OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Limnology and Oceanography 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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In situ aerobic methane oxidation rates in a stratified lake	40
Correction to “Cascading, interactive, and indirect effects of climate change on aquatic communities, habitats, and ecosystems”	38
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Phytoplankton absorb mainly red light in lakes with high chromophoric dissolved organic matter	36
The grazing impact of megaherbivores on sediment accumulation and stabilization functions of seagrass meadows in a subtropical coral reef lagoon	36
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Nutrient function over form: Organic and inorganic nitrogen additions have similar effects on lake phytoplankton nutrient limitation	33
Grazing by an endemic atyid shrimp controls microbial communities in the Hawaiian anchialine ecosystem	33
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Phytoplankton community response to a drought‐to‐wet climate transition in a subtropical estuary	32
Reference state, structure, regime shifts, and regulatory drivers in a coastal sea over the last century: The Central Baltic Sea case	32

Environmental controls of autotrophic biofilm biomass and community composition in subarctic lakes and streams in Greenland	32
The role of internal nitrogen loading in supportingnon‐N‐fixing harmful cyanobacterial blooms in the water column of a large eutrophic lake	31
Thermal plasticity of coral reef symbionts is linked to major alterations in their lipidome composition	31
Phytoplankton size distributions in the western North Atlantic and their seasonal variability	30
Carbon isotopic constraints on the degradation and sequestration of organic matter in river‐influenced marginal sea sediments	30
Ecophysiology of two mesophotic octocorals intended for restoration: Effects of light and temperature	28
Broad‐scale climate patterns combined with local flow and turbidity disturbances structure the seasonality of gross primary production in an aridland river	28
Ascidians increase in abundance on tropicalized reefs and may enhance benthic nitrous oxide production	27
Role of virus‐mediated lysis in spatiotemporal dynamics of prokaryotic communities in river–estuary–coastal ecosystems	27
Outwelling of reduced porewater drives the biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter and trace metals in a major mangrove‐fringed estuary in Amazonia	27
Effects of spatially heterogeneous lakeside development on nearshore biotic communities in a large, deep, oligotrophic lake	27
Bottom‐up as well as top‐down processes govern zoobenthic secondary production in a tidal‐flat ecosystem	26
Urbanization alters river multifunctionality by reducing macroinvertebrate diversity in highly human‐impacted plain river networks	25
Unexpected functional diversity of stream biofilms within and across proglacial floodplains despite close spatial proximity	25
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Differences in bed elevation shape subtidal mussel bed stability under high‐energy hydrodynamic events	25
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Temperature‐dependent evolution of cell morphology and carbon and nutrient content in a marine diatom	24
Prolific nitrite reoxidation across the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean	24
Patchiness of plankton communities at fronts explained by Lagrangian history of upwelled water parcels	23
Responses of biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds to environmental changes in the northwestern Pacific continental sea	23
Ubiquitous but unique: Water depth and oceanographic attributes shape methane seep communities	23
Experimental nutrient enrichment of forest streams reduces ecosystem nitrogen and phosphorus storage	23
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Changes to upper‐ocean ecosystems may directly impact abyssal scavenger communities	22
Sediment depth–dependent fungal community and biogeochemical potentials along the abyssal–hadal transition zone of the Mariana Trench	22
Biogeochemical states, rates, and exchanges exhibit linear responses to large nutrient load reductions in a shallow, eutrophic urban estuary	22
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Mechanisms and fluid dynamics of foraging in heterotrophic nanoflagellates	22
A missing trophic link: Contribution of the microbial loop to the estimation of the trophic position of pelagic consumers	22
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Shortcomings of the dissipation rate for understanding the turbulent environment of plankton—And a potential solution	22
Effect of a tropical cyclone on the pelagic ecosystem of a continental shelf	22
Life in turbulent waters: unsteady biota–flow interactions across scales	22
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Phosphorus enrichment increases the prevalence of a microsporidian parasite in experimental Daphnia populations	21
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How marine heatwaves are reshaping phytoplankton in the Northeast Pacific	21
The effects of disturbance on the microbial mediation of sediment stability	20
Autonomous instrumentation and big data: New windows, knowledge, and breakthroughs in the aquatic sciences	20
Concurrent DNA meta‐barcoding and plankton imaging reveal novel parasitic infection and competition in a diatom	20
Natural and anthropogenic controls on lake water‐level decline and evaporation‐to‐inflow ratio in the conterminous United States	20
Applying empirical dynamic modeling to distinguish abiotic and biotic drivers of population fluctuations in sympatric fishes	20
Long‐term nutrient load reductions and increasing lake TN : TP stoichiometry decrease phytoplankton biomass and diversity in a large shallow lake	20
