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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes113
Release of treated effluent into streams: A global review of ecological impacts with a consideration of its potential use for environmental flows65
Toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacterial proliferations: Challenges and solutions for enhancing knowledge and improving monitoring and mitigation63
Cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic lakes: Shifting the high‐nutrient paradigm61
The impacts of invasive ecosystem engineers in freshwaters: A review51
Future climate change will severely reduce habitat suitability of the Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander42
Impacts of artificial barriers on the connectivity and dispersal of vascular macrophytes in rivers: A critical review39
Microplastic evacuation in fish is particle size‐dependent34
Preferential retention of algal carbon in benthic invertebrates: Stable isotope and fatty acid evidence from an outdoor flume experiment31
Drying in newly intermittent rivers leads to higher variability of invertebrate communities28
Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities28
Taxonomic and functional homogenisation of macroinvertebrate communities in recently intermittent Alpine watercourses28
Meta‐analyses of environmental DNA downstream transport and deposition in relation to hydrogeography in riverine environments25
Lasting through the ice age: The role of the proglacial refugia in the maintenance of genetic diversity, population growth, and high dispersal rate in a widespread freshwater crustacean24
Latitudinal variation in global range‐size of aquatic macrophyte species shows evidence for a Rapoport effect24
Fragmentation promotes the role of dispersal in determining 10 intermittent headwater stream metacommunities23
Unnatural flooding alters the functional diversity of riparian vegetation of the Three Gorges Reservoir21
Temporal changes in the relative abundance of anadromous Arctic charr, brown trout, and Atlantic salmon in northern Europe: Do they reflect changing climates?21
Cave amphipods reveal co‐variation between morphology and trophic niche in a low‐productivity environment21
Friends of mine: An invasive freshwater mussel facilitates growth of invasive macrophytes and mediates their competitive interactions21
The role of internal feedbacks in shifting deep lake mixing regimes under a warming climate20
Post‐stocking movement and survival of hatchery‐reared bloater (Coregonus hoyi) reintroduced to Lake Ontario20
Spatial distribution of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) across seasonal thermal cycles in a large lake20
No quarter: Lack of refuge during flow intermittency results in catastrophic mortality of an imperiled minnow19
Community isolation drives lower fish biomass and species richness, but higher functional evenness, in a river metacommunity19
Comparing the diversity and composition of waterbird functional traits between natural, restored, and artificial wetlands19
Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic19
Anthropogenic litter is a novel habitat for aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban rivers18
Beyond ecological opportunity: Prey diversity rather than abundance shapes predator niche variation18
Strong impacts of signal crayfish invasion on upland stream fish and invertebrate communities17
Decreasing organic carbon bioreactivity in European rivers17
Spatial and temporal variation in Arctic freshwater chemistry—Reflecting climate‐induced landscape alterations and a changing template for biodiversity17
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) stocking promotes phytoplankton growth by suppression of zooplankton rather than through nutrient recycling: An outdoor mesocosm study17
Distinct successional patterns and processes of free‐living and particle‐attached bacterial communities throughout a phytoplankton bloom17
Biodiversity patterns of Arctic diatom assemblages in lakes and streams: Current reference conditions and historical context for biomonitoring17
Behavioural responses to co‐occurring threats of predation and ultraviolet radiation in Daphnia16
Zooplankton β diversity dynamics and metacommunity structure depend on spatial and temporal scales in a Neotropical floodplain16
Going with the flow: Spatio‐temporal drift patterns of larval fish in a large alpine river16
Tackling inconsistencies among freshwater invertebrate trait databases: harmonising across continents and aggregating taxonomic resolution15
Quantifying the ecological impacts of alien aquatic macrophytes: A global meta‐analysis of effects on fish, macroinvertebrate and macrophyte assemblages15
Non‐native freshwater snails: a global synthesis of invasion status, mechanisms of introduction, and interactions with natural enemies15
Light and dissolved nutrients mediate recalcitrant organic matter decomposition via microbial priming in experimental streams15
