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Papers

(The median citation count of Ecology of Freshwater Fish 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Facilitation of benthic assemblages by Bluehead Chubs: Testing the stress‐gradient hypothesis in streams	13
Considering dispersal costs to understand fish community dissimilarity in a high‐gradient basin of North America	12
The strength of density dependence on body size of young‐of‐the‐year masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou, varies over ontogeny in Horokashubuto stream, Hokkaido, northern Japan	12
Metacommunity organisation of Amazonian stream fish assemblages: The importance of spatial and environmental factors	11
Prey selection and growth in 0+ Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis L. in littoral zones of seven temperate lakes	11
Swimming capacity and behaviour of juvenile round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)	10
Abundance, cover use, and clustering of brown trout spawning redds during stream habitat rehabilitation	10
Factors influencing the home range of freshwater fishes	9
Effect of Temperature on Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) Age at Sexual Maturity	8
Distribution patterns, annual density changes, growth and mortality of pikeperch [Sander lucioperca (L. 1758)] fry following oligotrophication of a reservoir	8
Identifying and conserving sympatric diversity in trout of the genus Salmo, with particular reference to Lough Melvin, Ireland	8
Migratory redhorse suckers provide subsidies of nitrogen but not phosphorus to a spawning stream	8
Predicting the age at maturity of Asian carp using air temperature	8
Influence of habitat on abundance, size and growth rate of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) 0+ juveniles in a canyon‐shaped reservoir	8
Density‐dependent processes and population dynamics of native sculpin in a mountain river	7
Environmental correlates with fish assemblage change and biotic homogenization across 40 years in an Ozark, Gravel‐Bed river basin	7
Density effects on native and non‐native trout survival in streams	7
A review of the hybridisation potential of brown trout with particular reference to invaded environments, and a case study from Newfoundland	7
Detection efficiency of adult Pacific lamprey passage counts at Leaburg Dam and upstream distribution in the McKenzie River (Oregon, USA)	7
Flow and plankton availability control young‐of‐the‐year fish diet in two floodplain nurseries	7
Sex‐ and length‐dependent variation in migratory propensity in brown trout	6
Effects of Lotic Environmental Conditions on Larval Fish Growth and Prey Consumption	6
Larval cisco and lake whitefish exhibit high distributional overlap within nursery areas	6
Lake depth alters the trajectory of ontogenetic niche shifts in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) in small lakes	6
Long‐term minnow community trait shifts and metacommunity dynamics in a geomorphically unstable river	6

Population life‐history differences and their correlates across a regional spatial scale in largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans)	6
Vulnerability of Early Life‐Stage Lake Whitefish and Cisco to Invasive Nearshore Predators	6
Egg size is a good predictor of parental care behaviour among bony fishes	6
Prey Availability and Diet of Early Life Stages of Lake Whitefish ( Coregonus clupeaformis ) in the Fishing Islands of Lake Huron	6
Interactive Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on the Temporal Changes in the Size Spectrum of Lake Fish Communities	6
Diet, Trophic Plasticity and Niche Dynamics of Four Barbel Species Across Elevational and Seasonal Gradients in a Mediterranean Stream	6
Interactions between runoff volume, timing, and annual temperatures shape migration phenology of a threatened adfluvial sucker	6
Hidden diversity and evolutionary diversification in Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)	6
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Mismatch between temperature and discharge disrupts spawning cues in a fluvial specialist, blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus	5
The incorporation of environmentally derived ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and Sr/Ca in early otolith formation of Chinook salmon	5
Effect of logged forests on diet of small characids from Neotropical streams	5
Predicted Fish Vulnerability to Stream Drying in the Western U.S.A.	5
The occurrence of trophically transmitted parasites is influenced by the trophic level and body size of the fish host	5
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Analysis of food preference and competition based on stomach contents of fish species inhabiting fresh and brackish waters in South Korea	5
Ability of grazing fish to generate particulate organic matter derived from autochthonous primary production	5
Are perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) getting larger or smaller in Swedish lakes?	5
The effect of water turbidity on prey consumption and female feeding patterns in African turquoise killifish	5
Interactive effects of total dissolved gas supersaturation and suspended sediment on the swimming abilities of two fish species	5
Freshwater fish as hosts for parasites in Australia: How much do we really know?	5
Modelling migratory behaviour and habitat use of fish in a large, uninterrupted river network: A case study of a migratory salmonid	5
