Riverine biodiversity in Asia: a challenge for conservation biology David Dudgeon OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 13
Otolith age determination for adult tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L. from Lake Awassa (Ethiopian Rift Valley) by interpreting biannuli and differentiating biannual recruitment Demeke AdmassuJohn M. Casselman OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 24
Structural and functional responses of benthic macroinvertebrates to acid precipitation in two forested headwater streams (Vosges Mountains, northeastern France) Olivier J. DanglesFrançois A. Guérold OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 31
A redescription of Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu, 1943 and notes on Mesocyclops ruttneri Kiefer, 1981 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) Xiaoming Guo OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 43
Microbial activities in soils of a healthy and a declining reed stand T. PicekF. LusbyL. Pechar OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 55
Development of a preliminary index of biotic integrity (IBI) based on fish assemblages to assess ecosystem condition in the lakes of central Mexico John LyonsAltagracia Gutiérrez-HernándezRaúl Pineda-López OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 72
Key to the identification of the genera of bdelloid rotifers Claudia RicciGiulio Melone OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 80
Nitocrellopsis texana n. sp. from central TX (U.S.A.) and N. ahaggarensis n. sp. from the central Algerian Sahara (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) Frank FiersThomas M. Iliffe OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 97
Amended delimitation of Mongolodiaptomus against Neodiaptomus and Allodiaptomus and redescription of the little known Mongolodiaptomus uenoi (Kikuchi, 1936) from Thailand (Copepoda: Calanoida: Diaptomidae) Y. Ranga ReddyLa-orsri SanoamuangH. J. Dumont OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 109
The dinoflagellate genus Prorocentrum along the coasts of the Mexican Pacific D. U. Hernández-BecerrilR. Cortés AltamiranoR. R. Alonso OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 121
Decomposition dynamics of aquatic macrophytes in the lower Atchafalaya, a large floodplain river Juliann M. BattleTimothy B. Mihuc OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 136
Effect of Vallisneria americana (L.) on community structure and ecosystem function in lake mesocosms Cathleen WigandJohn WehrStuart Findlay OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 146
Decomposition of leaf litter of Dombeya goetzenii in the Njoro River, Kenya Jude M. MathookoCharles M. M'ErimbaMaria Leichtfried OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 152
The physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the holomictic sulphated Lake Arcas-2 (Cuenca, Spain) María A. RodrigoEduardo VicenteMaría R. Miracle OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 168
The morphology of the upper lip of Cypridoidea ostracods: taxonomic and phylogenetic significance Robin J. Smith OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 184
Reproduction and development of the freshwater clam Corbicula australis in southeast Australia Maria ByrneHarriette PhelpsJaimie Potts OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 197
First survey of interstitial fauna in New Caledonian rivers: influence of geological and geomorphological characteristics N. MaryP. Marmonier OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 208
Limnology of two lake systems of Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Part II. Light penetration and Secchi depth Jacqueline D. LaPerriereJ. A. Edmundson OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 216
Internal heterotrophy following the switch from macrophytes to algae in Lake Apopka, Florida Roger W. BachmannMark V. HoyerDaniel E. Canfield Jr. OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 227
Lentic macroinvertebrate assemblage structure along gradients in spatial heterogeneity, habitat size and water chemistry Jani Heino OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 242
Fouling of gastropods: a role for parasites? Kim N. MouritsenGyda M. Bay OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 246