Resolving abrupt frontal gradients in zooplankton community composition and marine snow fields with an autonomous Zooglider	20
Dissolved organic matter mediates the effects of warming and inorganic nutrients on a lake planktonic food web	19
Controls on buffering and coastal acidification in a temperate estuary	19
The Amazon shelf sediments, a reactor that fuels intense nitrogen cycling at the seabed	18
Net emission of atmospheric volatile organic compounds from ponds in a peatland forest	18
Oceanic turbulence from a planktonic perspective	18

Stability of chironomid community structure during historic climatic and environmental change in subarctic Alaska	18
Long‐range transport of littoral methane explains the metalimnetic methane peak in a large lake	18
High‐resolution water‐quality and ecosystem‐metabolism modeling in lowland rivers	18
Multi‐omics analyses reveal the signatures of metabolite transfers across trophic levels in a high‐CO₂ ocean	18
Meadow trophic status regulates the nitrogen filter function of tropical seagrasses in seasonally eutrophic coastal waters	18
Potential role of submerged macrophytes for oxic methane production in aquatic ecosystems	18
Impact of shallow‐water hydrothermal seepage on benthic biogeochemical cycling, nutrient availability, and meiobenthic communities in a tropical coral reef	18
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Sea ice breakup and nutrient supply regulate the timing and magnitude of algal export over the slopes of the Pacific Arctic region	17
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Multigenerational physiological compensation and body size reduction dampen the effects of warming on copepods	17
Kelp canopy species and forest structure foster distinct faunal assemblages	17
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Limited degradability of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus during contrasting seasons in a tropical coastal environment	16
Pteropods as early‐warning indicators of ocean acidification	16
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Unexpectedly stable soil organic carbon in tidal marshes under combined nitrogen loading and increased inundation compared to individual effects	16
The role of tides and winds in shaping seed dispersal in coastal wetlands	16
Summer sea ice melting enhances phytoplankton and dimethyl sulfide production	16
Mass deposition of microbes from wildfire smoke to the sea surface microlayer	16
High‐frequency variability dominates potential connectivity between remote coral reefs	16
Role of particle dynamics in processing of terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus in the estuarine mixing zone	16
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Patterns of siderophore production and utilization at Station ALOHA from the surface to mesopelagic waters	16
The interaction between vegetation patchiness and tidal flows in a shortleaf seagrass meadow	16
The influence of environmental parameters on spatial variation in zoobenthic density and stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, and δ³⁴S) within	16
Terrestrial support of wetland food webs via a dissolved inorganic carbon pathway	16
Geochemical focusing and burial of sedimentary iron, manganese, and phosphorus during lake eutrophication	15
Biogeochemical‐Argo data suggest significant contributions of small particles to the vertical carbon flux in the subpolar North Atlantic	15
Shifting phenology as a key driver of shelf zooplankton population variability	15
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Co‐acquisition of mineral‐bound iron and phosphorus by natural Trichodesmium colonies	15
Nutritional response of a coccolithophore to changing pH and temperature	15
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Summer ecosystem structure in mountain lakes linked to interannual variability of lake ice, snowpack, and landscape attributes	15
Variability in lake bacterial growth and primary production under lake ice: Evidence from early winter to spring melt	15
Why do algal blooms intensify under reduced nitrogen and fluctuating phosphorus conditions: The underappreciated role of non‐algal light attenuation	15
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Basin‐scale estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from the Mara River, Kenya: Importance of discharge, stream size, and land use/land cover	15
The experimental implications of the rate of temperature change and timing of nutrient availability on growth and stoichiometry of a natural marine phytoplankton community	14
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Corrigendum: A trait‐based carbon export model for mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico with consideration of asynchronous vertical migration, flux boundaries, and feeding guilds	14
Dynamics of surface accretion and surface elevation differ between river and tide dominated settings in tropical mangroves	14
Transport and reactivity of nitrous oxide and methane in two contrasting subterranean estuaries	14
Climate change–induced terrestrial matter runoff may decrease food web production in coastal ecosystems	14
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Biomass‐to‐volume ratio as a central continuous functional trait for marine zooplankton	14
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Blue carbon additionality: New insights from the radiocarbon content of saltmarsh soils and their respired CO₂	14
Deep‐sea wooden shipwrecks influence sediment microbiome diversity	14
Differential impacts of pH on growth, physiology, and elemental stoichiometry across three coccolithophore species	14
Size distribution of aggregates across different aquatic systems around Japan shows that stronger aggregates are formed under turbulence	14
