Inland Water Biology is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes critical reviews and original papers devoted to flora and fauna in waterbodies, biodiversity of hydrobionts, biology, morphology, systematics, ecology, ethology, ecological physiology and biochemistry of aquatic organisms, patterns of the biological cycle, structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems, anthropogenic and uncontrolled natural impacts on aquatic organisms and ecosystems, invasion of nonindigenous species into ecosystems and their ecology, methods of hydrobiological and ichthyological studies. The journal publishes original manuscripts submitted in English, as well as works translated from several other journals. The sources of content are indicated at the article level. The peer review policy of the journal is independent of the manuscript source, ensuring a fair and unbiased evaluation process for all submissions. As part of its aim to become an international publication, the journal welcomes submissions in English from all countries.

Editor-in-Chief: Dmitry S. Pavlov
EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dmitry S. Pavlov
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Alexander F. Alimov
Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Alexander I. Kopylov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Sergey I. Genkal
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Coordinating Editor
Tatjana I. Dobrynina
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Aleksandr A. Bobrov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Victor V. Bouillon
Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Grigorii M. Chuyko
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Yuri Yu. Dgebuadze
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia
Mikhail V. Flint
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Yuri V. Gerasimov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Viktor T. Komov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Yevgeny А. Kriksunov
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Aleksandr V. Krylov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Victoria V. Kuz'mina
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Valentina I. Lazareva
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Natalya M. Mineeva
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Nina N. Nemova
Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia
Sergey A. Poddubnyi
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Yaroslavl oblast, Borok, Russia
Yuri S. Reshetnikov
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia
Mikhail B.Vainshtein
Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Moscow oblast, Pushchino, Russia
Staff Editor
Elena V. Terashkevich