Freshwater Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Freshwater Science is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front Matter38
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function37
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes31
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration30
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems23
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems22
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA19
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms18
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant16
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream14
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?14
Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado13
Influence of urbanization on organic matter processing and nutrient immobilization in wadeable streams (southeastern USA)13
Leaf species, mixtures, and microbial preconditioning shape fine particulate organic matter production by shredding invertebrates10
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream9
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland8
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams8
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes8
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions7
Front Cover7
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer7
Front Cover7
Hydrochemical effects of degrading freshwater mussel shells6
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements6
Front Cover6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams6
Front Matter6
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection5
Front Matter5
Referees for 20245
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments5
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures4
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams4
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams4
Re-oligotrophy in the Upper Mississippi River, USA, occurred in just a few years4
Qcthreshold departs from theoreticalQcin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime4
Front Cover4
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars4
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator3
Practical pathways for protecting headwater streams in urbanizing areas3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators3
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits3
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA3
Dissolved free amino acids could be odorants for imprinting and homing by Atlantic Salmon3
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands3
Front Matter3
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river3
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae3
Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land-use, restored prairie watershed3
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition3
CO2 and acidification effects on larval frog immune function, growth, and survival3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland3
Salting behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks3
Microplastics in fish relative to point-source proximity and trophic level in an urban river3
Front Cover3
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure3
Biogeochemical patterns vary with hydrogeomorphology in riparian soils along a boreal headwater stream3
Referees for 20223
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