OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research is 3. 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
Understanding the diversity and phylogenetic placements of New Zealand amphipods within a global context	23
Effects of an experimental in situ seabed disturbance on deep-sea benthic ecosystem function and macro-infaunal community structure on the Chatham Rise, Southwest Pacifi	20
Shellogy: reading abalone shells to empower reef-scale management	18
Abalone research in a changing world	14
Fatty acid biomarkers reveal maternal energy allocation strategies in spawning Snapper ( Chrysophrys auratus )	14
Diversity of tropical macroalgae in the New Zealand marine aquarium trade	12
Growth and survival of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) fed invasive macroalgae	11
Variations in ecosystem service provision of two functionally similar bivalve habitats	11
Age-based growth dynamics analysis of recreationally- vs commercially-caught snapper ( Chrysophrys auratus ) in SNA1 management zone	10
Population structure and genetic diversity of false killer whales ( Pseudorca crassidens ) in New Zealand waters: preliminary results	9
Understanding the consequences of sea level rise: the ecological implications of losing intertidal habitat	9
Growth of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) co-cultivated with two densities of warty sea cucumber ( Apostichopus parvimensis )	9
Historical data provides context for recent monitoring and demonstrates 100 years of declining estuarine health	9
Mesozooplankton community associations with water mass and season off the Southeast coast of New Zealand (2017–2018)	8
Sea to the mountains: quantifying freshwater eel and trout diet reliance on marine subsidies from upstream migrating fish	8
Biochemical composition of biofilms and gastropod grazers; informing biological control efforts from a nutritional perspective	8
Botryllus (Ascidiacea, Styelidae) on the Argentine coast	7
Occurrence, site-fidelity and photo-identification of long-finned pilot whales in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
Morphometric and meristic discrimination within juvenile flounder species in New Zealand indicate genetic and environmental disparities	6
Chironomidae responses to volcanic ash fall: a case study from Northern Patagonia for consideration in paleolimnological reconstructions	6
Comparative paralytic shellfish toxin accumulation in three important Aotearoa New Zealand marine invertebrate species: kina ( Evechinus chloroticus ), pāua (	5
Adaption of a traditional Māori fishing method for biomonitoring: using whakaweku for sampling benthic macroinvertebrates in streams	5
Coral reefs of Australia: perspectives from beyond the water’s edge Coral reefs of Australia: perspectives from beyond the water’s edge , edited by S. M. Hamylton, P. Hu	5
Effects of temperature and salinity on bacterial reduction in Portuguese oysters ( Magallana angulata ) during depuration with sonoelectrochemical water	5
Environmental drivers of Atrina zelandica habitat suitability in Tauranga Harbour	5

The role of wind and buoyancy forcing on mixed layer depths and productivity on the Chatham Rise from ocean glider and ship-based observations	5
Effects of sediment pulses on the deep-sea coral Goniocorella dumosa	5
Assessment of the potential of the fucoid seaweed, Hormosira banksii , as a source of fucoidan and coculture on a Pacific oyster farm in New Zealand	4
Salinity has a greater effect on sea star righting time than temperature	4
On the projected changes in New Zealand's wave climate and its main drivers	4
Riparian plant species offer a range of organic resources to stream invertebrate communities through varied leaf breakdown rates	4
Transformation of nitrogen compounds in a regenerated urban drainage stream in New Zealand	4
The effect of diet on the growth and energy budget of juvenile Neostichopus grammatus	4
Common bully ( Gobiomorphus cotidianus ) and mosquitofish ( Gambusia affinis ) shift littoral zooplankton community composition to smaller	3
Ecological and archaeological consequences of ongoing, largely human-mediated colonisation of endemic soft, shelly habitats by mangroves in a northern New Zealand embayment	3
Characterisation of dissolved organic matter from temperate wetlands: field dynamics and photoreactivity changes driven by natural inputs and diagenesis along the hydroperiod	3
Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies	3
Establishment of a stable isotope database for New Zealand fur seal breeding colonies using δ ¹³ C and δ ¹⁵ N in pup vibrissae	3
Notes on the experimental laboratory and field culture of Lessonia variegata (Laminariales)	3
Is marine carbon dioxide removal right for Aotearoa New Zealand?	3
Review of skeletal carbonate mineralogy of brachiopods with new material from New Zealand	3
Sexual reproduction of seagrass Zostera muelleri in Aotearoa New Zealand: are we missing a restoration opportunity?	3
The complete mitogenome of Haliotis asinina (Gastropoda, Haliotidae) from Malaysian waters provides further insights into the phylogeny of the abalone	3
Evidence for strong selective forces structuring a subtropical bacterioplankton metacommunity along 800 km from freshwater reservoir to the sea	3
The potential role of exopolysaccharide from Graesiella sp (chlorophyte Microalga) as dietary supplement against Bisphenol A-induced hepatotoxicity in gilthead sea bream	3