Shallow lakes at risk: Nutrient enrichment enhances top‐down control of macrophytes by invasive herbivorous snails15
Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA15
Abundance of an invasive bivalve, Corbicula fluminea, is negatively related to growth of freshwater mussels in the wild15
Environmental DNA metabarcoding elucidates patterns of fish colonisation and co‐occurrences with amphibians in temperate wetlands created for biodiversity15
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
Estimation of biodiversity metrics by environmental DNA metabarcoding compared with visual and capture surveys of river fish communities14
Ecological correlates of riverine diatom and macroinvertebrate alpha and beta diversity across Arctic Fennoscandia14
From distraction to habituation: Ecological and behavioural responses of invasive fish to anthropogenic noise14
Forecasting the combined effects of anticipated climate change and agricultural conservation practices on fish recruitment dynamics in Lake Erie14
Habitats and seasons differentiate the assembly of bacterial communities along a trophic gradient of freshwater lakes14
Communities in high definition: Spatial and environmental factors shape the micro‐distribution of aquatic invertebrates14
Regimes of primary production and their drivers in Alpine streams13
Variable temperature effects between heterotrophic stream processes and organisms13
Seed dispersal by neotropical waterfowl depends on bird species and seasonality13
Substantial differences in genetic diversity and spatial structuring among (cryptic) amphipod species in a mountainous river basin13
The lentic and lotic characteristics of habitats determine the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean rivers13
Trophic and non‐trophic effects of fish and macroinvertebrates on carbon emissions13
Invasive crayfish outperform Potamonautid crabs at higher temperatures13
Biological and environmental influences on the migration phenology of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in a chalk stream in southern England13
Diversity of diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish varies in response to different environmental correlates in Arctic rivers across North America12
First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors12
Stream inflows to lake deltas: A tributary junction that provides a unique habitat in lakes12
Record‐setting algal bloom in polymictic Lake Balaton (Hungary): A synergistic impact of climate change and (mis)management12
Daphnia performance on diets containing different combinations of high‐quality algae, heterotrophic bacteria, and allochthonous particulate organic matter12
A review and evaluation of the effects of hydrodynamic variables on freshwater mussel communities12
Salinisation effects on leaf litter decomposition in fresh waters: Does the ionic composition of salt matter?12
Factors affecting the fate of Pacific lamprey carcasses and resource transport to riparian and stream macrohabitats12
Macrophytes and groundwater drive extremely high organic carbon concentration of soda pans12
Differences in the functional responses of four invasive and one native crayfish species suggest invader‐specific ecological impacts12
Interactive effects of water temperature and stoichiometric food quality on Daphnia pulicaria11
Go with the flow: Fragment retention patterns shape the vegetative dispersal of aquatic plants in lowland streams11
Population‐level effects of parasitism on a freshwater ecosystem engineer, the unionid mussel Anodonta anatina11
Stygofaunal diversity and ecological sustainability of coastal groundwater ecosystems in a changing climate: The Australian paradigm11
Explaining declines of newt abundance in northern Italy11
Taxonomic composition and lake bathymetry influence fatty acid export via emergent insects11
Flow regime change alters shredder identity but not leaf litter decomposition in headwater streams affected by severe, permanent drying11
Disturbance cues as a source of risk assessment information under natural conditions11
Ecological significance of autotroph–heterotroph microbial interactions in freshwaters11
Sedimentary microeukaryotes reveal more dispersal limitation and form networks with less connectivity than planktonic microeukaryotes in a highly regulated river11
Historical, human, and environmental drivers of genetic diversity in the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) invading the Iberian Peninsula11
Life‐history traits correlate with temporal trends in freshwater fish populations for common European species11
Submerged macrophytes affect the temporal variability of aquatic ecosystems11
Capturing the spatial variability of algal bloom development in a shallow temperate lake11
Temporal changes in rainfall affect taxonomic and functional composition of stream fish assemblages in central Amazonia10
Community shifts from eukaryote to cyanobacteria dominated phytoplankton: The role of mixing depth and light quality10