Downstream Migration Success of Atlantic Salmon Smolts in a River Catchment Highly Fragmented by Hydroelectric Impoundments	5
Forested watersheds mitigate the thermal degradation of headwater fish assemblages under future climate change	4
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Modelling the reestablishment of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Klamath River tributaries after dam removal	4
Trophic Specialization on unique resources despite limited niche divergence in a celebrated example of sympatric speciation	4
Unveiling climatic niches for deeper insights into invasion potential and enhanced distribution models of freshwater fishes	4
Recovery of a subtropical headwater fish community following a large flood, Klaserie River, Limpopo River System, South Africa	4
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Modelling the population dynamics of an exploited, tropical fish species playing a fundamental role in aquatic ecosystems	4
Two‐Year Spawning Migration as a Life‐History Strategy of Sea Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Large, High‐Latitude River Systems	4
Growth and mortality of sympatric Atlantic salmon and brown trout fry in fluctuating and stable flows	4
First description of redds of the only non‐introgressed population of a critically endangered salmonid in a stream vulnerable to droughts	4
Upstream Migration Dynamics of Juvenile American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) Towards a Hydropower Dam in a Large River	4
Polygynandry and high genetic diversity supported by kinship and population genetics from neotropical catfish ichthyoplankton	4
Dietary partitioning of six co‐occurring Ponto‐Caspian gobies in the Dnieper River basin	4
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Parasites Are Paramount: Vertical Trophic Positions of Parasitic Catfishes in a Tropical River Food Web	4
Temporal changes in the fish community structure of a small subtropical spring lake: Decadal and seasonal analysis	4
Effects of hydrological and spatial seasonality on taxonomic and functional diversity of fish assemblages in an Amazonian floodplain lake	3
The effect of littoral complexity on the diel distribution of early juvenile fish communities in temperate freshwater reservoirs	3
Isotopic Niche Size and Niche Overlap of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Reflect Trophic Position and Dissolved Oxygen Patterns in Lakes	3
Heterospecific sociability and foraging behaviour of an invasive livebearer fish	3
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Fish assemblages on two continents respond to valley‐ and reach‐scale hydrogeomorphic variation: Analyses across three temperate ecoregions	3
Structure and vulnerability of the ichthyochory network in wetland forests of Central Amazonia	3
Editorial 2025	3
Climate change influence on brook trout populations in the Central Appalachians	3

Whole Lake Behaviour of Sea‐Run Brown Trout During Pre‐Spawning Months	3
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Linking fish ecomorphotypes to food categories and local‐scale habitat uses along a Brazilian coastal stream	3
Fish functional biotic simplification in a Neotropical reservoir: An approach from the ichthyoplankton	3
Spawning periodicity and possible public information use for Nest site selection in the bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus)	3
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Hitting and Unhitting the Pause Button: Variable Hatching Patterns of Annual Killifish Embryos Over a Wetland Wet–Dry Cycle	3
Otolith microchemistry combined with genetics reveal patterns of straying and population connectivity in anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta)	3
Effects of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Introduction on Andean Stream Food Webs	3
Seasonal shifts in diel vertical migrations by lake‐dwelling coastal cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii, reflect thermal regimes and prey distributions	3
Cooperative breeding in Neolamprologus bifasciatus, a cichlid fish inhabiting the deep reefs of Lake Tanganyika	2
Instream barriers contribute to population isolation of a small‐bodied, benthic, headwater‐specialist fish (Percidae)	2
Unlocking the genome of perch – From genes to ecology and back again	2
Niche Partitioning Among Three Apex Piscivorous Fishes: Evidence of Limited Intraguild Predation	2
Introduction to PERCIS V, the 5th percid international symposium	2
Effects of temperature and heat waves on embryonic development of annual fishes from Neotropical wetlands: Implications for climate change scenarios	2
Temporal and Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Ecology of a Characid From Karst Dolines of the Neotropics	2
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Effects of riparian forest and agricultural land use on stream fish diet and trophic position	2
The effect of temperature on the dynamics of common bream Abramis brama migrations between the reservoir and its tributary	2
Probing for depth‐gradient diversification in the riverine‐spawning Dolly Varden: Insights from a recently discovered ecomorph assemblage	2
Introduction to the Proceedings of the Sixth ‘Advances in the Population Dynamics of Stream Salmonids’ Symposium	2
Impact of hydraulic forces on the passage of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus), gudgeon (Gobio gobio) and bullhead (Cottus gobio) in a vertical slot fish pass	2
