OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Mass mortality of the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis in Turkey (eastern Mediterranean)	19
Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic	15
Keratose‐dominated sponge grounds from temperate mesophotic ecosystems (NW Mediterranean Sea)	15
Colonisers of the dark: biostalactite‐associated metazoans from “lu Lampiùne” submarine cave (Apulia, Mediterranean Sea)	13
pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios	13
Stable isotopic signatures of sediment carbon and nitrogen sources and its relation to benthic meiofaunal distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord	10
Reef microhabitats mediate fish feeding intensity and agonistic interactions at Príncipe Island Biosphere Reserve, Tropical Eastern Atlantic	9
Depth distribution of canopy‐forming algae of the order Fucales is related to their photosynthetic features	9
Submarine groundwater springs are characterized by distinct fish communities	9
Responses of humpback whales to a changing climate in the Southern Hemisphere: Priorities for research efforts	8
First evidence of an intensive bloom of the coccolithophore Syracosphaerahalldalii in a highly variable estuarine environment (Krka River, Adriatic sea)	8
Phylogenetic diversity of culturable marine bacteria from sediments underlying the oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea and their role in nitrate reduction	7
Population genetics of cold‐water coral associated Pleustidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) reveals cryptic diversity and recent expansion off Iceland	7
Evidence of increased mussel abundance related to the Pacific marine heatwave and sea star wasting	7
Effects of Ficopomatus enigmaticus ecosystem‐engineered habitat structure on population parameters of the amphipod Melita palmata: A NIS‐NIS interaction study	7
Population genetics reveals global and regional history of the apex predator Galeocerdocuvier (carcharhiniformes) with comments on mitigating shark attacks in north‐eastern brazil	7
Long‐term variability of the coastal ocean stratification in the Gulf of Naples: Two decades of monitoring the marine ecosystem at the LTER–MC site, between land and open Mediter	6
Are populations of economically important bonefish and queen conch 'open' or 'closed' in the northern caribbean basin?	6
Asymmetric effects of changes in the habitat‐forming algae Sargassum on different associated mobile faunas along São Paulo coast, Brazil	6
Patterns of spatial and temporal distribution of the macrobenthic fauna on an estuarine macrotidal sandy beach on the Amazon coast (Brazil)	6
Concurrent effect of crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreak and thermal anomaly of 2020 on coral reef communities of the Spratly Islands (South China Sea)	6
Cryptofauna associated with rhodoliths: Diversity is species‐specific and influenced by habitat	6
Food source or refuge: What is behind amphipod choices for seaweeds?	6
Composition and diversity of prokaryotic communities sampled from sponges and soft corals in Maldivian waters	5
Assembly rules vary seasonally in stable phytoplankton associations of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)	5

Coastal mesozooplankton respond to decadal environmental changes via community restructuring	5
Contrasting effects of the El Niño 2015–16 event on coral reefs from the central pacific coast of Mexico	5
Small‐scale macrobenthic community structure along asymmetrical sand waves in an underwater seascape	5
Vertical and temporal distribution of chytrids infecting diatoms in the Gulf of Naples (Italy, Mediterranean Sea)	5
Population structure, maturity and relative growth of the porcelain crab Pachycheles laevidactylus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Porcellanidae) in a temperate zone	4
Microplastics in the menu of Mediterranean zooplankton: Insights from the feeding response of the calanoid copepod Centropages typicus	4
Core microbiome of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Pocillopora verrucosa in the northeastern tropical Pacific	4
The phylum Chloroflexi and their SAR202 clade dominate the microbiome of two marine sponges living in extreme environmental conditions	4
Maturity of a giant: age and size reaction norm for sexual maturity for Atlantic leatherback turtles	4
Trait‐based diversity of deep‐sea benthic megafauna communities near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site	4
Multi‐species fish foraging associations during tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus (De Vis 1885) (Labridae)	4
Holoplankton and meroplankton communities in surf zone waters of a temperate SW Atlantic sandy beach: Seasonal patterns	4
Strategic foraging: Understanding hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) prey item energy values and distribution within a marine protected area	4
Photo‐identification confirms polyandry in loggerhead sea turtles	3
From metabarcoding time series to plankton food webs: The hidden role of trophic hierarchy in providing ecological resilience	3
Epibiosis in sedimentary coastal environments: Effects of an introduced barnacle on a native mussel	3
Characterization and biogeographic affinity of megazoobenthos in the Central Mediterranean Sea	3
Advances in the study of the trophic niche of batoids with distribution in Mexican waters	3
Matrilineal evidence for genetic structure and Late Pleistocene demographic expansion of the Ornate goby Istigobiusornatus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea	3
