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Papers

(The median citation count of Limnologica is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A multimetric index for assessment of aquatic ecosystem health based on macroinvertebrates for the Zio river basin in Togo	29
Land-use influence on the functional organization of Afrotropical macroinvertebrate assemblages	22
Suspended sediment, nutrients, and chlorophyll in tropical floodplain lakes with different patterns of hydrological connectivity	22
Spatiotemporal variation of streambed quality and fine sediment deposition in five freshwater pearl mussel streams, in relation to extreme drought, strong rain and snow melt	21
Sampling efforts for estimating fish species richness in western USA river sites	17
Spatial distribution of cyanotoxins and ratios of microcystin to biomass indicators in the reservoirs of the Volga, Kama and Don Rivers, the European part of Russia	16
Parameterization of surface water temperature and long-term trends in Europe’s fourth largest lake shows recent and rapid warming in winter	15
Insights into the diversity, distribution and phylogeny of three ergasilid copepods (Hexanauplia: Ergasilidae) in lentic water bodies of the Morava river basin, Czech Republic	13
Diet and feeding strategies of round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) from the invasion front in the Danube River tributaries (Bulgaria): ontogenetic shift and seasonal variation	12
Riparian land use and stream habitat regulate water quality	12
Seasonal and spatial variation of flagellate communities in a tropical river	11
Seasonal variation in benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages and water quality in an Afrotropical river catchment, northeastern Tanzania	10
A ∼300-year record of environmental changes in Lake Issyk-Kul, Central Asia, inferred from lipid biomarkers in sediments	10
Spatial distribution, fractionation and ecological risk assessment of potentially toxic metals in bottom sediments of the Zarivar freshwater Lake (Northwestern Iran)	9
Assessment of variations in metal concentrations of the Ganges River water by using multivariate statistical techniques	9
Land cover affects the breakdown of Pinus elliottii needles litter by microorganisms in soil and stream systems of subtropical riparian zones	8
The silent harm of polyethylene microplastics: Invertebrates growth inhibition as a warning of the microplastic pollution in continental waters	8
Spatial processes determine planktonic diatom metacommunity structure of headwater streams	8
Lateral and longitudinal flight dispersals of a stonefly, Alloperla ishikariana (Plecoptera, Chloroperlidae), from the hyporheic zone in a gravel-bed river in Japan	8
The conversion of natural riparian forests into agricultural land affects ecological processes in Atlantic forest streams	8
Photodegradation of autochthonous and allochthonous dissolved organic matter in a natural tropical lake	8
An endemic freshwater mussel species from the Orontes River basin in Turkey and Syria represents duck mussel’s intraspecific lineage: Implications for conservation	8
A new index of a water temperature equivalent for summer respiration conditions of benthic invertebrates in rivers as a bio-indicator of global climate change	8
Defining a disturbance gradient in a Middle-Eastern River Basin	8
Nutrient dynamics in the Paraná River Delta: Relationship to the hydrologic regime and the floodplain wetlands	8

Effects of prolonged drought on water quality after drying of a semiarid tropical reservoir, Brazil	8
Demographic history, range size and habitat preferences of the groundwater amphipod Niphargus puteanus (C.L. Koch in Panzer, 1836)	8
Reduced abundance but increased diversity of chironomid larvae under higher trophic pressure from fish in semi-permanent ponds	7
Water quality parameters affect dynamics of phytoplankton functional groups in Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia	7
Sulcus and outline morphometrics of sagittal otolith variability in freshwater fragmented populations of dwarf gourami, Trichogaster lalia (Hamilton, 1822)	7
The pattern of sedimentary bacterial communities varies with latitude within a large eutrophic lake	7
European freshwater mussels (Unio spp., Unionidae) in Siberia and Kazakhstan: Pleistocene relicts or recent invaders?	7
Habitat heterogeneity increases leaf litter retention and fragmentation in a Cerrado savanna stream	7
Attenuation of UVR and PAR in a clear and deep lake: Spatial distribution and affecting factors	7
Ecological condition, biodiversity and major environmental challenges in a tropical river network in the Bago District in South-central Myanmar: First insights to the unknown	7
The success of Gonyostomum semen (Raphidophyceae) in a boreal lake is due to environmental changes rather than a recent invasion	6