Seasonal reproductive allocation in landlocked Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, in the context of niche construction and eco‐evolutionary feedbacks	2
Dispersal and gene flow in anadromous salmonids: A systematic review	2
Assessing climate‐induced range shifts of stream fishes using a consensus framework	2
Life‐history connections to long‐term fish population trends in a species‐rich temperate river	2
Influence of hydrological variability and life history strategy on riverine fish assemblages in the Australian wet‐dry tropics	2
Does size matter? Exploring the influence of body size on predator–prey relationships, hunting mode and prey characteristics in Neotropical fishes	2
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Hierarchical Modelling Reveals Local Environmental Metrics as Key Predictors of Fish Stream Assemblage Structure	2
Multiple secondary contacts and historic hybridization between glacial lineages of charr (Salvelinus, Salmonidae) in northeastern Asia	2
In Situ Videography Quantifies Temporal and Spatial Variation in Prey Consumption and Energy Intake by Stream‐Dwelling Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus)	2
Climate‐driven straying dynamics in anadromous salmon and steelhead: Research agenda for conservation	2
Spawning cohort trade‐offs of reproductive time and output in cyprinid fish along an elevation gradient	2
A Tribute to Asbjørn Vøllestad and Gratitude for His Contributions to Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2
Feeding ontogeny: A new approach to predator–prey interactions	2
Landscape geomorphology and local‐riverine features influence Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) spawning habitat suitability in Arctic Alaska	2
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) predation on adult anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta)	2
Habitat associations of riverine fishes among rocky shoals	1
Movement Pattern and Habitat Use of the Endangered Brook Barbel (Barbus caninus) in a Mediterranean Stream	1
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Diets of invasive channel catfish are subsidized by invasive riparian trees	1
Individual activity levels and presence of conspecifics affect fish passage rates over an in‐flume barrier	1
River Flow Regime Predicts Life History Traits in Poeciliid Fish	1
Experiential legacies of early‐life dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid content on juvenile Walleye: Potential impacts from climate change	1
Evaluating Environmental Predictors of Fish Community Composition in a Semi‐Arid River System Using a Model‐Based Approach	1
The Role of Underwater Soundscapes in Shaping the Distribution of Cobitidae Fish: Insights From Multiple Environmental Factors	1
Effects of predator species, composition and light environment on prey escape behaviours of invasive and native benthic fishes	1
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Differences in parasite community composition support ecological differentiation in a freshwater gadoid fish	1
Variable diet plasticity in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis): Current versus seasonal food uptake	1
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Distribution and Diversity of Coastal Fish in Fresh and Oligohaline Waters: An Example of the Largest Baltic Sea Estuary of the Neva River	1
Behaviour of the Apex Predator European Catfish (Silurus glanis) on a Recently Invaded Reservoir	1
Smolting in post‐sexually mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr in the wild	1
Salmon of the Southeastern U.S.: Sucker migrations deliver resource subsidies to oligotrophic stream	1
Dam cascade in run‐of‐river systems promotes homogenisation of fish functional traits in a plateau river	1
Relative importance of meso‐ and microhabitat features in the within‐reach spatial distribution of size‐structured fish assemblages in small streams	1
Differentiation of Parasite Communities in Juveniles of Atlantic Salmon and Brown Trout as an Indicator of Their Population Segregation in Three Scottish Rivers	1
Sexual dimorphism and species divergence between a habitat generalist and a habitat specialist	1
Growth and behaviour of juvenile European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in sandy and stony bottom substrates	1
Small Streams Support Beta Diversity in Neotropical Fish Assemblages in the Upper Paraná River Basin	1
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Shift in piscivory by salmonids following invasion of a minnow in an oligotrophic reservoir	1
Seasonal trophic niche width and overlap of mottled sculpin and brown trout in a regulated high‐elevation river	1
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Temporal segregation in spawning between native Yellowstone cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout	1
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Invasive Cichlids Display Higher Aggression During Nest Defence Compared to the Native Mexican Mojarra	1
Artificial light at night affects fish passage rates in two small‐sized Cypriniformes fish	1
Competition or Habitat: Co‐Occurrence of Endemic and Cosmopolitan Black Bass Species in a Changing Landscape	1
Assembly of non‐native fishes in North Patagonian streams: Species occurrence and abundance respond to different spatial scales	1
Editorial 2023	1