Phytoplankton ecology in different coastal habitats along the northern Bay of Bengal	3
Size spectra, biomass, and trophic groups of free‐living marine nematodes along a water‐depth gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	3
After the nursery: Regional and broad‐scale movements of sharks tagged in the Caribbean	3
Small‐scale spatiotemporal variability and distance–decay relationships in intertidal micro‐ and meiobenthic assemblages	3
Metabarcoding reveals marked seasonality and a distinctive winter assemblage of dinoflagellates at a coastal LTER site in the Gulf of Naples	3
Effects of the ridge‐and‐runnel system on macrofaunal spatial distribution on a macrotidal sandy beach in the Brazilian Amazon coast	3
Comparison of the spatio‐temporal distribution of the roughneck shrimp Rimapenaeus constrictus (Stimpson, 1874) (Crustacea, Penaeoidea) from monthly samples collected 20 years apart: Effects of	3
Exploration of the inter‐annual variability and multi‐scale environmental drivers of European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas (Decapoda: Palinuridae) settlement in the NW Mediterranean	2
First insights on the horizontal movements of short‐finned pilot whales in the Gulf of Mexico	2
Does the same refuge signify the same reproductive tactics? Comparing the mating systems of two symbiont alpheid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)	2
Higher population genetic diversity within the algal symbiont Durusdinium in Pocillopora verrucosa from Mexican Pacific reefs correlates with higher resistance to bleaching after the El	2
First detailed insights into the life‐history traits of the alien shrimp Athanas nitescens (Decapoda: Alpheidae) in the western Atlantic	2
Short‐term movement dynamics of the world’s largest sea cucumbers (genus Thelenota)	2
Effects of disturbance on macrofaunalbiodiversity‐ecosystemfunctioning relationships in seagrass habitats	2
Surface behaviors correlate with prey abundance and vessels in an endangered killer whale (Orcinus orca) population	2
Tool use by the orange wrasse Pseudolabrus luculentus and doubleheader Coris bulbifrons	2
Are CO₂‐rich seafloor pockmarks a suitable environment for ostracod assemblages? The example of the Zannone Giant Pockmark (central‐eastern Tyrrhenian)	2
Mucus from the Pulmonate Sea Slug Onchidium typhae: Biochemical composition and ecological implications for the intertidal community	2
Population biology of the endangered land crab Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) in the Trindade Island, Brazil: Identifying crucial areas for future conservation strategies	2
Inter‐sexual comparison of body biomass, proximate biochemical composition, and fatty acid profiles of new juvenile squat lobsters (Pleuroncodes monodon) in the Southeast Pacific Ocean	2
Biodiversity and conservation of “solar‐powered” sea slugs from the Western Atlantic under climate change scenarios	2
Feeding guilds among batoids in the northwest coast of the Baja California Sur, Mexico	2
Geographical ecology of the symbiotic crabs Libinia ferreirae and Libinia spinosa: Distributional patterns in south and south‐eastern coast of Brazil	2
Habitat associations between Streptococcus bovis/equinus complex and Streptococcus phocae, the causative agents of strep syndrome in sea otters, and the marine environment	2
Molecular ecology of a shallow water shrimp, Acetes sibogae sibogae Hansen 1919: Evidence for strongly limited gene flow across the western Pacific	2
Environmental influences on the cyanobacterial mat formation in the mangrove ecosystems along the southwest coast of India	2
Using stable isotope analysis to determine the effects of ocean acidification and warming on trophic interactions in a maerl bed community	2
Interplay among anthropogenic impact, climate change, and internal dynamics in driving nutrient and phytoplankton biomass in the Gulf of Naples	2
Feeding intensity and molecular prey identification of the mantis shrimp, Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan, 1844), in the Tianjin coastal zone of Bohai Bay	2
Stable allopolyploidy in a hybrid zone within the Matsukawaura Lagoon (Japan) between Neopyropia yezoensis and Neopyropia tenera (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) and its relevance to speciation m	2
Abundance of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the north‐western Mediterranean Sea, using photo‐identification and microsatellite genotyping	2

Effect of habitat topography on the structure and diversity of benthic communities across five marinas from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean	2
Genealogical concordance, comparative species delimitation, and the specific status of the Caspian pipefish Syngnathus caspius (Teleostei: Syngnathidae)	2
Surface cyclopoid copepod assemblages in relation to environmental conditions near undisturbed coral reefs of Minicoy, southeastern Arabian Sea, a part of the Indian Ocean	2
Comparison of the fish functional arrangement of two contrasting localities in the Gulf of Mexico	2
Size‐based differences in isotopic niche width (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea	2
Photosynthetic performances of two deep‐water canopy‐forming fucoid algae across a depth gradient: Interspecific variability and short‐term adaptation to the light environment	2
Bioerosion and its relationship with skeletal density of Platygyra daedalea and Porites harrisoni in Larak Island, Persian Gulf	2
A CHEMTAX‐derived phytoplankton community structure during 12‐year observations in the Gulf of Naples (LTER‐MC)	2