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Papers

(The median citation count of Botanica Marina 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Frontmatter	39
In this issue	25
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A life for science and seaweeds: Klaus-Otto Lüning (1941–2023)	18
Retraction of: Seaweed resources of Korea	16
New record of the green macroalga Gayralia brasiliensis (Ulotrichales, Chlorophyta) in Singapore	15
Diversity and distribution of species of the planktonic dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium (Dinophyta) from the tropical and subtropical Mexican Pacific Ocean	12
Morphological and molecular characterization of the elusive vegetative stage of the diatom Cerataulina bicornis: a new record from Indian Sundarbans	11
New records and species of Verosphacela (Onslowiales, Phaeophyceae): Verosphacela ebrachia from Greece,	10
Reviewer acknowledgement Botanica Marina volume 66 (2023)	10
Reviewer acknowledgement Botanica Marina volume 67 (2024)	10
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Characterization of novel estuarine Ascomycota based on taxonomic and phylogenetic evaluation	9
Genus Proteomonas is not monotypic: P. agilis sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae, Geminigeraceae) from the Black Sea and hidden diversity of Proteomonas species	8
Considerations for kelp aquaculture on South Africa’s west coast: geospatial analysis and research implications	8
Morphological and molecular evidence reveals three new species of Gelidium (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) for the southern Mexican Tropical Pacific	8
Evidence for the proposal that Palisada corallopsis and P. furcata (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) are conspecific	8
Neocamarosporium aquaticum (Neocamarosporiaceae, Dothideomycetes), a novel fungus from salt marsh habitats	8
Gongolaria barbata forest in the shallow lagoon on the southern Istrian Coast (northern Adriatic Sea)	7
In this issue	7
Impacts of multiple environmental factors on the native Caribbean seagrasses and the invasive sea vine Halophila stipulacea	7
Phylogeographic patterns in attached and free-living marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae) in the Baltic Sea	6
Response of the green alga Ulva prolifera grown at different irradiance levels under ocean acidification at different life cycle stages	6
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Early development of Gongolaria montagnei (Fucales, Phaeophyta) germlings under laboratory conditions, with a view to enhancing restoration potential in	6
Vertical distribution of brown and red macroalgae along the central Western Antarctic Peninsula	6
Development and validation of microsatellite markers for Sargassum fusiforme based on transcriptomic data	6
Feasibility of ex-situ recruitment and outplanting of Gongolaria nodicaulis (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) for restoration of warm temperate marine forests in Atlantic Morocco	5
Exploring the suitable extractive species in an IMTA: inorganic nutrient removal from mariculture effluents by commercially important marine macroalgae	5
A DNA barcode inventory of the genus Ulva (Chlorophyta) along two Italian regions: updates and considerations	5
In this issue	5
Seasonal and culture period variations in the lipid and fatty acid content of Ulva lactuca cultivated in Mikhmoret onshore (Israel)	5
A new species of the red alga Erythrotrichia (Erythropeltales, Rhodophyta) from Korea: Erythrotrichia johnawestii sp. nov. and observations in culture	5
An overview of fungal taxonomic, functional, and genetic diversity in coastal and oceanic biomes in megadiverse Mexico	5
Individual-based numerical experiment to describe the distribution of floating kelp within the Southern Benguela Upwelling System	4
In this issue	4
Gambierdiscus carpenteri (Dinophyceae) from Bahía de La Paz, Gulf of California: morphology, genetic affinities, and mouse toxicity	4
In this issue	4
Seaweeds of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia: neighbouring islands in the South Atlantic on opposite sides of the Antarctic Convergence	4
First record of the red alga Ceramium pallidum (Ceramiales, Ceramiaceae) for the Mediterranean Sea	4
Bioactivity and chemical screening of endophytic fungi associated with the seaweed Ulva sp. of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh	4
Cosmopolitan geographic distribution of Phaeosaccion multiseriatum (Phaeosacciaceae, Phaeosacciophyceae), and description of P. we	4
Ultrastructural characterization of Minutocellus polymorphus (Cymatosiraceae, Bacillariophyta) and first record from the Eastern Pacific	4
Germling culture and molecular analysis of evasive micro-filamentous green algae growing in the Maltese islands (central Mediterranean)	4
Arenicolous marine fungi of sandy beaches of Taiwan	4
First evidence of polyembryony in black mangrove Avicennia germinans	3
Skeletonema species (Bacillariophyta) from the northwestern Sea of Japan: morphology, ecology, seasonal and long-term dynamics	3
In this issue	3
A new species of marine algae from the Mexican Atlantic based on morphology and molecular data: Gelidium rodrigueziae sp. nov. (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta)	3
Proposal of Cryptonemia floridana comb. nov. (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL gene analysis of collections from type locality and female reproductive morphology	3
In this issue	3
The effect of irradiance versus light dose on the antioxidant activity of two strains of Ulva lacinulata	3
Chondrus retortus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) in Hawai‘i: a taxonomic and biogeographic puzzle	3
Cool under heat: humidity moderates the tolerance of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) to changes in air temperature during emersion	3
Updating the Ulvaceae in the green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland	3
Numerical experiments investigating the influence of drag on trajectory patterns of floating macroalgae	3
Three new Lobophora species (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from Phuket on the west coast of Thailand	3
In this issue	3
Effect of sand-influence on the morphology of Mazzaella laminarioides (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) on rocky intertidal shores	3
Studies of North Carolina marine algae XV. DNA sequencing reveals some different Ulva species compared to historical reports and U. carsoniae sp. nov. (Ulvales, Chlorophyta)	3
Inconsistency between morphological diversity and genetic structuring: proposal for one species of Undaria in Japan	3
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Morphology, molecular phylogeny and toxicity of Fukuyoa paulensis (Dinophyceae) from the Bay of Bengal, North Indian Ocean	3