Methanogens limited to lower rhizosphere and to an atypical salt marsh niche along a pristine intertidal mangrove continuum	14
Hydrodynamic processes influence nitrous oxide production and emission potential in a mountainous river estuary: Insights from microbial community patterns and model predictions	14
Vertical and horizontal variations in phytoplankton chlorophyll a in response to a looping super typhoon	13
Biogeochemical cycling of Cd, Mn, and Ce in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific oxygen‐deficient zone	13
A simple‐wave damping model for flexible marsh plants	13
“Slow” and “fast” in blue carbon: Differential turnover of allochthonous and autochthonous organic matter in minerogenic salt marsh sediments	13
Significant impact of lithogenic dissolution from subantarctic volcanic islands on the regional marine silicon cycle	13
Deep photoautotrophic prokaryotes contribute substantially to carbon dynamics in oxygen‐deficient waters in a permanently redox‐stratified freshwater lake	13
Sediment oxygen consumption in Antarctic subglacial environments	13
Organic carbon dynamics and microbial community response to oyster reef restoration	13
Hydrology mediates salt marsh belowground biomass response to warming	13
Dependency of Arctic zooplankton on pelagic food sources: New insights from fatty acid and stable isotope analyses	13
Unique thermal mixing patterns in Lake Ontario revealed by novel year‐round observations of thermal stratification	13
Nitrogen stable isotopes (δ¹⁵N) and tissue nitrogen in shallow‐water and mesophotic macroalgae differ between the Main Hawaiian Islands and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islan	13
Autonomous observations enhance our ability to observe the biological carbon pump across diverse carbon export regimes	13
Contribution of gas concentration and transfer velocity to CO₂ flux variability in northern lakes	13
Responses of microbial communities and greenhouse gas production to land use change in mangrove wetland sediments	13
Environment matters: Dominant coastal marsh grasses produce similar biomass carbon pools in a brackish mesocosm experiment	13
Elevated dissolved carbon dioxide and associated acidification delays maturation and decreases calcification and survival in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna	12
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An intense precipitation event causes a temperate forested drainage network to shift from N₂O source to sink	12
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Increasing acidification does not affect sexual reproduction of a solitary zooxanthellate coral transplanted at a carbon dioxide vent	12
In situ observations of zooplankton show changes in abundance and swimming speed in response to hypoxia and acidification	12
Seafloor bioturbation intensity on the deep sea: More complex than organic matter	12
Consistent prokaryotic successional dynamics across contrasting phytoplankton blooms	12
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Corrigendum: Food sources drive temporal variation in elemental stoichiometry of benthic consumers	12
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Nutrient‐dependent thermal response in growth and stoichiometry of Antarctic phytoplankton	12
Relative depths of the subsurface peaks of phytoplankton abundance conserved over ocean provinces	12
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Bacterial biogeography of the Indian Ocean	12
Tidal control and mangrove dieback impact on methane emissions from a subtropical mangrove estuary	12
Searching for drivers of the patchy distribution of sympatric deposit‐feeding sea cucumbers: A multi‐scale monitoring study	12
Enhanced benthic nitrous oxide and ammonium production after natural oxygenation of long‐term anoxic sediments	11
Correction to “A 7‐yr spatial time series resolves the island mass effect and associated shifts in picocyanobacteria abundances near O'ahu, Hawai'i”	11
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Dynamics of alongshore current in the Taiwan Strait: A perspective on the southward Kuroshio branch in winter	11
Isotopic signatures of biotic and abiotic N₂O production and consumption in the water column of meromictic, ferruginous Lake La Cruz (Spain)	11
Terrigenous inputs link nutrient dynamics to microbial communities in a tropical lagoon	11
Dynamic benthic oxygen fluxes lessen hypoxia effects on open continental shelves	11
Oxygen‐deficient water zones in the Baltic Sea promote uncharacterized Hg methylating microorganisms in underlying sediments	11
Uncertainty sources for measurable ocean carbonate chemistry variables	11
The effect of vorticity on the feeding of a freshwater grazer	11
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Calcification increases carbon supply, photosynthesis, and growth in a globally distributed coccolithophore	11
Coral rubble dynamics in the Anthropocene and implications for reef recovery	11
Seasonal drivers of dissolved oxygen across a tidal creek–marsh interface revealed by machine learning	11
Grazer‐induced bioluminescence and toxicity in marine dinoflagellates	11
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On the fundamental additive modes of ocean color absorption	11
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Rainstorm regimes modulate cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in deep reservoirs: Synergistic effects of nutrient pulses and hydrological perturbations	11
Fluorescence as a tracer of the susceptibility of dissolved organic matter to photodegradation in the Arctic Ocean	11
Variability in the phytoplankton response to upwelling across an iron limitation mosaic within the California current system	11
Experimental droughts in mesocosms reveal a gradient of tolerance in Alpine stream macroinvertebrates	11
