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  • In situ effects of arsenic, aluminium and chromium stresses on algal periphyton of the river Ganga at Varanasi, India

    Arpana Yadav, Lalit Kumar Pandey
    30-06-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2112
    1827
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  • Sediment records of the metal pollution at Chihu Lake near a copper mine at the middle Yangtze River in China

    Shuchun Yao, Bin Xue
    14-09-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1241
    3331
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  • Calcium and sodium as regulators of the recovery of four Daphnia species along a gradient of metal and base cations in metal contaminated lakes in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

    Martha Patricia Celis-Salgado, Wendel (Bill) Keller, Norman D. Yan
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1271
    3401
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  • Co-selection of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance in freshwater bacteria

    Andrea Di Cesare, Ester Eckert, Gianluca Corno
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1198
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  • Geochemical assessment of lake sediments in protected areas in Poland – a search for reference condition

    Joanna Cieślewicz, Mirosław Kobierski, Marcin Cichosz
    26-06-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1582
    3583
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  • Arrive, survive and thrive: essential stages in the re-colonization and recovery of zooplankton in urban lakes in Sudbury, Canada

    Norman D. Yan, John Bailey, James C. McGeer, Marina M. Manca, Wendel (Bill) Keller, Martha P. Celis-Salgado, John M. Gunn
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1226
    4320
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  • Environmental variability and human activity over the past 140 years documented by sediments of Ebinur Lake in arid central Asia

    Wen Liu, Long Ma, Jinglu Wu, Jilili Abuduwaili
    18-05-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1587
    3949
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  • Response of freshwater periphytic diatoms to elevated cadmium concentration: results of an experimental study

    Gediminas Petrenas, Martynas Kazlauskas, Jūratė Karosienė
    15-10-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2025.2230
    562
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  • Catchment liming creates recolonization opportunity for sensitive invertebrates in a smelter impacted landscape

    John M. Gunn, Brian W. Kielstra, Erik Szkokan-Emilson
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1201
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  • Scaled-chrysophyte assemblage changes in the sediment records of lakes recovering from marked acidification and metal contamination near Wawa, Ontario, Canada

    Christine M. Greenaway, Andrew M. Paterson, Wendel (Bill) Keller, John P. Smol
    e29
    24-07-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e29
    3620
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  • Response of Bosmina size structure to the acidification and recovery of lakes near Sudbury, Canada

    Andrew L. Labaj, Jennifer B. Korosi, Joshua Kurek, Adam Jeziorski, Wendel (Bill) Keller, John P. Smol
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1183
    3106
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  • Sedimentary geochemical record of human-induced environmental changes in Huanggaihu Lake in the middle reach of the Yangtze River, China

    Shuchun Yao, Bin Xue
    07-07-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.957
    3098
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  • Unexpected increases in rotifer resting egg abundances during the period of contamination of Lake Orta

    Roberta Piscia, Simone Tabozzi, Roberta Bettinetti, Liisa Nevalainen, Marina M. Manca
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1300
    3929
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  • The environmental requirements of Crunoecia irrorata (Curtis, 1834) (Trichoptera: Lepidostomatidae) and the potential of the species for use as an indicator: an example from the Vistulian glaciation area

    Anna Rychła, Edyta Buczyńska, Anna Maria Szczucińska
    30-01-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1108
    4072
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  • Lake-wide assessment of trace elements in surface sediments and water of Lake Sevan

    Gor Gevorgyan, Wolf von Tuempling, Gayane Shahnazaryan, Kurt Friese, Martin Schultze
    10-05-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2096
    2108
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  • Lake Orta chemical status 25 years after liming: problems solved and emerging critical issues

    Michela Rogora, Lyudmila Kamburska, Rosario Mosello, Gabriele Tartari
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1320
    3649
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  • What have we learned about ecological recovery from liming interventions of acid lakes in Canada and Italy?

    Marina M. Manca, Carla Bonacina, Norman D. Yan
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1387
    3122
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  • A 100-year record of climate change and human activities inferred from the geochemical composition of sediments in Chaiwopu Lake, arid northwest China

    Wen Liu, Jinglu Wu, Xiangliang Pan
    07-01-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1301
    4192
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  • Geochemistry of major and trace elements and their environmental significances in core sediments from Bosten Lake, arid northwestern China Geochemistry of Bosten Lake sediments in northwest China

    Wen Liu, Jilili Abuduwaili, Long Ma
    12-04-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1875
    2351
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  • Rotifers in Lake Orta: a potential ecological and evolutionary model system

    Stefan Sommer, Sarma Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma, Arpat Ozgul, Diego Fontaneto
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1276
    4205
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  • Assessing the potential environmental factors affecting cladoceran assemblage composition in arsenic-contaminated lakes near abandoned silver mines

