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  1. Prolonged flow intermittency undermines the habitat potential of forested landscapes for a stream‐dwelling dragonfly

    Article • Ecological Entomology, September 2025, Wiley

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  2. Changes in tree biomass and soil carbon pools of oak ecosystems along a climate gradient in a Central European region

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

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  3. A DECADE OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ON WATER QUALITY: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN BRAZIL AND HUNGARY (2015-2024)

    Article • Nativa, May 2025, Nativa

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  4. Water Quality Monitoring Systems: A Comparative Evaluation of Legislative Frameworks European and Brazilian

    Article • Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, April 2025, RGSA- Revista de Gestao Social e Ambiental

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  5. Exploring macroinvertebrate community assembly rules: unraveling the effects of flow intermittency and poor ecological potential on environmental filtering and limiting similarity through functional traits

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

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  6. Hidden results of functional diversity in macroinvertebrates: Trait-groups specific response to flow intermittency in lowland streams

    Article • Inland Waters, August 2024, Taylor & Francis

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  7. Resistance not resilience traits structure macroinvertebrate communities in newly drying stream sections

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

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  8. Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2024, Elsevier

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  9. Functional properties of planktic microalgae determine their habitat selection

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

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  10. Tracking long-term shifts in non-native freshwater macroinvertebrates across three European countries

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

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  11. Comparative identification of phytoplankton taxonomic and functional group approach in karst lakes using classical microscopy and eDNA metabarcoding for ecological status assessment

    Article • Hydrobiologia, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

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  12. Linear water column stratification and euphotic depth determine the number of phytoplankton taxa that create biomass peaks in a hypertrophic oxbow lake

    Article • Hydrobiologia, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

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  13. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

    Article • Nature, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

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  14. Advancing our understanding of biological invasions with long-term biomonitoring data

    Article • Biological Invasions, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

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  15. Characterisation of Luvisols Based on Wide-Scale Biological Properties in a Long-Term Organic Matter Experiment

    Article • Biology, June 2023, MDPI AG

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  16. The faunal Ponto-Caspianization of central and western European waterways

    Article • Biological Invasions, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

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  17. Winners and Losers: Cordulegaster Species under the Pressure of Climate Change

    Article • Insects, March 2023, MDPI AG

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  18. Long-Term Changes in Organic Matter Content and Soil Moisture Determine the Degree of Root and Soil Respiration

    Article • Plants, January 2023, MDPI AG

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  19. Variability in litter inputs affecting soil fungi and bacteria through moisture and carbon content in forest soil

    Article • Soil Science Annual, December 2022, Soil Science Society of Poland

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  20. Rarity of microalgae in macro-, meso- and microhabitats

    Article • Inland Waters, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

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  21. A two‐dimensional morphospace for cyanobacteria and microalgae: Morphological diversity, evolutionary relatedness, and size constraints

    Article • Freshwater Biology, November 2022, Wiley

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  22. Tracking a killer shrimp: Dikerogammarus villosus invasion dynamics across Europe

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, November 2022, Wiley

    PhD Anthony Maire, gabo varbiro

  23. biomonitoR: an R package for managing ecological data and calculating biomonitoring indices

    Article • PeerJ, October 2022, PeerJ

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  24. Uncertainties of cell number estimation in cyanobacterial colonies and the potential use of sphere packing

    Article • Harmful Algae, August 2022, Elsevier

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  25. Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2022, Elsevier

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  26. Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European‐wide introduced species

    Article • Global Change Biology, May 2022, Wiley

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  27. Flow Intermittence Drives the Benthic Algal Composition, Biodiversity and Diatom-Based Quality of Small Hilly Streams in the Pannonian Ecoregion, Hungary

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, March 2022, Frontiers

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  28. River and lake nutrient targets that support ecological status: European scale gap analysis and strategies for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2022, Elsevier

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  29. Uncertainties of cell number estimation in cyanobacterial colonies and the potential use of sphere packing

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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  30. Establishing ecologically-relevant nutrient thresholds: A tool-kit with guidance on its use

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2022, Elsevier

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  31. Disentangling responses to natural stressor and human impact gradients in river ecosystems across Europe

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, November 2021, Wiley

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  32. The Role of Epiphytic Algae and Grazing Snails in Stable States of Submerged and of Free-Floating Plants

    Article • Ecosystems, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

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  33. Applicability of diatom metabarcoding in the ecological status assessment of Hungarian lotic and soda pan habitats

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2021, Elsevier

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  34. Assessing ecological status in karstic lakes through the integration of phytoplankton functional groups, morphological approach and environmental DNA metabarcoding

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2021, Elsevier

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  35. Development of soil organic matter measurement system

    Article • Soil and Water Research, September 2021, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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  36. Biovolume and surface area calculations for microalgae, using realistic 3D models

