OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Bulletin is 4. 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
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

Dopamine as a Multifunctional Neurotransmitter in Gastropod Molluscs: An Evolutionary Hypothesis	9
A Review of Asteroid Biology in the Context of Sea Star Wasting: Possible Causes and Consequences	8
Incubation Temperature and Maternal Resource Provisioning, but Not Contaminant Exposure, Shape Hatchling Phenotypes in a Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination	8
Optimal Foraging Theory Explains Feeding Preferences in the Western Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp.	7
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
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
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
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
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