    Branaavan Sivarajah, Jesse C. Vermaire, John P. Smol
    17-05-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2004
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  • First ecological analysis of lacustrine testate amoebae in Guatemala: A case study from the highland Lake Chichoj

    Andrea Eunice Rodas-Moran, Carlos Avendaño, Itzel Sigala, Bessie Evelyn Oliva-Hernandez
    30-11-2022
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2082
    3427
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  • Past, present and future of the fish community of Lake Orta (Italy), one of the world’s largest acidified lakes

    Pietro Volta, Norman D. Yan, John M. Gunn
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1319
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  • When and how? Freshwater mussel recolonization in Lake Orta

    Nicoletta Riccardi, Elsa Froufe, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Claudio Mazzoli
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1286
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  • Ecological drivers of testate amoeba diversity in tropical water bodies of central Mexico Drivers of testate amoeba diversity in tropical water bodies

    Itzel Sigala Regalado, Socorro Lozano García, Liseth Pérez Alvarado, Margarita Caballero, Alfonso Lugo Vázquez
    21-06-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1699
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  • Effect of water quality on the feeding ecology of axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum

    Diego de Jesus Chaparro-Herrera, Sarma Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma
    e46
    21-10-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e46
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  • Physical and chemical characteristics of 1300 lakes and ponds across the Canadian Arctic Characteristics of Canadian Arctic lakes and ponds

    Tanner Liang, Julian Aherne
    02-09-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1973
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  • Metal concentrations in Unio pictorum mancus (Mollusca, Lamellibranchia) from of 12 Northern Italian lakes in relation to their trophic level

    Oscar RAVERA, Gian Maria BEONE, Roberto CENCI, Paolo LODIGIANI
    121-138
    01-08-2003
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2003.121
    2711
    Downloads: 851
  • Long-term persistence of sedimentary copper contamination in Lake Orta: potential environmental risks 20 years after liming

    Davide A.L. Vignati, Roberta Bettinetti, Aldo Marchetto
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1232
    3564
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  • Potential use of ecotoxicological biomarkers in Serratella ignita (Ephemeroptera) larvae for Alcantara river (Sicily, Italy) water quality assessment

    Roberta Minutoli, Antonia Granata, Letterio Guglielmo
    e32
    10-06-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e32
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  • Genome instability in Chironomus annularius sensu Strenzke (Diptera, Chironomidae): A biomarker for assessment of the heavy metal contaminants in Poland Genome instability of Chironomus annularius sensu Strenzke (Diptera, Chironomidae) in response to pollution

    Paraskeva Michailova, Julia Ilkova, Ewa Szarek-Gwiazda, Andrzej Kownacki, Dariusz Ciszewski
    28-05-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1710
    1642
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  • Mechanisms underlying recovery of zooplankton in Lake Orta after liming

    Roberta Piscia, Norman D. Yan, Marina M. Manca
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1353
    3955
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  • Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of freshwater sponges – the Danube and Sava rivers case study

    Stefan Andjus, Nadja Nikolic, Valerija Dobricic, Ana Marjanovic, Zoran Gacic, Goran Brankovic, Maja Rakovic, Momir Paunovic
    21-12-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1677
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  • Aquatic Diptera and their relationship with environmental variables in the lower part of the semi-arid Quilca-Chili River basin, Arequipa, Peru

    Climaco Pastor Coayla Peñaloza, Gonzalo Moises Huisa Aguilar, Melissa Edith Maldonado Colque, Cynhia Brizeth Chambi Quicara, Fernando Cobo
    10-11-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2025.2228
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  • Ecological effects of multiple stressors on a deep lake (Lago Maggiore, Italy) integrating neo and palaeolimnological approaches

    Piero Guilizzoni, Suzanne N. Levine, Marina Manca, Aldo Marchetto, Andrea Lami, Walter Ambrosetti, Achim Brauer, Stefano Gerli, Elisabetta A. Carrara, Angelo Rolla, Licia Guzzella, Davide A.L. Vignati
    e1
    19-01-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e1
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  • Macroinvertebrate biodiversity patterns during primary succession in manmade ponds in north-eastern Spain

    Leticia Miguel-Chinchilla, Dani Boix, Stephanie Gascón, Francisco A. Comín
    13-03-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.936
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  • A ~150-year record of human impact in the Lake Wuliangsu (China) watershed: evidence from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and organochlorine pesticide distributions in sediments

    Beibei Shen, Jinglu Wu, Zhonghua Zhao
    31-10-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1529
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  • Phytoplankton assemblages in Lake Orta: has functional structure recovered in one of the largest acidic lakes in the world?

