International Review of Hydrobiology brings together problem-orientated research. In an economically and environmentally changing world; we look for knowledge-driven ideas.

The challenges facing marine and freshwater biology are our focus. Our mission is to translate science into policy, allowing us to understand global systems yet act on a regional scale. Interdisciplinary in nature, editors welcome articles that cover all aspects of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity studies on ecosystem functioning.

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Catchment-Scale Eucalyptus Plantation Effects on Tropical Streams

Alessandra Peil, Guilherme Sena, Raiane S. Rabelo, Renan de Souza Rezende, Verónica Ferreira, Alan M. Tonin, José Francisco Gonçalves Junior, 
  •  23 June 2025
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Trichoptera, Odonata, and Diptera as Efficient Surrogate Taxa for Monitoring Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Urban Amazonian Streams

Sheyla R. M. Couceiro, Neusa Hamada, Karina Dias-Silva, Renato T. Martins, 
  •  19 June 2025
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  •  16 June 2025
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Research on aquatic ecosystems ‐ freshwater and marine environments and their management

  •  1-1
  •  16 June 2025
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Rotifera Occurrence and Diversity in the Groundwater Wells of a Major European Wetland Complex

Jolanta Ejsmont-Karabin, Maciej Karpowicz, 
  •  22-28
  •  9 June 2025
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Michael Hupfer, Jörg Lewandowski, 
  •  415-432
  •  15 October 2008
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Causes and consequences of biotic homogenization in freshwater ecosystems

Danielle Katharine Petsch, 
  •  113-122
  •  4 October 2016
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The Role of Invertebrates on Leaf Litter Decomposition in Streams – a Review

Manuel A.S. Graça, 
  •  383-393
  •  30 July 2001
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William M. Lewis, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, 
  •  446-465
  •  15 October 2008
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A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams

Manuel A. S. Graça, Verónica Ferreira, Cristina Canhoto, Andrea C. Encalada, Francisco Guerrero-Bolaño, Karl M. Wantzen, Luz Boyero, 
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  •  12 January 2015
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