Freshwater Biology publishes papers on all aspects of the ecology of inland surface waters, including rivers and lakes, connected ground waters, flood plains and other wetlands. We publish studies of micro-organisms, algae, macrophytes, invertebrates, fish and other vertebrates, as well as those concerning whole systems and related physical and chemical aspects of the environment. Manuscripts with an experimental or conceptual flavour are especially welcome, as are those which integrate laboratory and field work, and studies from less well researched areas of the world.

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Special Issue:Freshwater Biodiversity and Conservation Planning
with accompanying Virtual Issue

Freshwater biodiversity is declining rapidly all around the world as a result of human activities that concentrated on rivers, lakes and wetlands and their catchments. Managers and policy-makers seek conservation solutions that will protect and improve biodiversity while minimizing costs and social impacts on users and inhabitants of the catchment.

Systematic conservation planning relies on a group of powerful quantitative tools to prioritize conservation actions and direct conservation efforts to places where the greatest gains can be achieved at the lowest cost. Although these tools have been widely and successfully used in terrestrial and marine settings, they have only recently been adapted to the freshwater realm, in part because freshwater ecosystems pose unique challenges.
This Special Issue presents eleven papers from leading experts on five continents, and deals with running waters, wetlands, and lakes and a variety of taxa, including fishes, plants and invertebrates. These papers show that a wide range of approaches in systematic conservation planning can successfully be adapted for use in freshwater systems. Focal topics in the Special Issue include optimal spatial prioritization, use of modern statistical techniques, multiple ways to include connectivity in conservation planning, applications to data-poor regions, use of coarse filter-fine filter approaches, use of biodiversity surrogates, hierarchical protection strategies and other cutting-edge ideas.
This Special Issue will interest conservation planners, water and catchment managers, freshwater biologists and ecologists and anyone interested in the conservation of freshwater biodiversity.

• Read the issue online
• Read the accompanying Virtual Issue
  
  

Virtual Issue Published
Commemorating 25 years of editing by Hildrew & Townsend, this online only Virtual Issue takes a look back over the highlights of their time with the journal. Read all the articles for free online. Read articles here.

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Special Issues
Freshwater Biology publishes 2-3 themed issues each year which are available at the special single-issue price of £25 each. Visit the Special Issues page for more information.

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Special Issues
Freshwater Biology publishes 2-3 themed issues each year which are available at the special single-issue price of £25.00 each. Visit the Special Issues page for more information.

Links to Related Sites
Blackwell Ecology - Wiley-Blackwell's ecology subject site
Fishknowledge.com - covering technical and scientific aspects of commercial fishing, fish farming, and the commercial and environment management of aquatic resources.
http://www.benthos.org/ - The North American Benthological Society (NABS) is an international scientific organization whose purpose is to promote better understanding of the biotic communities of lake and stream bottoms and their role in aquatic ecosystems, by providing media and disseminating new investigation results, new interpretations, and other benthological information to aquatic biologists and to the scientific community at large.

Useful Links

Freshwater Biological Association
British Ecological Society
Ecological Society of Australia
South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Italian Society of Ecology
PISCES Conservation Ltd