    Giuseppe Morabito
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1381
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  • Biomonitoring of selected freshwater macrophytes to assess lake trace element contamination: a case study of Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat, India

    Nirmal J.I. KUMAR, Hiren SONI, Rita N. KUMAR
    9-16
    01-02-2006
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2006.9
    3495
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  • Aeolian particle transport inferred using a ~150-year sediment record from Sayram Lake, arid northwest China

    Long Ma, Jinglu Wu, Jilili Abuduwaili, Wen Liu
    28-05-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1208
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  • Seasonal variation of mercury and δ15N in fish from Lake Heddalsvatn, southern Norway

    Clara E. Moreno, Eirik Fjeld, Min K. Deshar, Espen Lydersen
    11-06-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.918
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  • Complex effects of acidification, habitat properties and fish stock on littoral macroinvertebrate assemblages in montane standing waters

    Jana Petruželová, Jindřiška Bojková, Jan Sychra, Vanda Šorfová, Vendula Polášková, Jaroslav Vrba
    11-01-2022
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2053
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  • Demographic cost and mechanisms of adaptation to environmental stress in resurrected Daphnia

    Stefan Sommer, Roberta Piscia, Marina M. Manca, Diego Fontaneto, Arpat Ozgul
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1292
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  • A curious case: caddisfly cases built from brick and sewage overflow microplastics

    Auke Florian Hiemstra, Isabel van der Velden, Bram Koese, Ralf C.M. Verdonschot, Barbara Gravendeel, Menno Schilthuizen
    19-05-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2025.2212
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  • Nutrient conditions and chironomid productivity in Kolkata, India: assessment for biomonitoring and ecological management

    Soumi Nandi, Gautam Aditya, Goutam K. Saha
    e34
    24-07-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e34
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  • First phase of macroinvertebrate repopulation of Lake Orta (Buccione Basin) after liming

    Anna Maria NOCENTINI, Angela BOGGERO, Giovanna DE MARGARITIS, Marcella GIANATTI
    110-126
    01-02-2001
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2001.110
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  • Impact of potash mining in streams: the Llobregat basin (northeast Spain) as a case study

    Ruben Ladrera, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, Narcís Prat
    29-12-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1525
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  • Rapid recovery of normal gill morphology and blood physiology in brown trout (Salmo trutta) after short-term exposure to toxic concentrations of aqueous aluminium under non-steady state chemical conditions

    Antonio Bjørn Stefano Poléo, Birgitte Marie Kjelsberg, Nina Alstad Rukke, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad
    17-05-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2000
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  • An index for estimating the potential impact on the environment of the pollutant content in aquatic populations

    Oscar RAVERA
    70-74
    01-02-2008
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2008.70
    3077
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  • Zooplankton predators and prey: body size and stable isotope to investigate the pelagic food web in a deep lake (Lake Iseo, Northern Italy)

    Barbara Leoni
    23-09-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1490
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    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2107
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  • Seasonality of the N2O cycle of the Biobío River during the megadrought Nitrous oxide during a megadrought

    Marcela Cornejo-D'Ottone, Ricardo Figueroa, Oscar Parra
    27-09-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1767
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  • Colonization of constructed ponds by crustacean zooplankton: local and regional influences

    Chantal Audet, Shannon MacPhee, Wendel Keller
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    09-10-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e43
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  • Anuran larvae diet from agroecosystem’s ponds: environmental quality and implications for their populations

    Selene Babini, Luciana Cibils Martina, Elisa Luque, Noemi Gari, Nancy Salas, Adolfo L. Martino
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    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1455
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  • Feeding patterns in Eubranchipus grubii (Dybowski 1860) (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) and its potential influence on the phytoplankton communities of vernal pools

    Sofia Celewicz, Michał Jan Czyż, Bartłomiej Gołdyn
    29-03-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1705
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    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2036
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  • Development of a flexible dialysis pore water sampler placement system: easy handling and related error sources

    Stephan Hilgert, Friedrich Gauger, Sebastian Hölzlwimmerl, Stephan Fuchs
    02-12-2014
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    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2144
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  • Evaluation of ecological quality in peri-urban rivers in Mexico City: a proposal for identifying and validating reference sites using benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators

    Angela Caro-Borrero, Javier Carmona Jiménez, Marisa Mazari Hiriart
    18-08-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1304
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  • Compensatory growth in Microcystis aeruginosa after moderate high-temperature exposure

    Wei Han, Yuanshu Jing, Ting Li
    22-04-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1164
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  • The use of aquatic moss (Fontinalis antipyretica) as monitor of contamination in standing and running waters: limits and advantages

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    01-09-2001
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2001.s1.53
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    Svein Birger Wærvågen, Tom Andersen
    05-12-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1685
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