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Variation in sediment and seagrass characteristics reflect multiple stressors along a nitrogen‐enrichment gradient in a New England lagoon	10
Ingestion and respiration rates of a common coastal mysid respond differently to diurnal temperature fluctuation	10
Cyclical prey shortages for a marine polar predator driven by the interaction of climate change and natural climate variability	10
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Invertebrate trophic structure on marine ferromanganese and phosphorite hardgrounds	10
Synchrony dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in high‐mountain streams: Insights into scale‐dependent processes	10
Wind‐driven currents and water masses shape spring phytoplankton distribution and composition in hydrologically complex, productive shelf waters	10
Co‐occurrence and successional patterns among diatoms, dinoflagellates, and potential parasites in a coastal upwelling experiment	10
Effect of marine heat waves on carbon metabolism, optical characterization, and bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon in coastal vegetated communities	10
Food web structure and intraguild predation affect ecosystem functioning in an established plankton model	10
Promoting effects of aluminum addition on chlorophyll biosynthesis and growth of two cultured iron‐limited marine diatoms	10
Epiphyton phenology determines the persistence of submerged macrophytes: Exemplified in temperate shallow lakes	10
A sprinkling of gold dust: Pine pollen as a carbon source in Baltic Sea coastal food webs	10
Spatiotemporal variability of dissolved inorganic macronutrients along the northern Antarctic Peninsula (1996–2019)	10
Net ecosystem dissolution and respiration dominate metabolic rates at two western Atlantic reef sites	10
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Climate change scenarios differentially modulate the impact of invasion in a native macrophyte species	10
Grazer‐induced toxin production is energetically costly and significantly reduces growth of cylindrospermopsin‐producing cyanobacteria	10
Carbon production at shallow‐water artificial reef ecosystems relies on water column primary productivity	10
Do phytoplankton require oxygen to survive? A hypothesis and model synthesis from oxygen minimum zones	10
Drivers of phytoplankton responses to summer wind events in a stratified lake: A modeling study	10
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P inputs determine denitrifier abundance explaining dissolved nitrous oxide in reservoirs	10
Distinct drivers of two size fractions of operationally dissolved iron in a temperate river	10
Heterotrophy of particulate organic matter subsidies contributes to divergent bleaching responses in tropical Scleractinian corals	10
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Inorganic carbon dynamics and their relation to autotrophic community regime shift over three decades in a large, alkaline river	10
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Depth and basin shape constrain ecosystem metabolism in lakes dominated by benthic primary producers	10
Holocene climate change shifted Southern Ocean biogeochemical cycling and predator trophic dynamics	10
Recovery trends of reef carbonate budgets at remote coral atolls 6 years post‐bleaching	10
Effect of increased CO₂ on calcium homeostasis and signaling in a marine diatom	10
Successful acclimation of marine diatoms Chaetoceros curvisetus/pseudocurvisetus to climate change	9
Coral reef erosion: In situ measurement on different dead coral substrates on a Caribbean reef	9
Carbon dioxide emissions across contrasting urban freshwater ecosystems	9
High rates of erosion on a wave‐exposed fringing coral reef	9
Predicting larval alewife transport in Lake Michigan using hydrodynamic and Lagrangian particle dispersion models	9
Nutrient inversion but not warming drive changes in periphyton biomass and composition in shallow lake mesocosms	9
Nutrient availability influences the thermal response of marine diatoms	9
Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry	9
Effects of Atlantification and changing sea‐ice dynamics on zooplankton community structure and carbon flux between 2000 and 2016 in the eastern Fram Strait	9
Fish predation cues induce drifting and emergence in an experimental stream mesocosm system	9
Seasonally migrating zooplankton strongly enhance Southern Ocean carbon sequestration	9
Biological sources and sinks of dimethylsulfide disentangled by an induced bloom experiment and a numerical model	9
Higher alpha and gamma, but not beta diversity in tropical than in Mediterranean temporary ponds: A multi‐taxon spatiotemporal approach	9
Strain‐dependent and host genotype–dependent priority effects in gut microbiome assembly affect host fitness in Daphnia	9
Recovery of denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium following reoxygenation of sediments from a periodically hypoxic temperate lagoon	9
Geographic variation in organic carbon storage by seagrass beds	9
Seasonal hypoxia and temperature inversions in a tropical bay	9
Seasonal patterns in nutrient bioavailability in boreal headwater streams	9
Warming seas: Native Sargassum species at risk	9
The relative importance of environmental heterogeneity and dispersal limitation on spatial patterns of phytoplankton communities varies across seasons	9
Highly mobile pelagic species co‐occur with fine‐scale ocean fronts	9
The influence of mountain streamflow on nearshore ecosystem metabolism in a large, oligotrophic lake across a drought and a wet year	9
Microplastics stress alters microorganism community structure and reduces the production of biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds	9
Gross oxygen production and microbial community respiration in the oligotrophic ocean	9