Carbon and nutrients transfer from primary producers to lake sediments – A stoichiometric approach	6
Self-dynamics as a driver for restoration success in a lowland stream reach	6
Evaluation of aquatic ecological systems through dynamics of ichthyofaunal diversity in a Himalayan torrential river, Murti	6
Mixing regimes in the equatorial crater lakes of western Uganda	6
The importance of aquatic macrophytes in a eutrophic tropical shallow lake	6
Evaluating the efficiency of three methods for monitoring of native crayfish in Germany	6
Towards a synthesis of the biodiversity of freshwater Protozoa, Rotifera, Cladocera, and Copepoda in Brazil	6
Microcystis, Raphidiopsis raciborskii and Dolichospermum smithii, toxin producing and non-toxigenic cyanobacteria in Yezin Dam, Myanmar	6
Response of the zooplankton community to extreme hydrological variations in a temporary lake in a neotropical floodplain system	6
Organic matter pools in sediments of the tidal Elbe river	6
Movement behaviour and fishway performance for endemic and exotic species in a large anthropized river	5
Litter breakdown of invasive alien plant species in a pond environment: Rapid decomposition of Solidago canadensis may alter resource dynamics	5
Structure and dynamics of the periphytic ciliate community under different hydrological conditions in a Danubian floodplain lake	5
Macroinvertebrate communities along the main stem and tributaries of a pre-Alpine river: composition responds to altitude, richness does not	5
Effects of hydrological, environmental and spatial factors on fish diversity and community structure in oxbow lakes from the Amazon floodplain	5
Response of cladoceran assemblages to restoration of riparian vegetation: A case study in a tropical reservoir of Brazil	5
Response of planktonic diatoms to eutrophication in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya	5
The taxonomical and functional diversity of three groups of aquatic insects in rheocrene karst springs are affected by different environmental factors	5
Nutrient enrichment does not affect diet selection by a tropical shredder species in a mesocosm experiment	5
Motile phytoplankton species such as Gonyostomum semen can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from boreal lakes	5
Occurrence of the mollusc species Euglesa globularis (Clessin, 1873) in North-East Asia (Magadan, Russia) with data on dispersal mechanism and vectors	5
Vertical distribution characteristics and source tracing of organic carbon in sediment of the Yellow River wetland, Sanmenxia, China	5
How charophytes (Streptophyta, Charales) survive in severe conditions of the permafrost area in Far North-East Asia	5
Evidence for toxic cyanobacteria in sediments and the water-sediment interface of a tropical drinking water reservoir	5
Nature-based solutions in freshwater pearl mussel rivers – A novel approach for self-dynamic desanding developed in a physical model test	5
Hydrological disconnection from the Yangtze River triggered rapid environmental degradation in a riverine lake	5
Flow field-induced drag forces and swimming behavior of three benthic fish species	5
Extraction of macrophyte community spatial variation allows to adapt the macrophyte biological index for rivers to the conditions of the middle Dnipro river	5
Acute toxicity of the insecticide cypermethrin to three common European mayfly and stonefly nymphs	4
Can be the environmental and biotic factors responsible for macroinvertebrate communities’ alterations in Portuguese alpine ponds?	4
A retrospective overview of zooplankton research in Uruguay	4
Functional diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates regarding hydrological and land use disturbances in a heavily impaired lowland river	4
The dynamics and temperature regime of the crater lakes in the Nevado de Toluca volcano, Mexico	4
Hidden shelter-like associations of minute Alboglossiphonia leeches (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) with sedentary animals and molluscs	4
Overwintering of an endangered charophyte during milder winters in Central Europe enhances lake water quality	4
Chironomid diversity in the diets of Ponto-Caspian gobiids in a freshwater habitat: Implications for resource partitioning	4
Effects of water diversion projects on water environment in Chaohu Lake	4
Studies on freshwater zooplankton of Venezuela: Present and future perspectives	4
A review of zooplankton research in Chile	4

Severe drought changes the soil bacterial community in wetland ecosystem: Evidence from the largest freshwater lake wetland in China	4
Riparian community perceptions of the extent and potential impacts of watershed degradation in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya	3
