| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The inverted microscope method of estimating algal numbers and the statistical basis of estimations by counting | Hydrobiologia | 1958 | 2,164 |
| 2 | Role of sediment and internal loading of phosphorus in shallow lakes | Hydrobiologia | 2003 | 1,160 |
| 3 | Environmental issues of Lake Taihu, China | Hydrobiologia | 2007 | 835 |
| 4 | The interaction between water movement, sediment dynamics and submersed macrophytes | Hydrobiologia | 2001 | 735 |
| 5 | Extraction of chlorophyll a from freshwater phytoplankton for spectrophotometric analysis | Hydrobiologia | 1984 | 723 |
| 6 | Weighted averaging partial least squares regression (WA-PLS): an improved method for reconstructing environmental variables from species assemblages | Hydrobiologia | 1993 | 697 |
| 7 | COMBO: a defined freshwater culture medium for algae and zooplankton | Hydrobiologia | 1998 | 697 |
| 8 | Use and misuse in the application of the phytoplankton functional classification: a critical review with updates | Hydrobiologia | 2009 | 656 |
| 9 | Floods increase similarity among aquatic habitats in river-floodplain systems | Hydrobiologia | 2007 | 649 |
| 10 | Cyanobacterial dominance in lakes | Hydrobiologia | 2000 | 559 |
| 11 | Phase shifts in coral reef communities and their ecological significance | Hydrobiologia | 1992 | 551 |
| 12 | Exchange of phosphorus across the sediment-water interface | Hydrobiologia | 1988 | 526 |
| 13 | White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs | Hydrobiologia | 2001 | 522 |
| 14 | (null) | Hydrobiologia | 1997 | 508 |
| 15 | (null) | Hydrobiologia | 2000 | 507 |
| 16 | The assessment of 210Pb data from sites with varying sediment accumulation rates | Hydrobiologia | 1983 | 502 |
| 17 | Plants used in constructed wetlands with horizontal subsurface flow: a review | Hydrobiologia | 2011 | 501 |
| 18 | Invertebrate drift ? A review | Hydrobiologia | 1988 | 500 |
| 19 | Shallow lakes theory revisited: various alternative regimes driven by climate, nutrients, depth and lake size | Hydrobiologia | 2007 | 495 |
| 20 | A review of the adaptive significance and ecosystem consequences of zooplankton diel vertical migrations | Hydrobiologia | 2003 | 494 |
| 21 | A review of planktivorous fishes: Their evolution, feeding behaviours, selectivities, and impacts | Hydrobiologia | 1987 | 482 |
| 22 | 210Pb dating by low background gamma counting | Hydrobiologia | 1986 | 469 |
| 23 | Egg banks in freshwater zooplankton: evolutionary and ecological archives in the sediment | Hydrobiologia | 2003 | 460 |
| 24 | Inferring pH from diatoms: a comparison of old and new calibration methods | Hydrobiologia | 1989 | 438 |
| 25 | The impacts of drought on freshwater ecosystems: an Australian perspective | Hydrobiologia | 2008 | 435 |
| 26 | Interactions of pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores with fish: a review | Hydrobiologia | 2001 | 428 |
| 27 | Effects of land use on water quality and aquatic biota of three North Carolina Piedmont streams | Hydrobiologia | 1994 | 423 |
| 28 | The role of water-level fluctuations in shallow lake ecosystems – workshop conclusions | Hydrobiologia | 2003 | 406 |
| 29 | Phosphorus release from resuspended sediment in the shallow and wind-exposed Lake Arres�, Denmark | Hydrobiologia | 1992 | 403 |
| 30 | Habitat complexity: approaches and future directions | Hydrobiologia | 2012 | 401 |
| 31 | The deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa in Norwegian waters: distribution and fishery impacts | Hydrobiologia | 2002 | 398 |
| 32 | Phytoplankton response to a changing climate | Hydrobiologia | 2012 | 390 |
| 33 | A review of the salt sensitivity of the Australian freshwater biota | Hydrobiologia | 1991 | 384 |
| 34 | Overview and application of the AQEM assessment system | Hydrobiologia | 2004 | 373 |
| 35 | Electrofishing — Theory and practice with special emphasis on salmonids | Hydrobiologia | 1989 | 371 |
| 36 | Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function | Hydrobiologia | 2010 | 371 |
| 37 | Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future | Hydrobiologia | 2015 | 366 |
| 38 | Comparative life histories in the genera Calanus and Neocalanus in high latitudes of the northern hemisphere | Hydrobiologia | 1988 | 364 |
| 39 | Nitrogen retention in wetlands, lakes and rivers | Hydrobiologia | 2001 | 362 |
| 40 | Restoration of shallow lakes by nutrient control and biomanipulation—the successful strategy varies with lake size and climate | Hydrobiologia | 2007 | 362 |
| 41 | Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater | Hydrobiologia | 2008 | 361 |
| 42 | The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment: an overview of the results | Hydrobiologia | 2008 | 356 |
| 43 | Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity | Hydrobiologia | 2015 | 355 |
| 44 | A proposed framework for developing indicators of ecosystem health | Hydrobiologia | 1993 | 353 |
| 45 | Global diversity of fish (Pisces) in freshwater | Hydrobiologia | 2008 | 349 |
| 46 | Rotifers as indicators of water quality | Hydrobiologia | 1983 | 344 |
| 47 | Effects of planktivorous and benthivorous fish on organisms and water chemistry in eutrophic lakes | Hydrobiologia | 1978 | 338 |
| 48 | The importance of small waterbodies for biodiversity and ecosystem services: implications for policy makers | Hydrobiologia | 2017 | 332 |
| 49 | Global diversity of aquatic macrophytes in freshwater | Hydrobiologia | 2008 | 330 |
| 50 | A comparison of methods of determining organic carbon in marine sediments, with suggestions for a standard method | Hydrobiologia | 1978 | 329 |
