In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

The classical approach of limnologists has been to consider the interactions between lake
ecosystem components as an unidirectional flow of influence from nutrients to the …

Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic
ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology …

Recent studies have increasingly demonstrated the widespread existence of spatio-
temporal variations in the abundance and distribution of species of freshwater fishes …

About 40% of all fish species occur in freshwater, although only 1% of the globe is occupied
by freshwaters. The tropics harbour a high percentage of these fishes. Freshwater …

Lakes and reservoirs are traditionally characterised from static morphological or chemical
parameters such as depth and dissolved solids, while the dynamic impact of shifting water …

Although reservoirs are similar to natural lakes in many respects, such driving forces as
water retention time and watershed features can play important roles in the limnology of …

Silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Val.), feeds on both phyto‐and zooplankton and
has been used in lake biomanipulation studies to suppress algal biomass. Because reports …

1. Pampulha Lake has undergone rapid eutrophication. Annual maxima of total phosphorus
and conductivity increased steadily from 1993 to 1996. Nitrogen quickly decreased after …

Jurumirim is a large tropical reservoir with remarkable spatial gradients. This structure
seems to be determined by a longitudinal gradient in the trophic conditions along the main …