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Baltic sculpin Cottus microstomus as a host for larvae of two species belonging to Unio crassus complex: Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 and Unio nanus Lamarck, 1819

Jacek A. Dołęga, Adam M. Ćmiel, Dariusz Halabowski, Katarzyna Zając, Monika Mioduchowska and Tadeusz Zając

Published online: 04 June 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2026010

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Managing invasive alien crayfish in isolated water bodies: Evaluating control strategies for biodiversity conservation

Laura S. van Veenhuisen, Pim Lemmers, Eelke Jongejans and Hein H. van Kleef

Published online: 25 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025031

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Insights from a nation-wide environmental relicensing of hydropower facilities in Sweden: a review of court verdicts from a biological perspective

Josefin Sundin, Joacim Näslund, Philip Jacobson, Birgitta Jacobson, Johan Östergren and Daniel Nyqvist

Published online: 05 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025034

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Rediscovering the lost: eDNA detection of freshwater decapods on Réunion Island

Lou-Anne Jannel, Valentin de Mazancourt, Philippe Keith, Philippe Jourand and Pierre Valade

Published online: 30 January 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025035

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Reintroduction success of brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) in a lowland stream in the Netherlands

Martijn E. Schiphouwer, Frank Spikmans, Mark Groen, Mark Scheepens and Maarten Bruns

Published online: 19 December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025024

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Brown trout passage efficiency through a baffle series in a long culvert, assessed by fish translocation and by natural migration monitoring

Sylvie Tomanova, Claire Détruit, Delphine Rebière, Gaël Olivier, Olivier Mercier and Pierre Sagnes

Published online: 13 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025011

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A straightforward protocol for extracting microplastics from freshwater sediment with high organic content

Lucas Gonçalves Queiroz, Luana de Oliveira Hallai, Beatriz Rocha de Moraes, Rômulo Augusto Ando, Marcelo Pompêo and Bárbara Rani-Borges

Published online: 19 February 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025001

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Efficiency of a macroroughness block ramp in reducing the impact of low-head dams on riverine fish dispersion

Sylvie Tomanova, Dominique Courret, Sylvain Richard, Olivier Mercier, Axel Guillemin, Mathilde Labedan and Pierre Sagnes

Published online: 31 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2024022

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An evaluation of artificial floating littoral zones to support fish communities in reservoirs

Quentin Salmon, Samuel Westrelin, Julien Dublon, Sebastien Fonbonne and Jean-Marc Baudoin

Published online: 15 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2024025

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Funnel trapping yields largely unbiased sampling of crested and marbled newts (genus Triturus)

Jan W. Arntzen

Published online: 09 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2024024

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The depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata as an occasional host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus

Dariusz Halabowski, Martin Reichard, Kacper Pyrzanowski, Grzegorz Zięba, Joanna Grabowska, Carl Smith and Mirosław Przybylski

Published online: 23 January 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023025

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Comparing trap and bait efficiency to record the great crested newts (Triturus cristatus)

Lukáš Weber, Martina Botorová and Martin Rulík

Published online: 05 December 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023022

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Environmental DNA captured on the fish skin mucus – a potential bias to molecular diet analyses

Barbora Števove, Darina Arendt, Kristína Slovák Švolíková, Dana Szabóová, Kristína Žitňanová and Daniel Gruľa

Published online: 14 June 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023013

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Restored tufa-depositing streams: a dynamic interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

Vesna Gulin Beljak, Barbara Vlaičević, Mirela Sertić Perić and Renata Matoničkin Kepčija

Published online: 12 June 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023012

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Bypass discharge, approach velocities and bar spacing: the three key-parameters to efficiently protect silver eels with inclined racks

Sylvie Tomanova, Laurence Tissot, Stéphane Tétard, Sylvain Richard, Olivier Mercier, Vincent Mataix, Aurélien Frey, Thierry Lagarrigue, Pablo A. Tedesco and Dominique Courret

Published online: 31 May 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023011

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Interactions of invasive pumpkinseed with a riverine endemic fish indicate trophic overlap but minimal consequences for somatic growth and condition

Uğur Karakuş, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Şükran Yalçın-Özdilek, Nildeniz Top-Karakuş, Nurbanu Partal and John Robert Britton

Published online: 17 May 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023010

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Multi-year analysis of the fish colonisation dynamic in three newly installed fishways in medium sized Belgian rivers

Justine Gelder, Jean-Philippe Benitez and Michaël Ovidio

Published online: 17 May 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023009

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Population recovery and occurrence of the endemic Rhine sculpin (Cottus rhenanus)

Pim Lemmers, Mark Groen, Ben H.J.M. Crombaghs, Rob E.M.B. Gubbels, Thomas de Krom, Frank van Langevelde, Gerard van der Velde and Rob S.E.W. Leuven

Published online: 30 March 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023004

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Parasite communities and genetic structure of non-native pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, in different Black Sea drainages of Ukraine

Yuriy Kvach, Maria Yu. Tkachenko, Veronika Bartáková, Yuliia Kutsokon, Michal Janáč, Viktor Demchenko and Markéta Ondračková

Published online: 10 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2022023

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Eurasian otter Lutra lutra distribution and habitat use in a Mediterranean catchment managed for the control of invasive giant reed Arundo donax

Ettore Emanuele Dettori, Alessandro Balestrieri, Víctor Manuel Zapata-Pérez, Daniel Bruno, Nuria Rubio-Saura and Francisco Robledano-Aymerich

Published online: 23 December 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2022024

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Overlooked keystone species in conservation plans of fluvial ecosystems in Southeast Europe: a review of native freshwater crayfish species

Milan Danilović, Ivana Maguire and Leopold Füreder

Published online: 29 July 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2022016