1-13
Review paper
Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes
Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Alexandra Kraberg, Natalie Anisimova and Chryssanthi Antoniadou, et al.
15-68
Review paper
Limnology in Mexico
Javier Alcocer and Fernando W. Bernal-Brooks
69-88
Review Paper
Open AccessStrategies for the conservation of endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera L.): a synthesis of Conservation Genetics and Ecology
Juergen Geist
89-101
Opinion paper
Young-of-the-year fish assemblages as an alternative to adult fish monitoring for ecological quality evaluation of running waters
Pavel Jurajda, Ondřej Slavík, Seth White and Zdeněk Adámek
103-114
Primary research paper
Effects of a top invertebrate predator (Dytiscus alaskanus; Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) on fishless pond ecosystems
Danielle Cobbaert, Suzanne E. Bayley and Jamie-Lynn Greter
115-125
Primary research paper
Molecular evidence for the presence of cryptic evolutionary lineages in the freshwater copepod genus Hemidiaptomus G.O. Sars, 1903 (Calanoida, Diaptomidae)
Federico Marrone, Sabrina Lo Brutto and Marco Arculeo
127-137
Primary research paper
Environmental conditions and biotic interactions influence ecosystem structure and function in a drying stream
John P. Ludlam and Daniel D. Magoulick
139-143
Primary research paper
Different degrees of lunar synchronization of ovary development between two morphs of a Tanganyikan cichlid fish
Tetsumi Takahashi
145-157
Primary research paper
Abundance patterns of the toxic phytoplankton in coastal waters of the Balearic Archipelago (NW Mediterranean Sea): a multivariate approach
Margarita Puigserver, Nuria Monerris, Josep Pablo, Josep Alós and Gabriel Moyà
159-168
Primary research paper
Biotic factors in induced defence revisited: cell aggregate formation in the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 is triggered by spent Daphnia medium and disrupted cells
Sven Becker
169-183
Primary research paper
Impact of habitat diversity on the sampling effort required for the assessment of river fish communities and IBI
Chris Van Liefferinge, Ilse Simoens, Christian Vogt, Tom J. S. Cox and Jan Breine, et al.
185-193
Primary research paper
Ostracod (Crustacea) colonization of a native and a non-native macrophyte species of Hydrocharitaceae in the Upper Paraná floodplain (Brazil): an experimental evaluation
Roger Paulo Mormul, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Janet Higuti and Koen Martens
195-206
Primary research paper
Changes in attachment strength and aggregation of zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha in the presence of potential fish predators of various species and size
Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko and Małgorzata Poznańska
207-216
Primary research paper
Optical properties of a tropical estuary during wet and dry conditions in the Nha Phu estuary, Khanh Hoa Province, south-east Vietnam
Lars Chresten Lund-Hansen, Doan Nhu Hai, Nguyen Ngoc Lam and Morten Holtegaard Nielsen
217-229
Primary research paper
Prey availability and juvenile Atlantic salmon feeding during winter in a regulated subarctic river subject to loss of ice cover
M. Johansen, E. B. Thorstad, A. H. Rikardsen, J. I. Koksvik and O. Ugedal, et al.
231-244
Primary research paper
Stable isotope dynamics in elasmobranch fishes
John M. Logan and Molly E. Lutcavage
245-259
Primary research paper
Evaluating the need for acid treatment prior to δ13C and δ15N analysis of freshwater fish scales: effects of varying scale mineral content, lake productivity and CO2 concentration
M. Ventura and E. Jeppesen
261-278
Primary research paper
Variation in ostracod (Crustacea, Ostracoda) communities in the alluvial valley of the upper Paraná River (Brazil) in relation to substrate
Janet Higuti, Steven A. J. Declerck, Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho and Koen Martens
279-287
Primary research paper
Long-term trends of epilimnetic and hypolimnetic bacteria and organic carbon in a deep holo-oligomictic lake
Roberto Bertoni, Cristiana Callieri, Gianluca Corno, Serena Rasconi and Emanuele Caravati, et al.
289-299
Primary Research Paper
Lake eutrophication associated with geographic location, lake morphology and climate in China
Wenzhi Liu, Quanfa Zhang and Guihua Liu
301-312
Primary research paper
Growth of Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle under controlled conditions
I. Bianchini, M. B. Cunha-Santino, J. A. M. Milan, C. J. Rodrigues and J. H. P. Dias
313-324
Primary Research Paper
Risk of predation and behavioural response in three anuran species: influence of tadpole size and predator type
Fabián Gastón Jara and María Gabriela Perotti
325-335
Primary research paper
Trophic cascade effects of Hopliasmalabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) in subtropical lakes food webs: a mesocosm approach
Néstor Mazzeo, Carlos Iglesias, Franco Teixeira-de Mello, Ana Borthagaray and Claudia Fosalba, et al.
337-349
Primary research paper
Partitioning particulate scattering and absorption into contributions of phytoplankton and non-algal particles in winter in Lake Taihu (China)
Deyong Sun, Yunmei Li, Qiao Wang, Heng Lv and Chengfeng Le, et al.
351-359
Primary research paper
Spatial and temporal occurrence of Rhabdostyla cf. chironomi Kahl, 1933 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) as an epibiont on chironomid larvae in a lotic system in the neotropics
Adalgisa F. Cabral, Roberto Júnio P. Dias, Laura R. P. Utz, Roberto G. Alves and Marta D’Agosto
361-370
Primary research paper
Validating the systematic position of Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993 (Rotifera: Brachionidae) using sequences of the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and of cytochrome C oxidase
Miriam E. Reyna-Fabián, Juan Pedro Laclette, Michael P. Cummings and Martín García-Varela
371-384
Primary research paper
A multimetric diatom index to assess the ecological status of coastal Galician rivers (NW Spain)
Cristina Delgado, Isabel Pardo and Liliana García
385-399
Primary research paper
Movement patterns and habitat use of three declining littoral fish species in a north-temperate mesotrophic lake
Ray D. Valley, Michael D. Habrat, Eric D. Dibble and Melissa T. Drake
401-405
Short research note
Benthic community composition affects O2 availability and variability in a Northern Red Sea fringing reef
Wolfgang Niggl, Andreas F. Haas and Christian Wild