Linking intraspecific variability in trophic and functional niches along an environmental gradient10
An experimental test of climate change effects in northern lakes: Increasing allochthonous organic matter and warming alters autumn primary production10
Induction and reversibility of Ceriodaphnia cornuta horns under varied intensity of predation risk and their defensive effectiveness against Chaoborus larvae10
Seasonal habitat use indicates that depth may mediate the potential for invasive round goby impacts in inland lakes10
The value of quantitative environmental DNA analyses for the management of invasive and endangered native fish10
Duration and frequency of non‐flow periods affect the abundance and diversity of stream meiofauna10
Functional structure and diversity of invertebrate communities in a glacierised catchment of the tropical Andes10
Impacts of shelter on the relative dominance of primary producers and trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic food webs: Implications for shallow lake restoration10
Movements of common bream Abramis brama in a highly connected, lowland wetland reveal sub‐populations with diverse migration strategies9
Linking flow and upper thermal limits of freshwater mussels to inform environmental flow benchmarks9
Optimised protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments9
Diadromous fish modified timing of upstream migration over the last 30 years in France9
Benthic habitat is an integral part of freshwater Mysis ecology9
Cyclopoids feed selectively on free‐living stages of parasites9
Combined per‐capita and abundance effects of an invasive species on native invertebrate diversity and a key ecosystem process9
Intrapopulation variability in a functional trait: Susceptibility of Daphnia to limitation by dietary fatty acids9
Conforming to the status flow: The influence of altered habitat on fish body‐shape characteristics9
Behaviour at short temporal scales drives dispersal dynamics and survival in a metapopulation of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)9
Design features of constructed floodplain ponds influence waterbird and fish communities in northern New Zealand9
Arctic freshwater biodiversity: Establishing baselines, trends, and drivers of ecological change9
Growth–reproduction trade‐off and fecundity regulate population stability in Amazon floodplain fishes9
Invasive and toxic cyanobacteria regulate allochthonous resource use and community niche width of reservoir zooplankton9
Damming shapes genetic patterns and may affect the persistence of freshwater fish populations8
Amino acids in freshwater food webs: Assessing their variability among taxa, trophic levels, and systems8
Dissolved nitrogen form mediates phycocyanin content in cyanobacteria8
Intrinsic postzygotic barriers constrain cross‐fertilisation between two hybridising sibling rotifer species of the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex8
Effects of increased temperature on arctic slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus is mediated by food availability: Implications for climate change8
The ultimate peanut butter on crackers for Hyalella: diatoms on macrophytes rather than bacteria and fungi on conditioned terrestrial leaf litter8
Systematic review of documented Indigenous Knowledge of freshwater biodiversity in the circumpolar Arctic8
Landscape context and dispersal ability as determinants of population genetic structure in freshwater fishes8
Environmental drivers of cladoceran assemblages at a continental scale: A synthesis of Alaskan and Canadian datasets8
Does predator abundance influence species diversity of equilibrium macroinvertebrate assemblages in spring fens?8
Dietary DNA metabarcoding reveals seasonal trophic changes among three syntopic freshwater trout species8
Spatial and temporal patterns in native and invasive crayfishes during a 19‐year whole‐lake invasive crayfish removal experiment8
A bioturbator, a holobiont, and a vector: The multifaceted role of Chironomus plumosus in shaping N‐cycling8
Effects of flooding duration on wetland plant biomass: The importance of soil nutrients and season8
Submerged macrophytes benefit from lanthanum modified bentonite treatment under juvenile omni‐benthivorous fish disturbance: Implications for shallow lake restoration8
Influence of acoustics on the collective behaviour of a shoaling freshwater fish8
Effects of artificial light at night on the leaf functional traits of freshwater plants8
Drainage rearrangements and in situ diversification of an endemic freshwater fish genus from north‐eastern Brazilian rivers7
Motion‐triggered laser photography reveals fine‐scale activity patterns for burrowing crayfish7
Current and projected impacts of the parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (causative to proliferative kidney disease) on Central European salmonid populations under predicted climate change7
Does rapid glacial recession affect feeding habits of alpine stream insects?7
