Hydrobiologia The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences Contents, Volume 392 Volume 392, Part I Special Issue: Sediment—Water Interaction 9 Sub-Editor: H.L. Golterman Two Editorial Notes The effects of sediment desiccation on the potential for nitrification, denitrification, and methanogen- esis in an Australian reservoir by A.M. Mitchell & D.S. Baldwin Fractionation of phosphate in sediments of four representative mangrove stages (French Guiana) by A. Fabre, Fr. Fromard & V. Trichon Changes in sediment phosphate composition of seasonal ponds during filling by A. Diaz-Espejo, L. Serrano & J. Toja Quantification of P-flux through shallow, agricultural and natural, waters as found in wetlands of the Camargue (S-France) by H.L. Golterman Analysis of phosphorus retention in free-water surface treatment wetlands by M.Z. Moustafa Influence of bacterial density on the exchange of phosphate between sediment and overlying water by V. Clavero, J.J. Izquierdo, J.A. Fernandez & F.X. Niell Pore water N and P concentration in a floodplain marsh of the Lower Parana River by C. Villar, L. de Cabo, P. Vaithiyanathan & C. Bonetto Impact of arsenic and antimony contamination on benthic invertebrates in a minor Corsican river by C. Mori, A. Orsini & C. Migon Arsenic and antimony release from sediments in a Mediterranean estuary by C. Migon & C. Mori 81-88 Volume 392, Part I Patch- and reach-scale dynamics of a macrophyte-invertebrate system in a New Zealand lowland stream by K.J. Collier, P.D. Champion & G.F. Croker 89-97 Leaf litter colonization by invertebrates in the littoral zone of 2 small oligotrophic lake by R.J. Pope, A.M. Gordon & N.K. Kaushik 99-112 Karyology and karyotype analysis of diploid freshwater planarian populations of the Dugesia gono- cephala group (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) found in Sardinia by M. Pala, S. Casu & G. Stocchino 113-119 276 Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) seasonal colonization patterns in a sub-tropical floodplain river by T.B. Mihuc, J.M. Battle, J.R. Mihuc & C.F. Bryan 121-128 Cladocera and Anostraca from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada, as paleolimnological indicators of salinity and lake level by D.G. Bos, B.F. Cumming & J.P. Smol 129-141 Mussels as bioindicators of trace metal pollution in the Danube Delta of Romania by A. Jamil, K. Lajtha, S. Radan, G. Ruzsa, S. Cristofor & C. Postolache 143-158 The abundance and trophic biology of Clarias albopunctatus Nichols & LaMonte, 1953 (Osteichthyes: Clariidae) in a tropical floodriver basin by H.M.G. Ezenwaji 159-168 Genetic structure of the Iberian chub, Leuciscus pyrenaicus, in the Tejo drainage by R.M. Brito & M.M. Coelho 169-177 Spatial and ecological overlap between coexisting sexual and parthenogenetic Schmidtea polychroa (Tricladida; Platyhelminthes) by R.P. Weinzierl, L.W. Beukeboom, L. Gerace & N.K. Michiels 179-185 Microclimate, developmental plasticity and community structure in artificial temporary pools by L. Blaustein, J.E. Garb, D. Shebitz & E. Nevo 187-196 Comparative responses to severe hypoxia and subsequent recovery in closely related amphipod popu- lations (Gammarus minus) from cave and surface habitats by F. Hervant, J. Mathieu & D.C. Culver 197-204 In situ survival and growth of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) under chronic hypoxia in a stratified lake by N. Yu, D.A. Culver Some characteristics of a pike Esox /ucius L. population in an Irish reservoir by W. Roche, M. O’Grady & J.J. Bracken Peregrinacarus reticulatus gen. nov. spec. nov., a freshwater halacarid mite (Acari, Halacaridae) from Marion Island by I. Bartsch Laboratory investigations on larval development, motility and settlement of white weed (Sertularia cupressina L.) — in view of its assumed decrease in the Wadden Sea by R. Berghahn & U. Offermann A new member of the subgenus Sinobosmina Lieder, 1957: Bosmina tripurae sp. nov. (Crustacea, Cladocera) from India by V. Korinek, R.K. Saha & T. Bhattacharya 241-247 The distribution patterns of dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) along the Kiewa River, Australia, and their relevance in conservation assessment by J.H. Hawking & T.R. New 249-260 Erratum Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923) (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Turkey by E. Giindiiz 261-262 Instructions for Authors 263-272 Author Index