《淡水生态学杂志》自1981年开始发行，是一本面向国际研究人员和专业人士的开放获取的同行评审期刊，涵盖了淡水系统的水生态学领域。其内容涵盖广泛的生态子学科和主题，包括但不限于生理学、种群学、群落学、生态系统学以及生物地球化学和生态水文学等各种类型淡水系统（包括静态水域、动态水域、下流域和湿地系统）。研究人类对淡水系统的影响和变化的研究也是适用的。

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.