The Journal of Freshwater Ecology, published since 1981, is an open access peer-reviewed journal for the field of aquatic ecology of freshwater systems that is aimed at an international audience of researchers and professionals. Its coverage reflects the wide diversity of ecological subdisciplines and topics, including but not limited to physiological, population, community, and ecosystem ecology as well as biogeochemistry and ecohydrology of all types of freshwater systems including lentic, lotic, hyporheic and wetland systems. Studies that improve our understanding of anthropogenic impacts and changes to freshwater systems are also appropriate.
The Journal publishes high-quality manuscripts that primarily describe manipulative experiments, field studies, and case studies with broad applicability. Innovative and widely applicable methodological and statistical papers also may be published. Manuscripts may take the form of original research, brief notes of significance, letters to the editor, or occasional invited review articles. Manuscripts that merely describe a community assemblage or a taxonomic group are not appropriate. Similarly laboratory-based toxicity trials that lack an ecological context are typically not accepted.

Editor in Chief
Dr. Jeffrey A. Simmons
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
Mount St. Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD  21727
editorjfe@msmary.edu 

Founding Editor
Joseph A. Kawatski - Professor of Biology-Retired, Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA 

Editorial Board
Emmanuel Akindele - Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Dana Bunnell-Young - Chesapeake College, USA 
Mark Fincel - South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, USA 
Eduardo Garcia Roger - Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Valencia 
Daniel Hornbach - Macalester College, USA 
Jukka Horppila - University of Helsinki, Finland 
Arne N. Linlokken - Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway 
Katrina Macintosh -  Queen's University Belfast, UK 
Andres Mellado Diaz -  TRAGSATEC, Spain 
Roger P. Mormul - Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil 
Boqiang Qin -  Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, China 
Eric Sakowski -  Johns Hopkins University, USA 
Bruce Stallsmith -  University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA 
Trent Sutton -  University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA 
Rebecca Urban - Lebanon Valley College, USA 
Dong Wang -  School of Life Sciences, China 
Ryan Wersal - Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, USA