1. Development of a multimetric index based on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities to assess water quality of rice fields in southern Brazil

   • Susane Melo
   • Cristina Stenert
   • Leonardo Maltchik

   Primary Research Paper 18 July 2014 Pages: 1 - 14

   

2. The importance of dissolved N:P ratios on mayfly (Baetis spp.) growth in high-nutrient detritus-based streams

   • Carrie A. Deans
   • Spencer T. Behmer
   • Neal Voelz

   Primary Research Paper 19 July 2014 Pages: 15 - 26

   

3. Pilot acoustic tracking study on adult spiny lobsters (Palinurus mauritanicus) and spider crabs (Maja squinado) within an artificial reef

   • Guiomar Rotllant
   • Jacopo Aguzzi
   • Francisco Sardà

   Primary Research Paper 17 July 2014 Pages: 27 - 38

   

4. A food web analysis of the Río de la Plata estuary and adjacent shelf ecosystem: trophic structure, biomass flows, and the role of fisheries

   • Diego Lercari
   • Sebastían Horta
   • Leandro Bergamino

   Primary Research Paper 20 July 2014 Pages: 39 - 58

   

5. Factors affecting trematode infection rates in freshwater mussels

   • Tomasz Müller
   • Marcin Czarnoleski
   • Dominika Dragosz-Kluska

   Primary Research Paper Open access 20 July 2014 Pages: 59 - 70

   

6. Biomass-dependent effects of age-0 common carp on aquatic ecosystems

   • Michael J. Weber
   • Michael L. Brown

   Primary Research Paper 20 July 2014 Pages: 71 - 80

   

7. Environmental cues during overland dispersal by three freshwater invaders: Eriocheir sinensis, Pacifastacus leniusculus, and Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea, Decapoda)

   • M. Marques
   • F. Banha
   • P. Anastácio

   Primary Research Paper 19 July 2014 Pages: 81 - 93

   

8. Invertebrate communities delineate hydro-ecoregions and respond to anthropogenic disturbance in East-Amazonian streams

   • Nicolas Dedieu
   • Régis Vigouroux
   • Régis Céréghino

   Primary Research Paper 17 July 2014 Pages: 95 - 105

   

9. The modern distribution of chironomid sub-fossils (Insecta: Diptera) in Costa Rica and the development of a regional chironomid-based temperature inference model

   • Jiaying Wu
   • David F. Porinchu
   • Kurt A. Haberyan

   Primary Research Paper 01 August 2014 Pages: 107 - 127

   

10. Temporal variation of phytophilous Chironomidae over a 11-year period in a shallow Neotropical lake in southern Brazil

    • Juliana Souza da Silva
    • Edélti Faria Albertoni
    • Cleber Palma-Silva

    Primary Research Paper 19 July 2014 Pages: 129 - 140

    

11. Climate-forced patterns in midge feeding guilds

    • Tomi P. Luoto
    • Liisa Nevalainen

    Primary Research Paper 18 July 2014 Pages: 141 - 152

    

12. Predicting the constraint effect of environmental characteristics on macroinvertebrate density and diversity using quantile regression mixed model

    • Riccardo Fornaroli
    • R. Cabrini
    • S. Canobbio

    Primary Research Paper 22 July 2014 Pages: 153 - 167

    

13. The rise and fall of the Lower Mississippi: effects of hydrologic connection on floodplain backwaters

    • Orathai Pongruktham
    • Clifford Ochs

    Primary Research Paper 30 July 2014 Pages: 169 - 183

    

14. Zooplankton response to climate warming: a mesocosm experiment at contrasting temperatures and nutrient levels

    • Michal Šorf
    • Thomas A. Davidson
    • Erik Jeppesen

    Primary Research Paper 06 August 2014 Pages: 185 - 203

    

15. Distribution patterns of supralittoral arthropods: wrack deposits as a source of food and refuge on exposed sandy beaches (SW Spain)

    • Mª Carmen Ruiz-Delgado
    • Mª José Reyes-Martínez
    • Francisco José García-García

    Primary Research Paper 01 August 2014 Pages: 205 - 219

    

16. Bacterial community structure in freshwater springs infested with the invasive plant species Hydrilla verticillata

    • N. Gordon-Bradley
    • N. Li
    • H. N. Williams

    Primary Research Paper 22 August 2014 Pages: 221 - 232

    

17. Comparison of diatom community structure from epilithon and fish guts: implications for inferring past changes in water quality

    • Tomáš Bešta
    • Milan Muška
    • Jakub Těšitel

    Primary Research Paper 10 August 2014 Pages: 233 - 248

    

18. The relative importance of spatial and environmental processes in distribution of benthic chironomid larvae within a large and shallow lake

    • Diána Árva
    • Mónika Tóth
    • András Specziár

    Primary Research Paper 01 August 2014 Pages: 249 - 266

    

19. Stress tolerance and population stability of rock pool Daphnia in relation to local conditions and population isolation

    • Yi-Fan Liao
    • Leanne K. Faulks
    • Örjan Östman

    Primary Research Paper 03 August 2014 Pages: 267 - 278

    

20. Distinct or similar? Soft bottom polychaete diversity in Arctic and Antarctic glacial fjords

    • Krzysztof Pabis
    • Monika Kędra
    • Sławomira Gromisz

    Primary Research Paper Open access 03 August 2014 Pages: 279 - 294

    

21. Identifying reference conditions for dimictic north German lowland lakes: implications from paleoecological studies for implementing the EU-Water Framework Directive

    • Thomas Hübener
    • Sven Adler
    • Mirko Dreßler

    Primary Research Paper 19 August 2014 Pages: 295 - 312

    

22. Transgenerational and within-generational induction of defensive morphology in Brachionus calyciflorus (Rotifera): importance of maternal effect

    • Xu Wang Yin
    • Nai Xi Zhao
    • Zheng Nan Zhang

    Primary Research Paper 06 August 2014 Pages: 313 - 325

    

23. Seasonal movements and residency of small-bodied fish in a north temperate urban watershed demonstrate connectivity between a stream and stormwater drain

    • S. M. Bliss
    • J. D. Midwood
    • S. J. Cooke

    Primary Research Paper 12 August 2014 Pages: 327 - 338