1. Morphological and physiological traits of aquatic macrophytes respond to water chemistry in the Amazon Basin: an example of the genus Montrichardia Crueg (Araceae)

   • Aline Lopes
   • Pia Parolin
   • Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade

   Primary Research Paper 19 August 2015 Pages: 1 - 15

   

2. In-stream litter decomposition along an altitudinal gradient: does substrate quality matter?

   • Aingeru Martínez
   • Silvia Monroy
   • Jesús Pozo

   Primary Research Paper 09 August 2015 Pages: 17 - 28

   

3. Effect of light on particulate and dissolved organic matter production of native and exotic macrophyte species in Patagonia

   • Florencia Cuassolo
   • Marcela Bastidas Navarro
   • Beatriz Modenutti

   Primary Research Paper 03 September 2015 Pages: 29 - 42

   

4. Inter- and intra-basin phenotypic variation in two riverine cichlids from northeastern Brazil: potential eco-evolutionary damages of São Francisco interbasin water transfer

   • Waldir M. Berbel-Filho
   • Pablo A. Martinez
   • Sergio M. Q. Lima

   Primary Research Paper 02 September 2015 Pages: 43 - 56

   

5. Using macroinvertebrates for ecosystem health assessment in semi-arid streams of Burkina Faso

   • Idrissa Kaboré
   • O. Moog
   • A. H. Melcher

   Primary Research Paper 08 September 2015 Pages: 57 - 74

   

6. Light history-dependent respiration explains the hysteresis in the daily ecosystem metabolism of seagrass

   • Matthew P. Adams
   • Angus J. P. Ferguson
   • Katherine R. O’Brien

   Primary Research Paper 30 August 2015 Pages: 75 - 88

   

7. Effects of substrate size and cleaning regime on growth and survival of captive-bred juvenile freshwater pearl mussels, Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

   • Louise Lavictoire
   • Evelyn Moorkens
   • Roger A. Sweeting

   Primary Research Paper 04 September 2015 Pages: 89 - 102

   

8. Modeling habitat preferences of Caspian kutum, Rutilus frisii kutum (Kamensky, 1901) (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes) in the Caspian Sea

   • Ali Haghi Vayghan
   • Rahmat Zarkami
   • Hasan Fazli

   Primary Research Paper 01 September 2015 Pages: 103 - 119

   

9. Effects of food availability on asexual reproduction and stress tolerance along the fast–slow life history continuum in freshwater hydra (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)

   • Jácint Tökölyi
   • Flóra Bradács
   • Zoltán Barta

   Primary Research Paper 01 September 2015 Pages: 121 - 133

   

10. Effects of nutrient enrichment on epipelic diatom assemblages in a nutrient-rich lowland stream, Pampa Region, Argentina

    • M. Licursi
    • N. Gómez
    • S. Sabater

    Primary Research Paper 03 September 2015 Pages: 135 - 150

    

11. Quantitative effects of pycnocline and dissolved oxygen on vertical distribution of moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l.: a case study of Mikawa Bay, Japan

    • Kentaro S. Suzuki
    • Akira Yasuda
    • Yasuyuki Nogata

    Primary Research Paper 02 September 2015 Pages: 151 - 163

    

12. Sharing the load: a survey of parasitism in the invasive freshwater pulmonate, Physa acuta (Hygrophila: Physidae) and sympatric native snail populations

    • D. Rex Mitchell
    • Tommy L. F. Leung

    Primary Research Paper 03 September 2015 Pages: 165 - 172

    

13. Light absorption properties of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary

    • Bin Wang
    • Lisa Axe
    • Liping Wei

    Primary Research Paper 07 September 2015 Pages: 173 - 188

    

14. More is not necessarily better: the interaction between insect population density and culture age of fungus on the control of invasive weed water hyacinth

    • Puja Ray
    • Martin P. Hill

    Primary Research Paper 02 September 2015 Pages: 189 - 200

    