Patterns of functional diversity of native and non‐native fish species in a neotropical floodplain7
Size‐dependent sensitivity of stream amphipods indicates population‐level responses to chemical pollution7
Fish community composition in small lakes: The impact of lake genesis and fisheries management7
Coexistence within an endangered predator–prey community in California vernal pools7
Estimating the spawning activity of fish species using nuclear and mitochondrial environmental DNA concentrations and their ratios7
Drivers of fish biodiversity in a rapidly changing permafrost landscape7
Impacts of invasive Amur honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, leaf litter on multiple trophic levels of detritus‐based experimental wetlands7
Improving the framework for assessment of ecological change in the Arctic: A circumpolar synthesis of freshwater biodiversity7
Better desiccated than eaten by fish: Distribution of anurans among habitats with different risks to offspring7
Hydrology drives variation in spawning phenologies and diversity of larval assemblages of Australian wet–dry tropical fish7
Ecosystem change as a driver of fish recruitment dynamics: A case study of two Lake Erie yellow perch populations7
Temporal trends and spatial patterns of chironomid communities in alpine lakes recovering from acidification under accelerating climate change7
Altitudinal diversity of aquatic plants in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau7
Potential long‐distance dispersal of freshwater diatoms adhering to waterfowl plumage7
Morphological traits mediate fish occurrences in oil palm‐impacted tropical streams7
Long‐term trends and seasonal variation in host density, temperature, and nutrients differentially affect chytrid fungi parasitising lake phytoplankton6
Long‐term changes in littoral fish community structure and resilience of total catch to re‐oligotrophication in a large, peri‐alpine European lake6
A novel method reveals how channel retentiveness and stocks of detritus (CPOM) vary among streams differing in bed roughness6
Abiotic and biotic correlates of the occurrence, extent and cover of invasive aquatic Elodea nuttallii6
Stochastic colonisation dynamics can be a major driver of temporal β diversity in Atlantic Forest coastal stream communities6
Turning back the tide? Local‐scale impacts of climate change may have positive effects by restoring natural riverine habitat and reducing invasive fish density6
From adverse to beneficial: Contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton6
Failure to achieve recommended environmental flows coincides with declining fish populations: Long‐term trends in regulated and unregulated rivers6
Associations among elements in freshwater mussel shells (Unionidae) and their relation to morphology and life history6
Extinction of rare fish predicts an abrupt loss of ecological function in the future of Amazonian streams6
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
How protein quality drives incorporation rates and trophic discrimination of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in a freshwater first‐feeding fish6
Phylogenetic signal and evolutionary relationships among traits of inland fishes along elevational and longitudinal gradients6
Local environmental conditions influence species replacement in Great Lakes interdunal wetland macroinvertebrate communities6
Morphological defences and defence–cost trade‐offs in Daphnia in response to two co‐occurring invertebrate predators6
The relative importance of suspended versus benthic food resources to freshwater mussels in central Texas, U.S.A.6
Impacts of native and invasive crayfish on three native and one invasive freshwater mussel species6
Habitat use and movements of a large dragonfly (Odonata: Anax imperator) in a pond network6
Patterns and determinants of phenotypic variability within two invasive crayfish species6
Trophic consequences of competitive interactions in freshwater fish: Density dependent effects and impacts of inter‐specific versus intra‐specific competition6
Estimation of vital population rates to assess the relative health of mussel assemblages in the Upper Mississippi River6
Hydrostatic pressure influence activity and assembly of bacterial communities in reservoir sediments6
Shifts in fish community composition and structure linked to seasonality in a tropical river6
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
Effects of nitrogen removal from wastewater on phytoplankton in eutrophic prairie streams6
Temporal variation in the diet of Yangtze finless porpoise calls for conservation of semi‐migratory fish6
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
Beaver dams are associated with enhanced amphibian diversity via lengthened hydroperiods and increased representation of slow‐developing species6
Variation in riparian and stream assemblages across the primary succession landscape of Mount St. Helens, U.S.A.6
