Short Time Scale Changes in Underwater Irradiance in a Wind-exposed Lagoon (Vaccarès Lagoon, France): Efficiency of Infrequent Field Measurements of Water Turbidity or Weather Data to Predict Irradiance in the Water Column Damien BanasPatrick GrillasBertrand Millet OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 16
An Under-appreciated Component of Biodiversity in Plankton Communities: The Role of Protozoa in Lake Michigan (A Case Study) Hunter J. Carrick OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 32
Alteration of Fish Diversity Downstream from Petit-Saut Dam in French Guiana. Implication of Ecological Strategies of Fish Species Bernard de MéronaRégis VigourouxFrancisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 47
Spatio-temporal Patterns of Protozoan Communities in a Meso-eutrophic Reservoir (Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg) Véronique JacquetNicole LairHenry-Michel Cauchie OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 60
A Preliminary Study of Heterotrophic Picoflagellates Using Oligonucleotidic Probes in Lake Pavin Emilie LefèvreJean-François CarriasChristian Amblard OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 67
Spatio-temporal Investigations on the Planktonic Organisms of the Middle Loire (France), During the Low Water Period: Biodiversity and Community Dynamics Virginie PicardNicole Lair OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 86
Diverse Responses of Planktonic Crustaceans to Fish Predation by Shifts in Depth Selection and Size at Maturity Isabelle ThysLucien Hoffmann OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 98
Distribution of Hepatotoxic Cyanobacterial Blooms in Belgium and Luxembourg Raphaël WillameTomasz JurczakLucien Hoffmann OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 117
Relations Between River Plant Richness in the Portuguese Floodplains and the Widespread Water Knotgrass (Paspalum Paspalodes) Ivan BernezMaria Teresa FerreiraFrancisca Aguiar OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 130
Ecological, Dynamic and Taxonomic Problems Due to Ludwigia (Onagraceae) in France Sophie DandelotRégine VerlaqueArlette Cazaubon OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 136
Patterns of Biological Invasions in French Freshwater Systems by Non-Indigenous Macroinvertebrates Simon DevinLoïc BollacheJean-Nicolas Beisel OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 146
Response of Elodea Nuttallii (Planch.) H. St. John to Manual Harvesting in the North-East of France Fiorant Di NinoGabrielle ThiébautSerge Muller OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 157
Macrophytic Communities Inhabiting the Huveaune (South-East France), a River Subject to Natural and Anthropic Disturbances Hussein Abou-HamdanJacques HauryArlette Cazaubon OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 170
Functional Differences Among Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Reference Streams of Same Order in a Given Biogeographic Area Virginie ArchaimbaultPhilippe Usseglio-PolateraJean-Pierre Vanden Bossche OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 182
The Ability of Aquatic Macrophytes to Assess Fish Farm Pollution in Two Salmon Rivers Hervé DanielIvan BernezDidier Le Coeur OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191
A Top-down Approach for the Development of a Stream Typology Based on Abiotic Variables Martial FerréolAlain DohetLucien Hoffmann OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 208
Diatom Communities and Water Quality Assessment in Mountain Rivers of the Upper Segre Basin (La Cerdanya, Oriental Pyrenees) Joan GomàFrédéric RimetLuc Ector OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 225
Biodiversity and Structure of Macroinvertebrate Communities Along a Small Permanent Salinity Gradient (Meurthe River, France) Christophe PiscartJean-Claude MoreteauJean-Nicolas Beisel OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 236
Odonata, Amphibia and Environmental Characteristics in Motorway Stormwater Retention Ponds (Southern France) Olivier ScherAlain Thièry OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 251
Characterization, Ecological Status and Type-specific Reference Conditions of Surface Water Bodies in Wallonia (Belgium) using Biocenotic Metrics based on Benthic Invertebrate Communities Jean-Pierre Vanden BosschePhilippe Usseglio-Polatera OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 271