Nutrient Dynamics -- Phosphorus reference concentrations in European lakes -- Benthic nutrient fluxes in a eutrophic, polymictic lake -- Modeling nitrogen cycling in a coastal fresh water sediment -- Sediment phosphorus cycling in a large shallow lake: spatio-temporal variation in phosphorus pools and release -- Nitrate dynamics in a reed belt of a shallow sand dune lake in Japan: Analysis of nitrate retention using stable nitrogen isotope ratios -- Temporal trends of ion contents and nutrients in three Kenyan Rift Valley saline-alkaline lakes and their influence on phytoplankton biomass -- Macrophytes -- Elongation and mat formation of Chara aspera under different light and salinity conditions -- Searching for allelopathic effects of submerged macrophytes on phytoplankton-state of the art and open questions -- Allelopathic activity of Stratiotes aloides on phytoplankton-towards identification of allelopathic substances -- The role of aquatic macrophytes in microhabitatual transformation of physical-chemical features of small water bodies -- Assessment in two shallow lakes of a hydroacoustic system for surveying aquatic macrophytes -- Limnogy/Paleolimnology -- Combining limnological and palaeolimnological approaches in assessing degradation of Lake Pskov -- Sediment diatom assemblages and composition of pore-water dissolved organic matter reflect recent eutrophication history of lake peipsi (Estonia/Russia) -- Factors influencing taxonomic composition and abundance of macrozoobenthos in extralittoral zone of shallow eutrophic lakes -- Food WEBS -- The role of cladocerans reflecting the trophic status of two large and shallow Estonian lakes -- Contribution of different zooplankton groups in grazing on phytoplankton in shallow eutrophic Lake Võrtsjärv (Estonia) -- Horizontal dynamics of Zooplankton in subtropical Lake Bianca (Uruguay) hosting multiple Zooplankton predators and aquatic plant refuges -- Functional response of Anodonta anatina feeding on a green alga and four strains of cyanobacteria, differing in shape, size and toxicity -- The role of herbivorous water birds in aquatic systems through interactions with aquatic macrophytes, with special reference to the Bewick's Swan - Fennel Pondweed system -- Cascading trophic effects in pampean shallow lakes: results of a mesocosm experiment using two coexisting fish species with different feeding strategies -- Impact of hydrology on aquatic communities of floodplain lakes along the Daugava River (Latvia) -- Lake Restoration -- Shallow lake restoration by nutrient loading reduction-some recent findings and challenges ahead -- Reaction of large and shallow lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv to the changes of nutrient loading -- Spatial and temporal diversity of small shallow waters in river Lužnice floodplain -- Potential for the development of submerged macrophytes in eutrophicated shallow peaty lakes after restoration measures -- The importance of drawdown and sediment removal for the restoration of the eutrophied shallow lake Kraenepoel (Belgium) -- Why biomanipulation can be effective in peaty lakes -- Mediterranean Lakes -- State of the art in the functioning of shallow Mediterranean lakes: workshop conclusions -- Changes in bacterial and ciliate densities with trophic status in Mediterranean shallow lakes -- The relationship between phytoplankton species dominance and environmental variables in a shallow lake (Lake Vrana, Croatia) -- Comparative biodiversity of crustaceans and aquatic insects from various water body types in coastal Mediterranean wetlands -- Land use changes and associated environmental impacts on the Mediterranean shallow Lake Stymfalia, Greece -- EUropean Water Framework Directive -- Impact of climatic variability on parameters used in typology and ecological quality assessment of surface waters-implications on the Water Framework Directive -- Shallow lakes, the water framework directive and life. What should it all be about? -- Submerged macrophyte vegetation and the European Water Framework Directive: assessment of status and trends in shallow, alkaline lakes in the Netherlands -- Climatic Change -- Climate-induced shifts in an experimental phytoplankton community: a mechanistic approach -- Impact of climatic fluctuations on characeae biomass in a shallow, restored lake in The Netherlands -- Response of macro in vertebrates to warming, nutrient addition and predation in large-scale mesocosm tanks -- The role of temperature in the population dynamics of smelt Osmerus eperlanus eperlanus m. spirinchus Pallas in Lake Peipsi (Estonia/Russia) -- Predicting the effect of climate change on temperate shallow lakes with the ecosystem model PCLake -- Shallow lakes theory revisited: various alternative regimes driven by climate, nutrients, depth and lake size.