Freshwater Science (FWS) publishes articles that advance understanding and environmental stewardship of all types of inland aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs, subterranean, and estuaries) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats (wetlands, riparian areas, and floodplains).
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This month's featured article: Joseph M. Culp, Jennifer Lento, R. Allen Curry, Eric Luiker, and Daryl Halliwell. Arctic biodiversity of stream macroinvertebrates declines in response to latitudinal change in the abiotic template. Freshwater Science 38(3): 465-479.
This month's featured article: Daniel C. Allen, Darin A. Kopp, Katie H. Costigan, Thibault Datry, Bernard Hugueny, Dale S. Turner, Gita S. Bodner, and Timothy J. Flood. Citizen scientists document long-term streamflow declines in intermittent rivers of the desert southwest, USA. Freshwater Science 38(2): 244-256.
This month's featured article: Katrin Schmidt, Richard G. Pearson, Ross A. Alford, and Robert Puschendorf. Tadpole species have variable roles in litter breakdown, sediment removal, and nutrient cycling in a tropical stream. Freshwater Science 38(1):103–112.
This month's featured article: Sweeny, B.W., D.H. Funk, A.A. Camp, D.B. Buchwalter, and J.K. Jackson. 2017. Why adult mayflies of Cloeon dipterum (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) become smaller as temperature warms. Freshwater Science 37(1): 64-81.
This month's featured article: David M. Walters, Morgan A. Ford, Robert E. Zuellig. 2017. A digital reference collection for aquatic macroinvertebrates of North America. Freshwater Science 36(4): 693-697.
This month's featured article: S. H. Ensign, M. W. Doyle, J. R. Gardner. 2017. Perspectives: New strategies for measuring rates of environmental processes in rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Freshwater Science 36(3): 453-465.
