hydrobiologia volume 335 (1996), contents volume 335, no. 1, october 16, 1996 Special issue Sediment—Water Interaction 6 Sub-Editor :H .L. Golterman Foreword Effects of drainage and wood ash fertilization on water chemistry at a cutover peatland by T. Nilsson & L. Lundin Nutrient fluxes and microbial activity in sediment enriched with settled seston by L. Tuominen, T. Kairesalo, H. Hartikainen & P. Tallberg Decomposition of young water hyacinth leaves in lake water by M.K. Gupta, P. Shrivastava & P.K. Singhal Relation between algal available phosphate in the sediments of the River Garonne and chemically-determined phosphate fractions by A. Fabre, A. Qotbi, A. Dauta & V. Baldy Estimation of the available phosphate for phytoplankton stored in the soft sediments of the river Lot by A. Qotbi, A. Dauta, V. Sarpedonti & S. Promeyrat UV-sensitive P compounds: release mechanism, seasonal fluctuation and inhibitory effects on alkaline phosphatase activity in a shallow Chinese freshwater lake (Donghu Lake) by Zhou Yiyong The phosphorous composition of a diverse series of Australian sediments by D.S. Baldwin Nitrogen compounds and phosphate of the Driss | reservoir (Morocco): input, output and sedimentation by M. Alaoui-Mhamdi, L. Aleya & J. Bahhou Technical notes A volumetric or colorimetric determination of FeS and H2S in sediments by oxidation to sulphate by H.L. Golterman Fractionation of sediment phosphate with chelating compounds: a simplification, and compar- ison with other methods by H.L. Golterman 220 volume 335, no. 2, october 18, 1996 International study on Artemia. LVI. Characterization of two Artemia populations from Namibia and Madagascar: cytogenetics, biometry, hatching characteristics and fatty acid profiles by G.V. Triantaphyllidis, T.J. Abatzopoulos, E. Miasa & P. Sorgeloos 97-106 Metabolic changes associated with biofilm formation in an undisturbed Mediterranean stream by S. Sabater & A.M. Romani 107-113 Density-dependent and density-independent relationships during a twenty-seven-ysetaudry of the population dynamics of the benthic macroinvertebrate community of a chemically unstable lake by A.A. Savage 115-131 Measurement of nutrient spiralling during a period of continuous surface flow in a Mediter- ranean temporary stream (Arroyo de La Montesina, Spain) by L. Maitchik, S. Molla, C. Montes & C. Casado 133-139 Errors associated with using Archimedes’ principle to determine mass and volume of small aquatic organisms by J.H. Power 141-145 Comparison of the hatching process of the tadpole shrimps Triops cancriformis and Lepidurus apus lubbocki (Notostraca) and its relation to their distribution in rain-pools in Israel by Z. Kuller & A. Gasith 147-157 volume 335, no. 3, october 21, 1996 Variations in mineral nitrogen levels: the River Adour by R.C. Brunet & K.B. Astin 159-170 Long-term trends in limnological characteristics in the Aurora trout lakes, Sudbury, Canada by A.S. Dixit, S.S. Dixit & J.P. Smol 171-181 Three-year study of benthic algal spring bloom development in a small, Danish lowland stream by K. Kjeldsen, T.M. Iversen, J. Thorup & P. Lund-Thomsen 183-192 The change of sediment composition during recovery of two Finnish lakes induced by waste water purification and lake oxygenation by J. Matinvesi 193-202 Description of Proales litoralis sp. nov. (Rotifera, Monogononta: Proalidae) from the marine littoral by W.H. De Smet 203-208 Book reviews 209-215 Author index 219-220