OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biological Bulletin is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Flocculation of PVC Microplastic and Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediment at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations	29
Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea StarAcanthastersp. on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef	28
Variability in Toxicity of Plastic Leachates as a Function of Weathering and Polymer Type: A Screening Study with the Copepod Nitocra spinipes	23
Effects of Salinity and pH of Seawater on the Reproduction of the Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus	19
Impacts of Low Oxygen on Marine Life: Neglected, but a Crucial Priority for Research	18
Hypoxia and High Temperature as Interacting Stressors: Will Plasticity Promote Resilience of Fishes in a Changing World?	17
Local Adaptation in Marine Foundation Species at Microgeographic Scales	14
Efficacy of Microplastic Separation Techniques on Seawater Samples: Testing Accuracy Using High-Density Polyethylene	13
Mechanistic Temperature-Size Rule Explanation Should Reconcile Physiological and Mortality Responses to Temperature	12
The Crustacean Antennule: A Complex Organ Adapted for Lifelong Function in Diverse Environments and Lifestyles	12
Integrative Approaches to Understanding Organismal Responses to Aquatic Deoxygenation	12
Functional Traits of Terrestrial Plants in the Intertidal: A Review on Mangrove Trees	12
Breathless through Time: Oxygen and Animals across Earth’s History	11
Bivalves as Biological Sieves: Bioreactivity Pathways of Microplastics and Nanoplastics	11
From Coelomocytes to Colored Aggregates: Cellular Components and Processes Involved in the Immune Response of the HolothuroidCucumaria frondosa	11
Selection Experiments in the Sea: What Can Experimental Evolution Tell Us About How Marine Life Will Respond to Climate Change?	11
Chemosensory Basis of Feeding Behavior in Pacific White Shrimp,Litopenaeus vannamei	10
Dopamine as a Multifunctional Neurotransmitter in Gastropod Molluscs: An Evolutionary Hypothesis	9
Too Hot to Eat: Wild and Lab-Bred Lymnaea stagnalis Differ in Feeding Response Following Repeated Heat Exposure	9
Metabolic Responses of Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars (Acanthastersp.) to Acute Warming	9
Continuous and Regular Expansion of a Distributed Visual System in the Eyed ChitonTonicia lebruni	9
Finding the Sweet Spot: Sub-Ambient Light Increases Fitness and Kleptoplast Survival in the Sea Slug Plakobranchus cf. ianthobaptus Gould, 1852	9
Activated L-Type Calcium Channels Inhibit Chemosensitized Nematocyst Discharge from Sea Anemone Tentacles	9
Development of the Accessory Nidamental Gland and Associated Bacterial Community in the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Euprymna scolopes	9
Recovery of Burrowing Behavior After Spinal Cord Injury in the Larval Sea Lamprey	9

DNA-Based Detection and Patterns of Larval Settlement of the Corallivorous Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star (Acanthastersp.)	9
Incubation Temperature and Maternal Resource Provisioning, but Not Contaminant Exposure, Shape Hatchling Phenotypes in a Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination	8
A Review of Asteroid Biology in the Context of Sea Star Wasting: Possible Causes and Consequences	8
Optimal Foraging Theory Explains Feeding Preferences in the Western Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp.	7
Echidnas of the Sea: The Defensive Behavior of Juvenile and Adult Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars	6
Progress Toward Complete Life-Cycle Culturing of the Endangered Sunflower Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides	6
Interactive Effects of Increasing Temperature and Decreasing Oxygen on Coastal Copepods	6