The effect of trait‐based diversity on productivity results mainly from intraspecific trait variability in the macrophyte community6
Freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) increase rates of leaf breakdown in a neotropical headwater stream6
Natural toxins leached from Eucalyptus globulus plantations affect the development and life‐history of anuran tadpoles6
Linking life history strategies and historical baseline information shows effects of altered flow regimes and impoundments on freshwater mussel assemblages6
Intra‐annual variation of phytoplankton community responses to factorial N, P, and CO2 enrichment in a temperate mesotrophic lake6
Trophic transfer of lipids and fatty acids across habitats in tropical river food webs5
Long‐term acclimation might enhance the growth and competitive ability of Microcystis aeruginosa in warm environments5
Incomplete recovery of a shallow lake from a natural browning event5
Microalgal food sources greatly improve macroinvertebrate growth in detritus‐based headwater streams: Evidence from an instream experiment5
Effect of the grass Leersia hexandra on the dispersal, seed germination, and establishment of Pachira aquatica seedlings5
Functional consequences of alder and oak loss in stream ecosystems5
Behavioural response ofBrachionus calyciflorusto the predatorAsplanchna sieboldii5
Interspecific variation in the response of fish to anthropogenic noise5
Seasonal variation in effects of urea and phosphorus on phytoplankton abundance and community composition in a hypereutrophic hardwater lake5
Predicting the occurrence of riparian woody species to inform environmental water policies in an Australian tropical river5
Identifying groundwater‐fed climate refugia in remote arid regions with citizen science and isotope hydrology5
Regional‐scale aquifer hydrogeology as a driver of phylogeographic structure in the Neotropical catfish Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula5
Could spatial heterogeneity in flow disturbance drive temporal stability of native–invasive species co‐occurrence in riverscapes?5
Evaluating environmental DNA metabarcoding as a survey tool for unionid mussel assessments5
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
Biogeographic patterns of planktonic and meiobenthic fauna diversity in inland waters of the Russian Arctic5
Body stores of emergent aquatic insects are associated with body size, sex, swarming behaviour and dispersal strategies5
Interannual variability in the trophic niche of young‐of‐year fish belonging to four piscivorous species coexisting in a natural lake5
Impacts of co‐occurring environmental changes on Alaskan stream fishes5
Rotifers stimulate the specific uptake rate in lotic phototrophic biofilms5
Evidence of phenotypic plasticity in the response of unionid mussels to turbidity5
Fish assemblage response to removal of a low‐head dam in the lower reach of a tropical island river5
Deciphering lifelong thermal niche using otolith δ18O thermometry within supplemented lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) populations5
Environmental conditions modify density‐dependent salmonid recruitment: Insights into the 2016 recruitment crash in Wales5
Dietary fatty acid profiles shape crayfish biosynthesis and performance: Implications for riverine food webs5
Food quality mediates responses ofDaphnia magnalife history traits and heat tolerance to elevated temperature5
Phylogenetic signal found in fish–community response to an acoustic common carp deterrent5
Rock glaciers and paraglacial features influence stream invertebrates in a deglaciating Alpine area5
Genetic population structure of a top predatory fish (northern pike, Esox lucius) covaries with anthropogenic alteration of freshwater ecosystems5
Intraguild predation dampens trophic cascades in shallow aquatic mesocosms in the subtropics: Implications for lake restoration by biomanipulation5
Predicting climatic threats to an endangered freshwater mussel in Europe: The need to account for fish hosts5
Warming erodes individual‐level variability in life history responses to predation risk in larvae of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum5
Interactive effects of increased salinity and heatwaves on freshwater zooplankton communities in simultaneous and sequential treatments5
Carbon subsidies shift a northern peatland biofilm community towards heterotrophy in low but not high nutrient conditions5
Changes in functional composition and diversity of waterbirds: The roles of water level and submerged macrophytes5
Non‐native Chinook salmon add nutrient subsidies and functional novelty to Patagonian streams5
Variation of stomach content and isotopic niche of puye Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) in large river systems of southern Chile5
Assessing biogeographic survey gaps in bacterial diversity knowledge: A global synthesis of freshwaters5
Fasting or feeding: A planktonic food web under lake ice5
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