Reviewer acknowledgement Botanica Marina volume 65 (2022)	3
Morphological discrimination of fouling Ulva and Blidingia species on Pyropia rafts in Rudong, China: an in-field protocol for early monitoring of algae forming the Yellow Sea gre	3
Kapraunia silviae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species from the South Atlantic Ocean	3
Surf-diatoms from sandy beaches on the Eastern Coast of South America (Brazil): the identification ofAnaulusEhrenberg andAsterionellopsisRound	3
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Effects of thermal history on the heat shock response of bull kelp ( Nereocystis luetkeana )	3
First record of a cylindrical Dipterocladia (Ceramiales, Delesseriaceae), D. cylindrica sp. nov., from Korea based on morphological and molecular analyses	3
Similarity in growth response of Aspergillus terreus isolates under mimic hydrothermal vent conditions suggests no physiological growth barrier between terrestrial and marine environments	2
Intraspecific variation in growth rates of Rhodomonas marina (Cryptophyceae) under different temperatures and salinities conditions: a comparative study	2
High-temperature stress induces bacteria-specific adverse and reversible effects on Ulva (Chlorophyta) growth and its chemosphere in a reductionist model system	2
Genetic differentiation of Gracilaria changii and Gracilaria firma (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) based on chloroplast genome	2

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A review of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of marine zoosporic microorganisms and their commercialization	2
Genetic analysis of Ulva (Ulvaceae, Chlorophyta) type specimens resolves northeast Pacific blade-forming species	2
Taxonomic assessment of blade-forming Ulva species (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador using DNA sequencing	2
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First record of phytomyxid infection of the non-native seagrass Halophila stipulacea in Puerto Rico	2
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Labelling kelps with ¹³ C and ¹⁵ N for isotope tracing or enrichment experiments	2
In this issue	2
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Gracilaria liaoi sp. nov. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Philippines	2
Three new species of Asteromenia (Hymenocladiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Australia	2
Genetic diversity of Undaria pinnatifida populations from China and their genetic relationship with those from Japan and Korea as revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences	2
Molecular phylogeny and genetic diversity of three dentate species of the genus Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Caribbean Sea, with emphasi	2
The African seaforest: a review	2
Naturally occurring protoplasts in two Ulva spp. reveal a previously underestimated proliferation process	2
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Recent progress in marine mycological research in different countries, and prospects for future developments worldwide	2
Diversity of marine fungi in Pondicherry mangroves, east coast of India and systematic placement of Rhizophila marina	2
Salinity and temperature affect growth rate of Alphamyces chaetifer and Gorgonomyces haynaldii (Chytridiomycota) isolated from coastal habitats of Taiwan	2
Desiccation and thermo-tolerance of Fucus guiryi (Phaeophyceae) from its southernmost populations (Canary Islands, Eastern Atlantic)	2
Kelp nursery optimisation: density-dependent effects in early life-cycle stages of Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales)	1
First record of the diatom pathogen Diatomophthora perforans cf. subsp. pleurosigmae (Oomycota) from the M	1
Extraction and characterisation of sodium alginate from the Southern African seaweed Ecklonia maxima	1
In this issue	1
Seaweeds of the Falkland Islands: identification keys for the Phaeophyceae	1
Discovery of the tropical marine green alga Phyllodictyon robustum (Cladophorales, Boodleaceae) in a temperate region of Korea	1
In this issue	1
Unveiling Cladophora (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) diversity in Turkey through DNA barcoding	1
Biodiversity of epiphytic marine macroalgae in Mexico: composition and current status	1
From Tasmania to the world: long and strong traditions in seaweed use, research, and development	1
Morphological and molecular characterization of Chnoospora minima (Scytosiphonaceae, Ectocarpales) along Mexican coasts, with the description of C. ramosissima sp. nov.	1
Phymatolithopsis acervata comb. nov., and P. roseola sp. nov. (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) from South Africa with a comment on infraordinal classification	1
Past and present fucalean diversity in the island of Marettimo, Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Central Mediterranean, Italy)	1
In this issue	1
Unforeseen green tide of floating tubular Ulva meridionalis, a lethal threat to oyster farming, along the west coast of Taiwan: tracking its origin and ecophysiological insights	1
New observations on the rarely reported tropical dinoflagellates Tripos lanceolatus and T. schroeteri from the Colombian Caribbean, South Pacific and Indian Oceans	1
Morphological and molecular studies on the genus Gayralia (Ulotrichales, Chlorophyta) in northeastern Brazil with expansion of its species distribution	1
Prevalence history of morphological variants of Cerataulina resting spores in Indian Sundarbans and resultant phylogenetic analysis	1
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New record of Halymenia malaysiana (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Viet Nam, and its genetic diversity in the western Pacific	1
The benthic marine algae of the Maldives: historical insights into their diversity and distribution	1
The potential for kelp (order Laminariales) aquaculture in South Africa: a biological review	1
Molecular and morphological characterization of Digenea (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Mexican Atlantic	1
Study on fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) composition of 19 Brazilian thraustochytrid isolates	1
Chemical composition of Ulva species sampled in Boka Kotorska Bay (Kotor Bay) Montenegro	1
Influence of mesoscale eddies on the spring phytoplankton groups in the Southern Gulf of Mexico	1
Contributions to the seaweed flora of southernmost South America, the Falkland Islands, and the Antarctic Convergence	1
Marine heatwaves facilitate invasive algae takeover as foundational kelp	1
Exploration of the in-vitro antibacterial-antioxidant potentials and GC-MS metabolite profiling of seaweeds from the southwest coast of India	1
Assessing fungi in Portuguese marine environments: how many species?	1
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