Trophic mercury biomagnification patterns in two European rivers following introduction of invasive round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus)	3
Brazilian vs. Paraguayan streams: Differences in water quality in a cross-border subtropical region	3
Not just an arid landscape problem: Springflow declines in a region with high rainfall	3
Evidence of microplastics in the Chi River Basin, Thailand: Anthropogenic influence and potential threats to edible arthropods	3
Ecological engineering in a eutrophic lake: A case study of large aquatic macrophyte enclosures in Baima Lake, China	3
Lacustrine characteristics predict lipid contents of mysid shrimp (Mysis diluviana) populations	3
Water quality assessment using phytoplankton functional groups in the middle-lower Changjiang River, China	3
Design and functionality of sedimentation areas – Targeted lowering of floodplains to improve the habitat quality and flood safety by removing high loads of fine sediments	3
Low-decomposition rates of riparian litter in a North Patagonian ultraoligotrophic lake	3
Taxonomic diversity of the freshwater Zooplankton in Argentina: A review	3
Isolation of a novel cyanophage infecting potentially bloom-forming Limnothrix sp	3
Detection of body shape variations in vulnerable snow trout, Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray, 1832) from rivers of the Indian Himalayan Region	3
The Wullowitz-Lakes theory: Periglacial impacts on river morphology and habitat suitability for the endangered freshwater pearl mussel	3
Climatic triggers and phenological responses in Isoetes cangae (Isoetaceae), an endemic quillwort from Amazon Iron Rocky Outcrops, Brazil	3
Air2water model with nine parameters for lake surface temperature assessment	3
Stream restoration reduces elevated phosphorus levels in an urban watershed	3
A multimetric macroinvertebrate index for the assessment of the ecological status of Lithuanian rivers	2
Life history and ecology of the Maghrebian endemic Choroterpes atlas Soldán & Thomas, 1983 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae)	2
Micropollutants in four Brazilian water reservoirs	2
Relationship between watershed scale macroinvertebrate community and environmental factors in the Japanese archipelago	2
Interaction between Epistylis sp. and copepods in tropical lakes: responses of epibiont infestation to species host density	2
Invasive plant indirectly regulates native plant decomposition by affecting invertebrate communities	2
A 40-year perspective of an alpine lake: Is everything the same?	2
Sex dependent sexual reproduction strategies in a cyclic parthenogen—A case study from intermittent urban pond	2
Influence of cage farming and environmental parameters on spatio-temporal variability of fish assemblage structure in a tropical reservoir of Peninsular India	2
Cross boundary fluxes: Basal resource use by aquatic invertebrates matches fatty acid transfers from river to land	2
Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) associated with bottom sediments in larvae of Chironomus riparius Meigen	2
Nutrient levels, trophic status and land-use influences on streams, rivers and lakes in a protected floodplain of Uruguay	2
Hydromorphological preferences of freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) in upland streams of the Bavarian Forest – A case study	2
Macrophyte biomass mediates trophic relationships between congeneric fishes and invertebrate communities	2
Diet composition and trophic niche differentiation of Neogobius melanostomus along an invasion gradient in a large lowland river	2
Benthic macroinvertebrate communities of three tropical, warm monomictic Mexican lakes	2
Status of the zooplankton ecology in freshwater ecosystems from Argentina	2
Lacustrine Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae) as bioindicators of arsenic concentration within the Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories, Canada	2
An analysis of interannual data on phytoplankton and zooplankton associations in fluctuating soda lakes	2
Metal binding by dissolved organic matter in hypersaline water: A size fractionation study using different isolation methods	2
Habitat preference and locomotive traits of the Japanese mitten crab Eriocheir japonica within the stream unit of the freshwater river environment	2
Aquatic macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of the harvest effect on mountain streams afforested with exotic pines	2
How invasive macrophytes affect macroinvertebrate assemblages and sampling efficiency: Results from a multinational survey	2
Influence of check dams on the activity pattern and morphometric traits of overwintering tadpoles in the Western Himalaya	2
Fish ecology and sediment conditions in freshwater pearl mussel (M. margaritifera) habitats	2
Reprint of: The ecology of the zooplankton in Mexican inland waters: What we know so far	2