| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Ecological responses to altered flow regimes: a literature review to inform the science and management of environmental flows | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 1,588 |
| 2 | How much water does a river need? | Freshwater Biology | 1997 | 1,251 |
| 3 | The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 1,227 |
| 4 | The thermal regime of rivers: a review | Freshwater Biology | 2006 | 1,225 |
| 5 | The ecological significance of exchange processes between rivers and groundwater | Freshwater Biology | 1997 | 1,133 |
| 6 | Leaf processing in a woodland stream* | Freshwater Biology | 1974 | 1,092 |
| 7 | Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies | Freshwater Biology | 2005 | 1,080 |
| 8 | Tangled webs: reciprocal flows of invertebrate prey link streams and riparian zones | Freshwater Biology | 2005 | 920 |
| 9 | Species traits in relation to a habitat templet for river systems | Freshwater Biology | 1994 | 911 |
| 10 | Riverine landscape diversity | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 854 |
| 11 | Ecological effects of perturbation by drought in flowing waters | Freshwater Biology | 2003 | 845 |
| 12 | Alien species in fresh waters: ecological effects, interactions with other stressors, and prospects for the future | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 825 |
| 13 | The role of highly unsaturated fatty acids in aquatic foodweb processes | Freshwater Biology | 1997 | 806 |
| 14 | Trophic structure, species richness and biodiversity in Danish lakes: changes along a phosphorus gradient | Freshwater Biology | 2000 | 788 |
| 15 | A fuzzy coding approach for the analysis of long-term ecological data | Freshwater Biology | 1994 | 758 |
| 16 | The influence of catchment land use on stream integrity across multiple spatial scales | Freshwater Biology | 1997 | 752 |
| 17 | Incorporating thermal regimes into environmental flows assessments: modifying dam operations to restore freshwater ecosystem integrity | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 724 |
| 18 | Multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 717 |
| 19 | Metacommunity organisation, spatial extent and dispersal in aquatic systems: patterns, processes and prospects | Freshwater Biology | 2015 | 717 |
| 20 | River restoration, habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity: a failure of theory or practice? | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 715 |
| 21 | Connectivity and biocomplexity in waterbodies of riverine floodplains | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 713 |
| 22 | Riparian vegetated buffer strips in water-quality restoration and stream management | Freshwater Biology | 1993 | 704 |
| 23 | Riverine landscapes: taking landscape ecology into the water | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 687 |
| 24 | Co-inertia analysis: an alternative method for studying species-environment relationships | Freshwater Biology | 1994 | 673 |
| 25 | The functional role of burrowing bivalves in freshwater ecosystems | Freshwater Biology | 2001 | 623 |
| 26 | Landscape influences on water chemistry in Midwestern stream ecosystems | Freshwater Biology | 1997 | 593 |
| 27 | Emerging concepts in temporary‐river ecology | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 552 |
| 28 | Lake restoration by biomanipulation: Round Lake, Minnesota, the first two years | Freshwater Biology | 1984 | 538 |
| 29 | Phytoplankton periodicity: the interactions of form, function and environmental variability | Freshwater Biology | 1984 | 519 |
| 30 | Sulphate reduction and sulphur cycling in lake sediments: a review | Freshwater Biology | 2001 | 510 |
| 31 | Dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterbirds: a review of past research and priorities for future studies | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 502 |
| 32 | Fluvial landscape ecology: addressing uniqueness within the river discontinuum | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 492 |
| 33 | Linking ecological theory with stream restoration | Freshwater Biology | 2007 | 489 |
| 34 | A preliminary classification of running-water sites in Great Britain based on macro-invertebrate species and the prediction of community type using environmental data | Freshwater Biology | 1984 | 486 |
| 35 | Defining and measuring river health | Freshwater Biology | 1999 | 475 |
| 36 | Assessment of European streams with diatoms, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish: a comparative metric-based analysis of organism response to stress | Freshwater Biology | 2006 | 471 |
| 37 | Hydrological connectivity, and the exchange of organic matter and nutrients in a dynamic river-floodplain system (Danube, Austria) | Freshwater Biology | 1999 | 469 |
| 38 | Preserving the biodiversity and ecological services of rivers: new challenges and research opportunities | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 465 |
| 39 | Large wood and fluvial processes | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 464 |
| 40 | Microbial biodiversity in groundwater ecosystems | Freshwater Biology | 2009 | 451 |
| 41 | Parallels and contrasts in the effects of drought on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages | Freshwater Biology | 2003 | 447 |
| 42 | The role of refugia for fishes during drought: a review and synthesis | Freshwater Biology | 2003 | 442 |
| 43 | Relationships between body size and biomass of aquatic insects | Freshwater Biology | 1980 | 430 |
| 44 | Leaf litter decomposition and microbial activity in nutrient-enriched and unaltered reaches of a headwater stream | Freshwater Biology | 2003 | 428 |
| 45 | Ecological and socio‐economic impacts of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): a review | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 424 |
| 46 | The life history of Salicaceae living in the active zone of floodplains | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 417 |
| 47 | Geomorphic thresholds in riverine landscapes | Freshwater Biology | 2002 | 417 |
| 48 | Classification of natural flow regimes in Australia to support environmental flow management | Freshwater Biology | 2010 | 416 |
| 49 | A user‐friendly guide to the ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) commonly used by hydrobiologists as bioindicators in rivers, lakes, and waste waters, with notes on their ecology | Freshwater Biology | 1996 | 411 |
| 50 | Biological and ecological traits of benthic freshwater macroinvertebrates: relationships and definition of groups with similar traits | Freshwater Biology | 2000 | 409 |