Controversial Roles of Oxygen in Organismal Responses to Climate Warming	6
World Travelers: DNA Barcoding Unmasks the Origin of Cloning Asteroid Larvae from the Caribbean	6
The Waiting Stage, Prolonged Residency in Nursery Habitats by Juveniles of the Predatory Sea StarMarthasterias glacialis	6
Ecological Review of the Ciona Species Complex	5
Experimental Evolution Shows Body Size Decrease in Response to Hypoxia, with a Complex Effect on Plastic Size Response to Temperature	5
Microbiome and Metabolome Contributions to Coral Health and Disease	5
Dominance Hierarchies in Marine Invertebrates	5
Dynamics of Mud Blister Worm Infestation and Shell Repair by Oysters	5
Reduced Oxygen Impairs Photobehavior in Marine Invertebrate Larvae	5
Brooding in the Southern Ocean: The Case of the Pterasterid Sea StarDiplopteraster verrucosus(Sladen, 1882)	5
Cloning and Selfing Affect Population Genetic Variation in Simulations of Outcrossing, Sexual Sea Stars	5
Differential Tolerance and Seasonal Adaptation to Temperature and Salinity Stress at a Dynamic Range Boundary Between Estuarine Gastropods	4
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases ror1/2 and ryk Are Co-expressed with Multiple Wnt Signaling Components During Early Development of Sea Urchin Embryos	4
Seasonal Variation in Reproduction of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from the Gulf Coast of Florida	4
Getting Out of Arms’ Way: Star Wars and Snails on the Seashore	4
Reproductive Aggregations of Dynoides dentisinus (Crustacea: Peracarida), an Intertidal Isopod with Remarkable Sexual Dimorphism	4
Assessing the Viability of American Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Embryos in Salt Marsh and Sandy Beach Habitats	4
Ghost Factors of Laboratory Carbonate Chemistry Are Haunting Our Experiments	4
Climate Change and Shell-Boring Polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): Current State of Knowledge and the Need for More Experimental Research	4
Is It in the Stars? Exploring the Relationships between Species’ Traits and Sea Star Wasting Disease	3
Initiation of Posterior Coeloms of an Ophiuroid (Brittle Star) and Plasticity in Their Development	3
Formation and Function of the Primary Tube During Settlement and Metamorphosis of the Marine Polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883) (Serpulidae)	3
Opsins in the Cephalic and Extracephalic Photoreceptors in the Marine Gastropod Onchidium verruculatum	3
There and Back Again: The Unexpected Journeys of Metridium de Blainville, 1824 between the Old Oceans and throughout the Modern World	3
Mating System of the Snapping Shrimp Synalpheus brevicarpus (Caridea, Alpheidae) Inhabiting Sponges Dysidea sp. (Demospongiae)	3
Molecular Characterization of the Cytochrome P450 Epoxidase (CYP15) in the Swimming Crab Portunus trituberculatus and Its Putative Roles in Methyl Farnesoate Metabolism	3
Grazer Interactions with InvasiveAgarophyton vermiculophyllum(Rhodophyta): Comparisons to RelatedversusUnrelated Native Algae	3
Sexual Maturity of an Endemic Insular Land Crab: Priority Information toward the Conservation of Johngarthia lagostoma	3
Distinct Phenotypes Associated with Mangrove and Lagoon Habitats in Two Widespread Caribbean Corals, Porites astreoides and Porites divaricata	3
Influence of Symbiont Species on the Glycerol and Glucose Pools in a Model Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis	3
Possible Roles of Hypotaurine and Thiotaurine in the Vesicomyid ClamPhreagena okutanii	3
Factors Modulating the Female Reproductive Performance of the Fiddler CrabLeptuca uruguayensiswith Short Reproductive Season	3
Ink Release and Swimming Behavior in the Oceanic Ctenophore Eurhamphaea vexilligera	3
Cnidocyte Supporting Cell Complexes Regulate Nematocyst-Mediated Feeding Behaviors in the Sea AnemoneDiadumene lineata	3
Linear Dominance Hierarchies in Female Grass ShrimpPalaemon pugio	3
