects of dissolved organic carbon and iron on euphotic depth, mixing depth and phytoplankton biomass6
Annual and non‐annual fish assemblages respond differently to environmental and spatiotemporal variations of temporary wetlands from southern Brazil6
How do large river zooplankton communities respond to abiotic and biotic drivers over time? A complex and spatially dependent example6
Long‐term phytoplankton community dynamics in Lake Stechlin (north‐east Germany) under sudden and heavily accelerating eutrophication6
Effect of the grass Leersia hexandra on the dispersal, seed germination, and establishment of Pachira aquatica seedlings6
Variation in riparian and stream assemblages across the primary succession landscape of Mount St. Helens, U.S.A.6
Patterns and determinants of phenotypic variability within two invasive crayfish species6
The effect of trait‐based diversity on productivity results mainly from intraspecific trait variability in the macrophyte community6
Phylogenetic signal and evolutionary relationships among traits of inland fishes along elevational and longitudinal gradients6
How protein quality drives incorporation rates and trophic discrimination of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in a freshwater first‐feeding fish6
Interactive effects of increased salinity and heatwaves on freshwater zooplankton communities in simultaneous and sequential treatments6
Abiotic and biotic correlates of the occurrence, extent and cover of invasive aquatic Elodea nuttallii6
Phylogenetic signal found in fish–community response to an acoustic common carp deterrent6
Distribution and photosynthetic potential of epilithic periphyton along an altitudinal gradient in Jue River (Qinling Mountain, China)6
Turning back the tide? Local‐scale impacts of climate change may have positive effects by restoring natural riverine habitat and reducing invasive fish density6
Trophic transfer of lipids and fatty acids across habitats in tropical river food webs6
Intraguild predation dampens trophic cascades in shallow aquatic mesocosms in the subtropics: Implications for lake restoration by biomanipulation6
Striking habitat reduction, decreased genetic diversity, and imperilled conservation of natural populations of Terrapenecoahuila5
Behavioural response ofBrachionus calyciflorusto the predatorAsplanchna sieboldii5
Morphology mirrors trophic niche in a freshwater amphipod community5
Non‐native Chinook salmon add nutrient subsidies and functional novelty to Patagonian streams5
Evidence of phenotypic plasticity in the response of unionid mussels to turbidity5
Impacts of climate change on the distribution of riverine endemic fish species in Iran, a biodiversity hotspot region5
Interactions between microbial activity and bioturbation modes of benthic invertebrates determine nutrient releases from reservoir sediments5
Factors determining selective predation of the common carp on quagga versus zebra mussels5
Genetic population structure of a top predatory fish (northern pike, Esox lucius) covaries with anthropogenic alteration of freshwater ecosystems5
Decline of unionid mussels enhances hybridisation of native and introduced bitterling fish species through competition for breeding substrate5
Pervasive changes to the lower aquatic food web following Nitellopsis obtusa establishment in a large, shallow lake5
Microbial consortia in an ice‐covered high‐altitude lake impacted by additions of dissolved organic carbon and nutrients5
A predatory waterbird as a vector of plant seeds and aquatic invertebrates5
Regional‐scale aquifer hydrogeology as a driver of phylogeographic structure in the Neotropical catfish Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula5
Influences of multiple anthropogenic disturbances coupled with a tailings dam rupture on spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblages of a tropical river5
The shift from macrophytic to algal particulate organic matter favours dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium over denitrification in a eutrophic lake5
Rotifers stimulate the specific uptake rate in lotic phototrophic biofilms5
Impacts of co‐occurring environmental changes on Alaskan stream fishes5
Seasonal variation in effects of urea and phosphorus on phytoplankton abundance and community composition in a hypereutrophic hardwater lake5
Assessing biogeographic survey gaps in bacterial diversity knowledge: A global synthesis of freshwaters5
Structure and functional composition of macroinvertebrate communities in coastal plain streams across a precipitation gradient5
Fasting or feeding: A planktonic food web under lake ice5
Long‐term acclimation might enhance the growth and competitive ability of Microcystis aeruginosa in warm environments5
Both climate trends and short‐term fluctuations affected algae–zooplankton interactions in a boreal lake during the late Holocene5
Nutrient loading effects on fish habitat quality: Trade‐offs between enhanced production and hypoxia in Lake Erie, North America5
Biogeographic patterns of planktonic and meiobenthic fauna diversity in inland waters of the Russian Arctic5
A manipulative field experiment reveals the ecological effects of invasive mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in a tropical wetland5
Interannual variability in the trophic niche of young‐of‐year fish belonging to four piscivorous species coexisting in a natural lake5
Genetic drift versus natural selection affecting the evolution of spectral and functional traits of two key macrophytes: Phragmites australis and Nuphar lutea5
Floods increase carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in agricultural streams5
Dietary fatty acid profiles shape crayfish biosynthesis and performance: Implications for riverine food webs5
Top‐down regulation of filamentous cyanobacteria varies among a raptorial versus current feeding copepod across multiple prey generations5
Interspecific variation in the response of fish to anthropogenic noise5
Carbon subsidies shift a northern peatland biofilm community towards heterotrophy in low but not high nutrient conditions5
Interactive effects of land use, river regulation, and climate on a key recreational fishing species in temperate and boreal streams5
Flow and thermal regimes altered by a dam caused failure of fish recruitment in the upper Mekong River5
Drivers and spatial patterns of population synchrony of fish species in a floodplain5
Seasonal variation in the response to a toxin‐producing cyanobacteria in Daphnia5
Alpha and beta diversity and species co‐occurrence patterns in headwaters supporting rare intermittent‐stream specialists5
Genetic data support local persistence in multiple glacial refugia in the montane net‐winged midge Liponeura cinerascens cinerascens (diptera, blephariceridae)5
Underlying trends confound estimates of fish population responses to river discharge5
Variation of stomach content and isotopic niche of puye Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) in large river systems of southern Chile5
Warming erodes individual‐level variability in life history responses to predation risk in larvae of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum5
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