The quality of any scientific journal greatly depends on the evaluations provided by referees. The editorial staff not only relies on their expertise and assessment in deciding which manuscripts to publish, but their efforts substantially improve the quality of the manuscripts that are published. We thank the following individuals who served as reviewers for manuscripts submitted to Waterbirds from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 (names in bold indicate those who contributed two or more reviews).
David G. Ainley, Françoise Amélineau, Brad A. Andres, Felicity Arengo, Jennifer M. Arnold, Jane E. Austin, Dimitrios E. Bakaloudis, Douglas A. Barnum, Robert T. Barrett, John L. Bower, Lauren E. Bortolotti, Michael G. Brasher, Mark Brown, John N. Brzorad, Joanna Burger, Robert M. Burgess, Daniel H. Gatlin, John F. Cavitt, Yves Cherel, John C. Coulson, Shawn R. Craik, Francesca J. Cuthbert, François-Xavier Dechaume-Moncharmont, Susan E. W. De La Cruz, Pamela Denmon, J. Scott Dieni, Christina E. Donehower, Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips, Robert W. Elner, R. Michael Erwin, Daniel Esler, David A. Essian, Shilo K. Felton, Vanina D. Fiorini, Anthony D. Fox, James D. Fraser, Peter C. Frederick, Yiqiang Fu, Alberto Gantz, Germán O. García, Stefan Garthe, Michael Gochfeld, John D. A. Grant, M. Clay Green, Matthieu Guillemain, Samuel Haché, Diana J. Hamilton, Colleen M. Handel, Brian Harrington, C. Alex Hartman, Craig E. Hebert, Kees Hulsman, Kate Iaquinto, Gary L. Ivey, Joseph R. Jehl, Jr., Benoît Jobin, Patrick G. R. Jodice, Sarah M. Karpanty, John P. Kelly, D. Tommy King, Sammy L. King, Erik Kleyheeg, Alison R. Kocek, André Konter, Nicola Koper, Gary L. Krapu, Juliet S. Lamb, Todd J. Landers, Jeffrey S. Lawrence, Yang Liu, Jerome J. Lorenz, James P. Ludwig, Guillermo Luna-Jorquera, Alan D. Maccarone, Jesper Madsen, Heather L. Major, David Martín-Gálvez, Donald A. McCrimmon, Mark P. Miller, Piotr Minias, Kathy C. Molina, Anders P. Møller, David J. Moore, R. I. Guy Morrison, Ralf H. E. Mullers, Hannah J. Munro, Leif Nilsson, Ian C. T. Nisbet, Erica Nol, Eduardo Palacios, Brian G. Palestis, Jeganathan Pandiyan, Peter W. C. Paton, Cynthia Pekarik, Noah G. Perlut, Claire A. Pernollet, Pablo F. Petracci, Aaron R. Pierce, Marcin Polak, Gregory J. Robertson, Felicia J. Sanders, Ronald Sandler, Patricia N. Sardina Aragón, Joel A. Schmutz, Nancy E. Seefelt, David A. Shealer, Katherine Shlepr, Alejandro Simeone, Christopher M. Somers, Michelle L. Stantial, Alexandru N. Sterrain, Eric W. M. Stienen, K. S. Gopi Sundar, Walter S. Svagelj, Michael L. Szymanski, Dustin L. Toy, Junior A. Tremblay, Jan van der Winden, Rachel van Heugten, Thomas Virzi, Arian D. Wallach, Tianhou Wang, Nils D. Warnock, D. V. Chip Weseloh, Michael A. Weston, and Piotr Zduniak.
