OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Bulletin of Marine Science 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
An Indian Ocean macroalga new to the Atlantic: Halimeda macroloba (Chlorophyta, Halimedaceae) discovered and now established in Biscayne Bay, Florida	46
The genus Aspidosiphon Diesing, 1851 (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidae): Description of a New Shell Dwelling Species, Notes on Aspidosiphon (Paraspidosiphon) Laevis De Quatrefag	38
Preface	18
Changes in the organic matter deposition in the Southeastern America mangrove limit occurrence area (Santo Antônio Lagoon, Brazil)	17
Public perception of coastal ecoengineering interventions in Singapore	12
Shifts in mangrove ecosystem distribution along the Baja California Peninsula following the Early-Middle Holocene transition	11
Giant mobile coralliths from the Florida Keys, USA	8
Short-term Habitat Use and Vertical Movements of the Pelagic Stingray Pteroplatytrygon Violacea in the Western North Atlantic Ocean Determined by Pop-up Archival Satellite Tags	8
Stock-recruitment relationships in pocilloporid corals are likely disrupted by thermal stress	7
Antibacterial activity of bryozoan-associated bacteria from Tulamben, Bali	7
Fish community structure and diversity partitioning in the nearshore benthoscapes of San Salvador, The Bahamas	6
Integrating the US Caribbean Reef Fish Visual Census into fishery stock assessments	6
Influence of intra- and interspecific competition on periphyton biomass and growth performance of Holothuria scabra juveniles	6
The roles of ocean law in the science-policy ballet on protection of the marine environment	6
Recovery of a tropical coral reef in the aftermath of a cyclone: insights into postdisturbance dynamics and conservation strategies	5
Regime shift in the northernmost coral ecosystem: decline of the threatened coral Acropora pruinosa due to grazing by Diadema setosum	5
Larval presence and settlement of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) in a changing southern New England estuary	5
Residency and Fine-scale Habitat Use of Juvenile Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus Itajara) in a Mangrove Nursery	5
Distribution, abundance, and size structure of deepsea shrimps of the family Aristeidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the southern Gulf of Mexico	4
Associations between banded sea kraits (Laticuadinae) and trumpetfish (Aulostomidae) in the central Philippines	4
First record of the coral Porites lobata Dana, 1846 in the Gulf of California	4
Structural design influences biological community composition on a North Carolina jetty	4
The Identity of the Deepsea Caridean Shrimp Glyphocrangon Stenolepis and Description of Glyphocrangon Latens Sp. Nov. from Taiwan and Japan	4
Abiotic drivers of mudflat colonization by mangroves in Indonesia: a knowledge base to support ecological restoration	4
A Short History of Terpios Hoshinota in Maldives	4

Artificial reefs in the Anthropocene: a review of geographical and historical trends in their design, purpose, and monitoring	4
Fish assemblages on shipwrecks versus natural reefs in Colombo, Sri Lanka	4
Distribution and density of seabirds at sea around Cuba	4
Review of the Gnathiidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of western Japan with a description of five new species, one redescription, and one new Japanese record	4
Tropicalization alert: new species of mat-forming zoantharian (Zoanthus pulchellus) arrives on Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)	3
Presence of coral-killing sponges in Okinawan mesophotic coral ecosystems	3
Benthic foraminifera as an environmental indicator of coral reefs in the Tambelan Islands, Riau, Indonesia	3
Discovery of a new Muraenichthys eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India, with its molecular characterization	3
Cephalopod paralarvae in a tropical Brazilian basin: distribution throughout oceanographic features and water masses	3
Development of an individual-based tag recapture model to benchmark biomass and harvest rates in an iconic lobster fishery	3
Host density and anthropogenic stress are drivers of variability in dark spot disease in Siderastrea siderea across the Florida Reef Tract	3
Territorial use rights for finfish fisheries: a case study in Baja California Sur, Mexico	3
Moving towards local participation and comanagement of Tioman Island Marine Park	3
Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak at Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China Sea	3
Expansion of an established fishery-independent survey into the US Virgin Islands' upper mesophotic zone: feasibility and management implications	3
Fish diversity declines with loss of sessile benthic invertebrate density on nearshore hardbottom communities in the Florida Keys, United States	3
Mangrove browning trends in the semiarid southern Caribbean: spatial context matters	3
Spatial Ecology and Habitat Partitioning of Two Sympatric Ophichthid Eel Species in the Gulf of Mexico	3
Marine spatial planning and best siting practices to achieve an ecosystem approach to aquaculture in the United States	2
Age, growth, and mortality of littlehead porgy, Calamus proridens, from southeast Florida coastal waters	2
Benthic macrofaunal habitat use of the alga Caulerpa prolifera compared to the seagrass Halodule wrightii	2
Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Abralia Spp. Paralarvae in the Caribbean Sea with Morphological and Molecular Notes	2
A critical appraisal of occurrence data in OBIS and GBIF databases: a case study on true mangrove species	2
Quantification of “observer effect” in the United States Atlantic pelagic longline fishery	2
Abstracts from the 6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management meeting	2
Increasing risk of migrations through the Panama Canal	2
Mangrove ecosytems for human well-being in a changing planet	2
Spatial and temporal distribution of chlorophyll a concentration in the Sunda Shelf	2
Predation on a newly-stocked long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) by the batwing coral crab (Carpilius corallinus) on a coral reef restoration site	2
A novel allopatric lineage within the fat snook species complex of the genus Centropomus (Perciformes: Centropomidae)	2
Effects of climate change and water management on West Florida Shelf's dynamics	2
Distribution and abundance of herbivorous reef fishes on a barrier reef system in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas, Florida	2
Stronger enforcement enhances the status of coral reef fishes in Cuba	2
Fish community characterization of mid-shelf and shelf- edge mesophotic coral ecosystems in the expanded Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary	2
Comparing soil organic carbon and water relations among continental and island mangroves in the Colombian Caribbean	2
Spread of the invasive corals, Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis, towards the lower intertidal zones of southeastern Brazil	2
Putative spawning aggregations of giant trevally in the Red Sea	2
6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management meeting Best student oral presentation and poster award winners Lifetime achievement awards	2
A new semi-analytical model for retrieving chlorophyll a concentration and magnitude of fluorescence in the South China Sea	2
Nymphozoon cinderella sp. nov. (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Pseudocerotidae), a new species of marine flatworm from Japan	2
In-water photo-ID to estimate foraging movements of green turtles Chelonia mydas in Apo Island, Negros Oriental, Philippines	2
Microscale vertical distribution of meiofauna in a coral reef protected area in northeastern Brazil	2
Analyzing the role of coastal geomorphology on heavy mineral distribution along a coastal tract of Kerala, southwest India	2
Goatfishes (Teleostei: Mullidae) of the Socotra Archipelago: diversity and distributional biogeography, with a new record of Parupeneus heptacantha	2
Information legacies of early ecological studies	2
First observations of filamentous cyanobacterial mats on whip black corals (Antipatharia: Stichopathes spp.) off Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile	2
Nocturnal Infestation of Flounder (Bothidae: Pleuronectiformes) by Parasitic Gnathiid Isopods in the Central Philippines	2
The Reef Visual Census: a review of an essential long- term data source for reef-fish management in Florida	2
Spatiotemporal variability in postsettlement energy reserves of the Caribbean spiny lobster	1
Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet by David E Vaughan	1

Observations of conspecific aggression and group foraging in invasive lionfish (Pterois sp.) in the Florida Keys, USA	1
Developing and integrating enhancement strategies to improve and restore fisheries	1
Multiple stress-induced mortality of an Acropora coral on the Luhuitou turbid reef in the northern South China Sea	1
First Record of Coralline Lethal Orange Disease on the Reefs of Belize	1
High-resolution imagery of the coral reefs of Gorgona Island, Colombian Pacific Ocean: an improved view for monitoring and research	1
Nonlethal stable isotope analysis reveals consistent trophic growth of juvenile Atlantic goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara in Brazilian estuaries	1
A quantitative assessment of the status of benthic communities on US Atlantic coral reefs using a novel standardized approach	1
Western Atlantic invasion of sun corals: incongruence between morphology and genetic delimitation among morphotypes in the genus Tubastraea	1
Hitchhiking bryozoans (Gymnolaemata) on sea turtles (Cheloniidae) from southeastern United States to Honduras	1
A structured deepwater fish community in an isolated benthic feature off Southern California	1
Bivalves from the Gulf of Mexico: updated information to complete the puzzle	1
Morphological and molecular evidences confirm a new species in Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the east coast of India	1
The marine fishes from southern Mindanao, Philippines, including a DNA barcode reference Philippines, including a DNA barcode reference library of commercially important species	1
Environmental communication through visual imagery: SEAHIVE^®, a green-gray installation at Wahoo Bay, Pompano Beach, Florida, as an educational tool	1
Habitat associations and threat vulnerabilities of seahorses and pipefishes (Syngnathidae) in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA	1
“Accidental” artificial reefs–lessons from Singapore for coral and seagrass restoration along urban shorelines	1