N-Acetyl Neuraminic Acid (NANA) Activates L-Type Calcium Channels on Isolated Tentacle Supporting Cells of the Sea Anemone (Aiptasia pallida)	3
Structure-Function Relationships of Oxygen Transport Proteins in Marine Invertebrates Enduring Higher Temperatures and Deoxygenation	2
Predators Induce Phenotypic Plasticity in Echinoderms across Life History Stages	2
Monogamy in the Burrowing Shrimp Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992 (Decapoda, Gebiidea, Axianassidae)	2
Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations	2
Scope for Developmental Plasticity of Feeding Larvae of a Holothuroid, Contrasted with Other Echinoderm Larvae	2
The Specialist Marine Herbivore Elysia papillosa Grows Faster on a Less Utilized Algal Diet	2
Demography, Ecology, and Management of Sea Star Populations: Introduction to a Special Issue in The Biological Bulletin	2

Behavioral Variability of Hatchlings Modifies Dispersal Potential in Crown Conch (Melongena corona): Why Do Larvae Crawl Away but Sometimes Swim?	2
Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) and Bursal Ventilation	2
Temperature-Induced Changes in Hatching Size of a Tropical Snail Occur During Oogenesis and Can Persist for Several Weeks	2
Separating Thermal and Viscous Effects of Temperature on Copepod Respiration and Energy Budget	2
Life-History Analysis of Asterinid Starfishes	2
Compound Extreme Events Induce Rapid Mortality in a Tropical Sea Urchin	2
Immune Defense in Hypoxic Waters: Impacts of CO₂ Acidification	2
Climate Change Amelioration by Marine Producers: Does Dominance Predict Impact?	2
Does the Presence of Boring Sponges Alter Timing of Sex Change in Slipper Shell Snails, Crepidula fornicata?	2
Evolutionary Modification of Pereopods in Phronimid Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Phronimidae) Reflects Host Differences	1
Frequency of Temperature Fluctuations Subtly Impacts the Life Histories of a Tropical Snail	1
Multigenerational Life-History Responses to pH in Distinct Populations of the Copepod Tigriopus californicus	1
Quadrupedal Walking with the Skin: The Ambulatory Flaps in “Walking” Cuttlefish (Paintpot Cuttlefish, Metasepia tullbergi)	1
Formation of Coelomic Cavities during Abbreviated Development of the Brittle Star Ophioplocus esmarki	1
An Invader’s Peculiar Trophic Behavior: Diel Fluctuations and Environmental Drivers	1
Growth and Cyclin-E Expression in the Stony Coral SpeciesOrbicella faveolataPost-Microfragmentation	1
Demographic, Environmental, and Phenotypic Change but Genetic Consistency in the JellyfishMastigias papua	1
Influence of Maternal Size on Offspring Traits in a Marine Gastropod with Direct Development and without Sibling Interaction	1
A Circadian Rhythm of Visual Sensitivity in the American Lobster, Homarus americanus	1
Population and Reproductive Dynamics of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Warm, Low-Latitude North American Waters	1
Thermal Traits Vary with Mass and across Populations of the Marsh Periwinkle, Littoraria irrorata	1
Kelp Morphology and Herbivory Are Maintained Across Latitude Despite Geographic Shift in Kelp-Wounding Herbivores	1
Increasing Temperature Results in Higher Allocation of Energy to Protein Synthesis in Sea Urchin Larvae (Lytechinus pictus)	1
A Novel Behavioral Display in Lymnaea Induced by Quercetin and Hypoxia	1
Uncovering the Effects of Symbiosis and Temperature on Coral Calcification	1
Application of a Novel Computer-Aided System to Monitor Cardiac Activity in a Mussel Undergoing Starfish Predation	1
Functional Characterization of TRPV-Like Ion Channels Involved in Nematocyst Discharge from the Sea Anemone Diadumene lineata	1
Introduction to the Series on “Current Knowledge in Marine Microplastics—Pollution Down to the Nanoscale”	1
The Influence of Natural Barriers on the Amphidromous ShrimpPotimirim brasiliana(Caridea, Atyidae) from Two Rivers in Southeastern Brazil	1