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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic Diversity Losses in Mantis Shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria Offspring Created for Supportive Releases Using an Ecological Breeding in Earthen Pond Method	25
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Growth Rate in Cultured Crustose Coralline Algae of the Genus Phymatolithon and Sporolithon From Taiwan	12
A Scavenging Behavior of Cyclammina cancellata (Foraminifera, Rhizaria) on a Crustacean Carcass: Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope and Microbiome Analyses	11
The differences in the trophic structure of semi‐enclosed and open coastal communities under the influence of an alien top predator (red king crab in the Barents Sea)	11
Assembly rules vary seasonally in stable phytoplankton associations of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)	10
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Habitat associations between Streptococcus bovis/equinus complex and Streptococcus phocae, the causative agents of strep syndrome in sea otters, and the marine environment	8
Meiofauna: Anthropogenic impacts on hidden players in ecosystem	7
Ontogenetic shifts in feeding habits of orangemouth weakfish (Cynoscion xanthulus): From estuarine benthic feeder to marine nektivore top predator	7
The Gulf of Naples as a model system for plankton ecology studies	7
Latitudinal biodiversity gradients of rocky intertidal assemblages: Spatial scales and complex associations with environmental factors	7
Genetic connectivity of the common octopus (Octopus insularis) along the southwestern Caribbean	7
Size spectra, biomass, and trophic groups of free‐living marine nematodes along a water‐depth gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	7
Multi‐year monitoring shows higher species richness and diversity of fish assemblages in a Danish seagrass meadow as compared to neighbouring non‐vegetated areas	7
Current Wild Population Status of Protected Mother‐Of‐Pearl Oyster Pinctada mazatlanica in Mexican Pacific Reefs	6
The Roles of Secondary Calcifiers in Reef Construction and Maintenance in Coral and Rocky Reefs of the Mexican Pacific	6
Future Climate Change Scenarios of Increased CO₂ and Temperature Strongly Affect a Coral Reef Meiobenthic Harpacticoid (Crustacea) Community	6
Meiofaunal Dynamics in Oceanic Islands: Insights From Spatial Distribution, Substrate Influence and Connectivity	6
Epibiosis in sedimentary coastal environments: Effects of an introduced barnacle on a native mussel	5
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Reassessment of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea nesting population at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica	5
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Can the Movement of the Deep‐Sea Bivalve Acesta excavata Lead to a Dynamic Habitat?	5

Population structure, maturity and relative growth of the porcelain crab Pachycheles laevidactylus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Porcellanidae) in a temperate zone	4
Boring Pattern of Isopods in the Intertidal Hard Mud Substratum of Gulf of Khambhat, With Two New Records From Gujarat Coast	4
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Mitochondrial DNA variation of Metapenaeus monoceros (Decapoda, Penaeidae) reveals high genetic variation within Bangladesh with distinct lineages in the Indian Ocean	4
Seasonal distribution of solitary and colonial benthic ascidians (Chordata) with ecological gradients in and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India	4
An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)	4
Polychaetes and fish in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil: Community concordance and influence of environmental variables	4
Multiannual trends of toxic and potentially toxic microalgae (Ostreopsis cf. ovata, Prorocentrum lima, and Coolia monotis) in Sfax coasts (North of Gabes Gulf, Tunisia)	4
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Is integrated taxonomy useful to study diversity and ecology? An example from crustacean zooplankton at the Long‐Term ecological research site MareChiara (LTER‐MC)	4
Trophic structure using ecological relationships between five dominant commercial fish in Kolahi to Dargahan	4
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A Study on Tintinnids (Loricate Ciliates) From the Mangrove Proximal Zone Waters of Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair), South Andaman	4
Mass Mortality of the Invasive Sea Urchin Diadema setosum in Türkiye, Eastern Mediterranean Possibly Reveals Vibrio Bacteria Infection	4
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“Another Kid on the Block”: Testing the Effects of Artificial Substrates on the Recruitment of Juvenile Fishes in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico	4
