1. The International Year of Biodiversity

   • Koen Martens

   Editorial 24 December 2009 Pages: 1 - 2

2. What can be learned from fishers? An integrated survey of fishers’ local ecological knowledge and bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) biology on the Brazilian coast

   • Renato Azevedo Matias Silvano
   • Alpina Begossi

   Primary Research Paper 20 November 2009 Pages: 3 - 18

   

3. Bacterial production in the Lower Mississippi River: importance of suspended sediment and phytoplankton biomass

   • Clifford A. Ochs
   • Heath E. Capello
   • Orathai Pongruktham

   Primary research paper 12 November 2009 Pages: 19 - 31

   

4. Behavior and aquatic plants as factors affecting predation by three species of larval predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

   • Donald A. Yee

   Primary research paper 20 November 2009 Pages: 33 - 43

   

5. Morphological and molecular analysis of centropagids from the high Andean plateau (Copepoda: Calanoidea)

   • Rodrigo Scheihing
   • Leyla Cardenas
   • Pedro Labarca

   Primary research paper 20 November 2009 Pages: 45 - 52

   

6. Rissooidean freshwater gastropods from the Vanuatu archipelago

   • Martin Haase
   • Benoit Fontaine
   • Olivier Gargominy

   Primary Research Paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 53 - 71

   

7. A first quantification of the overall biomass, from phytoplankton to birds, of a Mediterranean brackish lagoon: revisiting the ecosystem of Lake Ichkeul (Tunisia)

   • Caterina Casagranda
   • Charles François Boudouresque

   Primary Research Paper 27 November 2009 Pages: 73 - 85

   

8. Covarying patterns of macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages along natural and human activity gradients: implications for bioassessment

   • Adam G. Yates
   • Robert C. Bailey

   Primary research paper 06 December 2009 Pages: 87 - 100

   

9. Relationships among map resolution, fish assemblages, and habitat variables in a coral reef ecosystem

   • Matthew S. Kendall
   • Thomas J. Miller

   Primary research paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 101 - 119

   

10. Phytoplankton dynamics in relation to connectivity, flow dynamics and resource availability—the case of a large, lowland river, the Hungarian Tisza

    • Vera Istvánovics
    • Márk Honti
    • Zsolt Kozma

    Primary research paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 121 - 141

    

11. Phenotypic plasticity of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in response to nitrogen addition and intraspecific competition

    • Yong jun Zhao
    • Hua Qing
    • Shu qing An

    Primary research paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 143 - 155

    

12. Eutrophication of moderately deep Dutch lakes during the past century: flaws in the expectations of water management?

    • E. P. Kirilova
    • H. Cremer
    • A. F. Lotter

    Primary research paper Open access 25 November 2009 Pages: 157 - 171

    

13. Influence of fish-farming management on duck breeding in French fish pond systems

    • Joël Broyer
    • Clément Calenge

    Primary research paper 27 November 2009 Pages: 173 - 185

    

14. Selective recruitment and resurgence of tropical river phytoplankton: evidence from the Nile system of lakes, rivers, reservoirs and ponds

    • J. F. Talling
    • G. A. Prowse

    Primary research paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 187 - 195

    

15. Litter retention in Tasmanian headwater streams after clear-fell logging

    • Anne Watson
    • Leon A. Barmuta

    Primary research paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 197 - 206

    

16. Viability of differentiated epilithic bacterial communities in the River Garonne (SW France)

    • Emilie Lyautey
    • Stéphanie Boulêtreau
    • Frédéric Garabetian

    Primary research paper 26 November 2009 Pages: 207 - 218

    

17. Contribution of macro- and micro-consumers to the decomposition of fish carcasses in low-order streams: an experimental study

    • Stefano Fenoglio
    • Tiziano Bo
    • Giuseppe Del Frate

    Primary research paper 26 November 2009 Pages: 219 - 228

    

18. Initial impacts of Microcystis aeruginosa blooms on the aquatic food web in the San Francisco Estuary

    • P. W. Lehman
    • S. J. Teh
    • C. Hogle

    Primary research paper Open access 06 December 2009 Pages: 229 - 248

    

19. A remarkable case of fiddler crab, Uca spp., alpha diversity in Wallacea

    • R. S. K. Barnes

    Short research note 06 December 2009 Pages: 249 - 253

    

20. Field evidence of dispersal of branchiopods, ostracods and bryozoans by teal (Anas crecca) in the Camargue (southern France)

    • A. L. Brochet
    • M. Gauthier-Clerc
    • A. J. Green

    Short research note 12 November 2009 Pages: 255 - 261