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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams35
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems32
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems29
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations26
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration23
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms18
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes16
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA13
Front Matter12
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function11
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)11
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant10
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes10
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams9
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?9
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream8
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland8
Front Matter8
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream7
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions7
Front Cover6
Front Cover6
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements6
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams6
Front Cover6
Front Matter5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)5
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs5
Front Matter5
Referees for 20244
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams4
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages4
David M. Rosenberg (1943–2021): A personal reminiscence4
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars4
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data4
Front Matter4
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)4
Qcthreshold departs from theoreticalQcin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime4
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams4
Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia, Italy3
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators3
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks3
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends3
Front Cover3
Salting and management behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator3
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures3
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