水文生物學(xué)出版研究淡水和海洋環(huán)境的生物學(xué)，包括人類活動(dòng)的影響的原始研究，評論和意見。涵蓋分子、生物、群落和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)層面的研究，涉及湖沼學(xué)和海洋學(xué)的生物學(xué)研究，包括系統(tǒng)學(xué)和水生生態(tài)學(xué)。除了假設(shè)驅(qū)動(dòng)的實(shí)驗(yàn)研究，它提出了與廣泛的水生物觀眾相關(guān)的理論論文。

Hydrobiologia publishes original research, reviews and opinions investigating the biology of freshwater and marine environments, including the impact of human activities.Coverage includes molecular-, organism-,community -and ecosystem-level studies dealing with biological research in limnology and oceanography, including systematics and aquatic ecology. In addition to hypothesis-driven experimental research, it presents theoretical papers relevant to a broad hydrobiological audience.