Migratory contingents of brown trout reveal variable exposure to anthropogenic threats along a fjord‐river continuum	4
Differential feeding rates of native and alien predators on the invasive Asian date mussel Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in cantor, 1842) in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon	4
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The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: The series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples	3
Core microbiome of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Pocillopora verrucosa in the northeastern tropical Pacific	3
How many are they? Estimates of demographic patterns of reproductive females of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) in the southern coast of Brazil	3
Serpentinite‐hosted chemosynthetic community of South Chamorro Seamount, Mariana Forearc	3
The Role of Temperature in the Termination of Dormancy in Zooplankton	3
Diversity and distribution of foraminifera and tintinnids (bio‐indicators) from Pulicat Lake, India	3
Evidence of increased mussel abundance related to the Pacific marine heatwave and sea star wasting	3
Juvenile Species in Beach Seine Bycatch Along the Coast of Ghana: Any Implications for Fisheries?	3
Zooplankton community and copepod carcasses and non‐predatory mortality in six tropical estuarine systems (Northeast of Brazil)	3
Strategic foraging: Understanding hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) prey item energy values and distribution within a marine protected area	3
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Plastics and the ocean: Origin, characterization, fate, and impacts. Andrady, A.L. (ed.) 2022. John Wiley & Sons, 484 pp. ISBN 9781119768401 (Hardcover: £148)	3
Cryptic biodiversity inhabiting coral reef sponges	3
Does the same refuge signify the same reproductive tactics? Comparing the mating systems of two symbiont alpheid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)	3
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Can Copepods Feed on Kelp Detritus? A Laboratory Study With Calanus finmarchicus	3
Comparison of the fish functional arrangement of two contrasting localities in the Gulf of Mexico	3
High Level of Predation of Atlantic Salmon Smolt During Marine Migration	3
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Divergent Communities of Marine Nematodes in Impacted Beaches of Bandar Abbas (Iran)	3
Unusual formations in the B. R. Chinchorro Bank: Miniature atolls	3
Biodiversity and conservation of “solar‐powered” sea slugs from the Western Atlantic under climate change scenarios	3
Thinking beyond the data: When the sea went dark	2
Species diversity, trophic structure, and taxonomic distinctness of molluscan assemblages associated with Sargassum beds in a historically impacted bay	2
Holoplankton and meroplankton communities in surf zone waters of a temperate SW Atlantic sandy beach: Seasonal patterns	2
Individual and population‐level variation in susceptibility to temperature in early life history stages of giant kelp	2
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791), a poorly studied bivalve, in the Kara Sea: Distribution and growth variability	2
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Multi‐Species Fish Foraging Associations Involving Common Sydney Octopus With Crimsonband Wrasse, Günther's Wrasse and Yellowfin Bream	2
The planktonic food web in the Gulf of Naples based on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios	2

Fishers as Potential Dispersal Agents for Corals: Balancing the Impact of Small‐Scale Fisheries on a Pillow Coral Bed	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
The Greenland–Scotland Ridge in a Changing Ocean: Time to Act?	2
Handbook of marine model organisms in experimental biology: Established and emerging. By Boutet, A., Schierwater, B. (Eds.), 2022. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 487 pp. ISBN	2
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Quantifying direct and indirect linkages between seagrasses, environment and associated macrofauna in a temperate lagoon	2
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Deepwater Sharks at Their Northern Limits—Distribution, Diet and Trophic Relations	2
Bottom‐up and top‐down control of seagrass overgrazing by the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla	2
Sea turtle research and conservation. Lessons from working in the field. NahillB., (Ed.) Oxford: Elsevier (Academic Press), 2021. 224 pp. Paperback: US$97.75. ISBN 9780128210307; Ebook: US$97.75. ISBN	2
Fish–Seascape Associations Within an Offshore Protected Area in the Arabian Gulf	2