Management of buoyant materials in aquaculture for brackish and salt water in Quang Ninh province (Vietnam)	1
The gametogenic cycle of an invasive semelparous heterobranch sea slug from northern Patagonia, Argentina, reveals an annual lifespan	1
Variable prevalence of diseases and compromised health conditions on hard corals around Mauritius, Western Indian Ocean	1
A quantitative assessment of the status of reef fish communities from a large-scale probability survey in southern Florida	1
The fish assemblages associated with asphalt volcanoes in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA	1
Fatty acid composition of anchovetas at different life stages and geographic zones	1
Holobiont-level responses to elevated temperature and reduced pH in Aiptasia	1
Three-dimensional printing can provide opportunities to promote coral recruitment on disturbed reefs	1
First observation of the nudibranch Dermatobranchus tongshanensis (Nudibranchia: Arminidae) feeding on gorgonian Echinomuricea spinifera	1
Quantifying hurricane impacts on United States Virgin Islands reef fishes using a catchability invariant approach to compare uncalibrated survey indices	1
A walk on the beach: exploring iNaturalist observations of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, as a tool for conservation	1
An inexpensive apparatus for growing large numbers of larvae of marine invertebrates	1
A scientometrics-enhanced review of the genus Cassiopea	1
Developing a population assessment for Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus in the United States Virgin Islands: lessons learned	1
Trace metals in decapod crustaceans from mangrove forests: a global analysis of risks for human consumers	1
Understanding local community perspectives of mangrove ecosystem disservices in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia	1
Citizen science monitoring uncovers resilience of intertidal assemblages in a tropical urban environment	1
Use of three-dimensional uCT imaging technique in the description of a new deepsea slipper lobster Bathyarctus andamanicus sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from Myanmar	1
Morphological and ultrastructural description of Nematopsis spisula sp. nov. (Apicomplexa) inhabiting Spisula solida (Bivalvia) on the Portuguese Atlantic coast	1
Integrating climate change and management scenarios in population models to guide the conservation of marine turtles	1
Perspectives from an eDNA metabarcoding pilot project in the Banggai MPA, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	1
First Coralliophila Species (Gastropoda: Muricidae) From the Chilean Continental Margin, Southeastern Pacific	1
Colonization of Marine Debris in the Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem by Nonindigenous Sun Corals (Tubastraea Spp.)	1
Diurnal Sheltering Behavior of Hatchery-propagated Long-spined Urchins (Diadema Antillarum): a Re-examination Following Husbandry Refinements	1
Evaluation of a coral restoration program in the Gulf of California: Similar characteristics between restored and natural coral colonies lead to the same reef fish composition	1
Acropora CervicornisData Coordination Hub, an Open Access Database for Evaluating Genet Performance	1
Evaluating the educational value of the Reef Stakes® card game for coral reef conservation: an intervention study	1
Mollusk death assemblages from the deep slope off northwestern Cuba (Gulf of Mexico)	1
Simulacra in the diatom genus Diploneis (Diatomeae: Naviculales): Caribbean Diploneis gravelleana and other small, strongly constricted species resolved from ultrastructure	1
Use of shelters for restocking hatchery-produced Stichopus cf. horrens juveniles	1
Juvenile mangrove growth is restricted by belowground competition with mature tree roots	1
Parrotfish target large relocated corals causing restoration bottleneck	1
Geographical differences in stable isotope ratios and fatty acid and lipid signatures of chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, in waters around Japan	1
Functional diversity of Cuban reef fish: implications of fishing intensity and regulation enforcement	1
Drifting bryozoans increase nekton diversity in the north- central Gulf of Mexico unvegetated muddy bottom seascape	1
Genetic evaluation of the unknown contribution of stocked fish in angler catches: a case study using mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus	1
Morphological Description and Molecular Characterization of Gnathia Jimmybuffetti Sp. Nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae): the First New Gnathiid in 100 Years from the Floridian Ecoregion.	1
First record of coral split spawning in the genus Acropora at Luhuitou fringing reef, Sanya, China	1
Application of open access data for documenting mangrove cover, cover change, and uncertainty in Panama	1
Intertidal algae as occasional refuge for insects in Colombian Pacific mangrove forests	1
Multiple stress-induced mortality of an Acropora coral on the Luhuitou turbid reef in the northern South China Sea	1
Marine megafauna sightings during a summer circumnavigation of Cuba	1
Trophic guild structure and dietary patterns of a juvenile-dominated demersal fish community in a tropical mangrove estuarine system	1
Thermal stress response in the Montastraea cavernosa coral-symbiont complex in the Mexican Caribbean, through the expression of the HSP70 gene	1