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2021, Elsevier

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  37. Comparing Soil Chemical and Biological Properties of Salt Affected Soils under Different Land Use Practices in Hungary and India

    Article • Eurasian Soil Science, May 2021, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

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  38. Strong influence of climatic extremes on diversity of benthic algae and cyanobacteria in a lowland intermittent stream

    Article • Ecohydrology, March 2021, Wiley

    Viktória B-Béres, gabo varbiro

  39. Application of eDNA method in the detection of Cordulegaster (Insecta: Odonata) species

    Article • ARPHA Conference Abstracts, March 2021, Pensoft Publishers

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  40. Estimating river nutrient concentrations consistent with good ecological condition: More stringent nutrient thresholds needed

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2021, Elsevier

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  41. Restoration-mediated alteration induces substantial structural changes, but negligible shifts in functional and phylogenetic diversity of a non-target community: a case study from a soda pan

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

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  42. Correction to: How will a drier climate change carbon sequestration in soils of the deciduous forests of Central Europe?

    Article • Biodegradation, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

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  43. How will a drier climate change carbon sequestration in soils of the deciduous forests of Central Europe?

    Article • Biodegradation, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

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  44. Trait convergence and trait divergence in lake phytoplankton reflect community assembly rules

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

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  45. Environmental filtering and limiting similarity as main forces driving diatom community structure in Mediterranean and continental temporary and perennial streams

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2020, Elsevier

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  46. Analysis of niche characteristics of phytoplankton functional groups in fluvial ecosystems

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, May 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

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  47. Use of Diatoms in Monitoring the Sakarya River Basin, Turkey

    Article • Water, March 2020, MDPI AG

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  48. Effect of Land Use on the Benthic Diatom Community of the Danube River in the Region of Budapest

    Article • Water, February 2020, MDPI AG

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  49. Characterizing surrogacy performance in the systematic conservation planning of riverine networks

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, January 2020, Wiley

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  50. Cell Size Decrease and Altered Size Structure of Phytoplankton Constrain Ecosystem Functioning in the Middle Danube River Over Multiple Decades

    Article • Ecosystems, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

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  51. DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2019, Elsevier

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  52. Groups of small lakes maintain larger microalgal diversity than large ones

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2019, Elsevier

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  53. Autumn drought drives functional diversity of benthic diatom assemblages of continental intermittent streams

    Article • Advances in Water Resources, April 2019, Elsevier

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  54. Distribution of niche spaces over different homogeneous river sections at seasonal resolution

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2019, Elsevier

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  55. Contribution of phytoplankton functional groups to the diversity of a eutrophic oxbow lake

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

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  56. Seasonal changes in relative contribution of environmental control and spatial structuring on different dispersal groups of stream macroinvertebrates

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  57. Unexpected consequences of bombing. Community level response of epiphytic diatoms to environmental stress in a saline bomb crater pond area

    Article • PLOS One, October 2018, PLOS

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  58. Phenotypic plasticity as a clue for invasion success of the submerged aquatic plantElodea nuttallii

    Article • Plant Biology, October 2018, Wiley

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  59. Temporal and spatial dynamics in aquatic macroinvertebrate communities along a small urban stream

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  60. Colonisation processes in benthic algal communities are well reflected by functional groups

    Article • Hydrobiologia, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    gabo varbiro, Péter Török

  61. Dynamics in the effects of the species–area relationship versus local environmental factors in bomb crater ponds

    Article • Hydrobiologia, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  62. Livin' on the edge: the importance of adjacent intermittent habitats in maintaining macroinvertebrate diversity of permanent freshwater marsh systems

    Article • Inland Waters, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Zoltan Csabai, gabo varbiro

  63. Environmental and spatial drivers of beta diversity components of chironomid metacommunities in contrasting freshwater systems

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  64. Functional diversity of phytoplankton highlights long-term gradual regime shift in the middle section of the Danube River due to global warming, human impacts and oligotrophication

    Article • Freshwater Biology, February 2018, Wiley

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  65. Mayfly and fish species identification and sex determination in bleak ( Alburnus alburnus ) by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2017, Elsevier

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  66. How length of light exposure shapes the development of riverine algal biomass in temperate rivers?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

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  67. Functional redundancy modifies species-area relationship for freshwater phytoplankton

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, October 2017, Wiley

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  68. Phytoplankton of rhithral rivers: Its origin, diversity and possible use for quality-assessment

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2017, Elsevier

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  69. Does isolation influence the relative role of environmental and dispersal-related processes in stream networks? An empirical test of the network position hypothesis using multiple taxa

    Article • Freshwater Biology, July 2017, Wiley

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  70. The role of annual periodic behavior of water quality parameters in primary production – Chlorophyll-a estimation

