OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Bulletin of Marine Science is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The genus Aspidosiphon Diesing, 1851 (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidae): Description of a New Shell Dwelling Species, Notes on Aspidosiphon (Paraspidosiphon) Laevis De Quatrefag	13
An Indian Ocean macroalga new to the Atlantic: Halimeda macroloba (Chlorophyta, Halimedaceae) discovered and now established in Biscayne Bay, Florida	11
Preface	10
Changes in the organic matter deposition in the Southeastern America mangrove limit occurrence area (Santo Antônio Lagoon, Brazil)	9
First in situ observation of a whalefish (Cetomimidae: Gyrinomimus Parr, 1934) from the continental slope off Antofagasta, Chile	7
Giant mobile coralliths from the Florida Keys, USA	7
Shifts in mangrove ecosystem distribution along the Baja California Peninsula following the Early-Middle Holocene transition	7
Public perception of coastal ecoengineering interventions in Singapore	7
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	6
Antibacterial activity of bryozoan-associated bacteria from Tulamben, Bali	6
Application of time-lapse cameras to explore predation on reintroduction of endangered white abalone ( Haliotis sorenseni )	6
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
Stock-recruitment relationships in pocilloporid corals are likely disrupted by thermal stress	5
The roles of ocean law in the science-policy ballet on protection of the marine environment	5
Impact of the invasive colonial tunicate Distaplia stylifera on polychaete taxocenosis associated with pen shells in the Gulf of California, Mexico	4
Larval presence and settlement of the American lobster ( Homarus americanus ) in a changing southern New England estuary	4
Abiotic drivers of mudflat colonization by mangroves in Indonesia: a knowledge base to support ecological restoration	4
Distribution and density of seabirds at sea around Cuba	4
Recovery of a tropical coral reef in the aftermath of a cyclone: insights into postdisturbance dynamics and conservation strategies	4
First record of the coral Porites lobata Dana, 1846 in the Gulf of California	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
Structural design influences biological community composition on a North Carolina jetty	4
Regime shift in the northernmost coral ecosystem: decline of the threatened coral Acropora pruinosa due to grazing by Diadema setosum	4
A Short History of Terpios Hoshinota in Maldives	4

The Identity of the Deepsea Caridean Shrimp Glyphocrangon Stenolepis and Description of Glyphocrangon Latens Sp. Nov. from Taiwan and Japan	4
Associations between banded sea kraits (Laticuadinae) and trumpetfish (Aulostomidae) in the central Philippines	4
Residency and Fine-scale Habitat Use of Juvenile Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus Itajara) in a Mangrove Nursery	4
Development of an individual-based tag recapture model to benchmark biomass and harvest rates in an iconic lobster fishery	3
Fish diversity declines with loss of sessile benthic invertebrate density on nearshore hardbottom communities in the Florida Keys, United States	3
Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak at Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China Sea	3
Tropicalization alert: new species of mat-forming zoantharian (Zoanthus pulchellus) arrives on Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)	3
Spatial Ecology and Habitat Partitioning of Two Sympatric Ophichthid Eel Species in the Gulf of Mexico	3
Spread of the invasive corals, Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis, towards the lower intertidal zones of southeastern Brazil	3
Mangrove browning trends in the semiarid southern Caribbean: spatial context matters	3
Expansion of an established fishery-independent survey into the US Virgin Islands' upper mesophotic zone: feasibility and management implications	3
Host density and anthropogenic stress are drivers of variability in dark spot disease in Siderastrea siderea across the Florida Reef Tract	3
Seasonal variation in meat yield, condition, and gonad indices of Pinctada radiata in the Ozbek Coast, Aegean Sea (Turkey)	3
Discovery of a new Muraenichthys eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India, with its molecular characterization	3
Increasing risk of migrations through the Panama Canal	3
Benthic foraminifera as an environmental indicator of coral reefs in the Tambelan Islands, Riau, Indonesia	3
Distribution, abundance, and size structure of deepsea shrimps of the family Aristeidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Fish assemblages on shipwrecks versus natural reefs in Colombo, Sri Lanka	3
Presence of coral-killing sponges in Okinawan mesophotic coral ecosystems	3
Contribution to the knowledge of environmental conditions in the shallow reefs of northern Cuba using indicator microorganisms	3
Territorial use rights for finfish fisheries: a case study in Baja California Sur, Mexico	3
Information legacies of early ecological studies	3
A new semi-analytical model for retrieving chlorophyll a concentration and magnitude of fluorescence in the South China Sea	2
A novel allopatric lineage within the fat snook species complex of the genus Centropomus (Perciformes: Centropomidae)	2
Benthic macrofaunal habitat use of the alga Caulerpa prolifera compared to the seagrass Halodule wrightii	2
Microscale vertical distribution of meiofauna in a coral reef protected area in northeastern Brazil	2
Quantification of “observer effect” in the United States Atlantic pelagic longline fishery	2
The Reef Visual Census: a review of an essential long- term data source for reef-fish management in Florida	2
Moving towards local participation and comanagement of Tioman Island Marine Park	2
Mangrove ecosytems for human well-being in a changing planet	2
Analyzing the role of coastal geomorphology on heavy mineral distribution along a coastal tract of Kerala, southwest India	2
Accuracy assessment of a compact stere camera for measuring marine fishes in the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern US	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
Age, growth, and mortality of littlehead porgy, Calamus proridens, from southeast Florida coastal waters	2
Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Abralia Spp. Paralarvae in the Caribbean Sea with Morphological and Molecular Notes	2
Effects of climate change and water management on West Florida Shelf's dynamics	2
Stronger enforcement enhances the status of coral reef fishes in Cuba	2
A critical appraisal of occurrence data in OBIS and GBIF databases: a case study on true mangrove species	2
Cephalopod paralarvae in a tropical Brazilian basin: distribution throughout oceanographic features and water masses	2
Abstracts from the 6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management meeting	2
First observations of filamentous cyanobacterial mats on whip black corals (Antipatharia: Stichopathes spp.) off Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile	2
6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management meeting Best student oral presentation and poster award winners Lifetime achievement awards	2
Nymphozoon cinderella sp. nov. (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Pseudocerotidae), a new species of marine flatworm from Japan	2
Spatial and temporal distribution of chlorophyll a concentration in the Sunda Shelf	2
In-water photo-ID to estimate foraging movements of green turtles Chelonia mydas in Apo Island, Negros Oriental, Philippines	2
Distribution and abundance of herbivorous reef fishes on a barrier reef system in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas, Florida	2
Fish community characterization of mid-shelf and shelf- edge mesophotic coral ecosystems in the expanded Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary	2
Goatfishes (Teleostei: Mullidae) of the Socotra Archipelago: diversity and distributional biogeography, with a new record of Parupeneus heptacantha	2
Efficacy of probability surveys for ESA-listed coral species in southern Florida	2
Comparing soil organic carbon and water relations among continental and island mangroves in the Colombian Caribbean	2

Putative spawning aggregations of giant trevally in the Red Sea	2
Nocturnal Infestation of Flounder (Bothidae: Pleuronectiformes) by Parasitic Gnathiid Isopods in the Central Philippines	2