15. Microhabitat selection and diel patterns of zooplankton in a Mediterranean temporary pond

    • Jordi Compte
    • Marc Montenegro
    • Dani Boix

    Primary Research Paper 05 September 2015 Pages: 201 - 213

    

16. Response of Vallisneria spinulosa (Hydrocharitaceae) to contrasting nitrogen loadings in controlled lake mesocosms

    • Suting Zhao
    • Liyan Yin
    • Wei Li

    Primary Research Paper 07 September 2015 Pages: 215 - 223

    

17. Population genetic structure of the shovel-nosed lobster Thenus unimaculatus (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) in Indian waters based on RAPD and mitochondrial gene sequences

    • N. S. Jeena
    • A. Gopalakrishnan
    • P. K. Asokan

    Primary Research Paper 08 September 2015 Pages: 225 - 236

    

18. Trophic overlap between native and invasive stream crayfish

    • Daniel D. Magoulick
    • Glenn L. Piercey

    Primary Research Paper 04 September 2015 Pages: 237 - 246

    

19. Comparison of small remotely operated vehicles and diver-operated video of circalittoral benthos

    • Joana Boavida
    • Jorge Assis
    • Jorge M. S. Gonçalves

    Primary Research Paper 04 September 2015 Pages: 247 - 260

    

20. Element-specific downward fluxes impact the metabolism and vegetation of kettle holes

    • Andreas Kleeberg
    • Marielle Neyen
    • Thomas Kalettka

    Primary Research Paper 15 September 2015 Pages: 261 - 274

    

21. Terrestrial runoff boosts phytoplankton in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon, but these effects do not propagate to higher trophic levels

    • A. Liess
    • O. Rowe
    • C. L. Faithfull

    Primary Research Paper 21 September 2015 Pages: 275 - 291

    

22. Acclimation of Potamogeton perfoliatus L. to periphyton accumulation-induced spectral changes in irradiance

    • Viktor R. Tóth
    • Stephanie C. J. Palmer

    Primary Research Paper 02 September 2015 Pages: 293 - 304

    

23. Discerning patterns of diversity from biogeographical distributions: testing models of metacommunity dynamics using non-marine ostracodes from San Salvador Island, Bahamas

    • Andrew V. Michelson
    • Lisa E. Park Boush
    • Jean J. Pan

    Primary Research Paper 25 September 2015 Pages: 305 - 319

    

24. Habitat complexity and food item size modify the foraging behaviour of a freshwater fish

    • Gregory P. D. Murray
    • Richard A. Stillman
    • J. Robert Britton

    Primary Research Paper 09 September 2015 Pages: 321 - 332

    

25. Foraging specialisms influence space use and movement patterns of the European eel Anguilla anguilla

    • J. Barry
    • M. Newton
    • C. E. Adams

    Primary Research Paper 05 September 2015 Pages: 333 - 348

    

26. Biogenic calcareous growth on the ribbed mussel Aulacomya atra (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) favours polydorid boring (Polychaeta: Spionidae)

    • M. E. Diez
    • N. Vázquez
    • F. Cremonte

    Primary Research Paper 08 September 2015 Pages: 349 - 355

    

27. Experimental evidence indicates that native freshwater fish outperform introduced Gambusia in mosquito suppression when water temperature is below 25°C

    • Craig Lawrence
    • Neil Rutherford
    • Dean Meredith

    Primary Research Paper Open access 11 September 2015 Pages: 357 - 364

28. The spatial pattern of larval fish assemblages in the lower reach of the Yangtze River: potential influences of river–lake connectivity and tidal intrusion

    • Peng Ren
    • Hu He
    • Songguang Xie

    Primary Research Paper 07 September 2015 Pages: 365 - 379

    

29. Trait-based responses of caddisfly assemblages to the partial channelization of a High-Andean stream

    • Juan David González-Trujillo

    Primary Research Paper 10 September 2015 Pages: 381 - 392