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2017, Elsevier

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  71. Long-term effects of climate change on carbon storage and tree species composition in a dry deciduous forest

    Article • Global Change Biology, April 2017, Wiley

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  72. Do benthic diatom assemblages reflect abiotic typology: a case study of Croatian streams and rivers

    Article • Acta Botanica Croatica, January 2017, De Gruyter

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  73. Benthic diatom-based lake types in Hungary

    Article • Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, January 2017, Schweizerbart

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  74. Comparison of the utility of a frequently used diatom index (IPS) and the diatom ecological guilds in the ecological status assessment of large rivers

    Article • Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, January 2017, Schweizerbart

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  75. Developments in water quality monitoring and management in large river catchments using the Danube River as an example

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, October 2016, Elsevier

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  76. Use of self-organizing maps in modelling the distribution patterns of gammarids (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

    Article • Ecological Informatics, January 2016, Elsevier

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  77. Diatom composition of the rheoplankton in a rhithral river system

    Article • Acta Botanica Croatica, October 2015, De Gruyter

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  78. The effects of litter production and litter depth on soil microclimate in a central european deciduous forest

    Article • Plant and Soil, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

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  79. Macrophyte diversity of lakes in the Pannon Ecoregion (Hungary)

    Article • Limnologica, July 2015, Elsevier

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  80. The role of filter-feeding Asian carps in algal dispersion

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

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  81. Revised and annotated checklist of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Hungary with comments on biodiversity patterns

    Article • ZooKeys, April 2015, Pensoft Publishers

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  82. Species area relationship (SAR) for benthic diatoms: a study on aquatic islands

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

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  83. Functional phytoplankton distribution in hypertrophic systems across water body size

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

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  84. Lake stratification in the Carpathian basin and its interesting biological consequences

    Article • Inland Waters, April 2015, Freshwater Biological Association (publisher)

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  85. A large river (River Loire, France) survey to compare phytoplankton functional approaches: Do they display river zones in similar ways?

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2014, Elsevier

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  86. The role of phytoplankton diversity metrics in shallow lake and river quality assessment

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2014, Elsevier

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  87. Biogeography and Phylogenetic Position of a Warm-stenotherm Centric Diatom, Skeletonema potamos (C.I. Weber) Hasle and its Long-term Dynamics in the River Danube

    Article • Protist, September 2014, Elsevier

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  88. Epigenetic modifications as potential therapeutic targets in age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy

    Article • Drug Discovery Today, September 2014, Elsevier

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  89. Alterations in forest detritus inputs influence soil carbon concentration and soil respiration in a Central-European deciduous forest

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, July 2014, Elsevier

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  90. Comparing aspirations: intercalibration of ecological status concepts across European lakes for littoral diatoms

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

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  91. Phytoplankton-based shallow lake types in the Carpathian basin: steps towards a bottom-up typology

    Article • Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, January 2014, Schweizerbart

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  92. Which factors affect phytoplankton biomass in shallow eutrophic lakes?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

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  93. Disturbance and stress: different meanings in ecological dynamics?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

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  94. Phytoplankton functional and morpho-functional approach in large floodplain rivers

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  95. Improvement of the ecological water qualification system of rivers based on the first results of the Hungarian phytobenthos surveillance monitoring

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  96. Functional groups of phytoplankton shaping diversity of shallow lake ecosystems

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  97. Variability of Organic Matter Inputs Affects Soil Moisture and Soil Biological Parameters in a European Detritus Manipulation Experiment

    Article • Ecosystems, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  98. The effects of Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacterium) on Cryptomonas ovata (Cryptophyta) in laboratory cultures: why these organisms do not coexist in steady-state assemblages?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  99. Functional groups of phytoplankton shaping diversity of shallow lake ecosystems

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  100. The relation between various detritus inputs and soil enzyme activities in a Central European deciduous forest

    Article • Geoderma, November 2011, Elsevier

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  101. Small-scale patchiness of the phytoplankton in a lentic oxbow

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

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  102. Characteristics of the pelagic phytoplankton in shallow oxbows

    Article • Hydrobiologia, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

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  103. Use of desmids to assess the natural conservation value of a Hungarian oxbow (Malom-Tisza, NE-Hungary)

    Article • Biologia, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

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  104. Comparative algological and bacteriological examinations on biofilms developed on different substrata in a shallow soda lake

    Article • Aquatic Ecology, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

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  105. Algal assemblage types of bog-lakes in Hungary and their relation to water chemistry, hydrological conditions and habitat diversity

    Article • Hydrobiologia, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

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  106. Algal assemblage types of bog-lakes in Hungary and their relation to water chemistry, hydrological conditions and habitat diversity

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

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