OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Biology of Fishes is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mussel preferences of two spring-spawning bitterling species are differently affected by the presence of mussel-associated leeches	42
Advisory Editor profile: Daqing Chen	29
A memoir very much worth the read	18
Continuity and changes: expanding the Editorial Board	16
Advisory Editor profile: Francisco J. García De León	16
Life-history styles of eight morphologically similar estuary-associated sparid species from southern Africa	15
Hypoxia constrains behavioral responses to chemical alarm cues by fathead minnows Pimephales promelas	15
It takes a village: special thanks to reviewers and Advisory Editors	15
A comparison of stereo-videos and visual census methods for assessing subtropical rocky reef fish assemblage	14
Electronic tagging of Bluefin Tunas from the Maltese spawning ground suggests size-dependent migration dynamics	14
Advisory Editor profile: Yunkai Li	13
Fish chorus and vessel noise in a marine protected coastal reef vary with lunar phase	13
A Field Guide to the Fishes of the Salish Sea is a portable work of art	13
Attraction of an artificial reef: a migratory demersal flounder remains in shallow water under high temperature conditions in summer	12
Description of egg capsules of Rasptail Skate Rostroraja velezi (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajidae) from northern Peru	12
Advisory Editor profile: Eva Enders	12
Advisory Editor profile: Lisa Natanson	12
Use of unique brook trout spot patterns over a short duration for a mark-recapture study	11
Orestias ascotanensis Parenti 1984 (Pisces; Cyprinodontiformes), larval adaptations to extreme conditions in high Andes	11
Feeding habits and trophic niche of rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata in the western and central Pacific Ocean	11
Fore reef location influences spawning success and egg predation in lek-like mating territories of the bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius	10
Exploring thermal conditions occupied by Lampreys (Petromyzontidae) in California and Northern Baja California: current environment and implications for future scenarios	10
Spawning habitat characteristics and egg mortality in relation to river geomorphology and run-times of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in a metropolitan river system, northern Japan	10
Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini relative abundance comparison in three offshore marine protected areas of the Eastern Tropical Pacific	10
Correction to: Studies of the movement ecology of sharks justify the existence and expansion of marine protected areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean	10

Using the “mean temperature of the catch” to assess fish community responses to warming in a temperate lake	10
Temporal variation in the relative abundance, suitable habitat selection, and distribution of Ataeniobius toweri (Meek, 1904) (Goodeidae), by life stages, in the Media Luna spring, Mexico	9
There’s no place like home: high site fidelity and small home range of bonefish (Albula vulpes) inhabiting fringing reef flats in Culebra, Puerto Rico	9
Geographic and ontogenetic variation in the diet of two commonly exploited batoids (Chilean eagle ray and Pacific guitarfish) off Peru: evidence of trophic plasticity	9
Hide or seek: presence of stream shelter influences the foraging behaviour of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Linnaeus 1758)	9
A CHARRmed life: a synthesis of scientific contributions by David Lloyd George Noakes (1942–2020)	9
Effects of plasticity and genetic divergence in phenotypic trait expression of sulfide spring fishes	9
Role of thyroid hormones in color diversity of male guppies: experimental data on Endler’s guppy (Poecilia wingei)	9
What is a fish? The life and legend of David L.G. Noakes	9
Cleaning mutualism in an Australian estuary: silver batfish services fish clients at cleaning stations, with a summary of brackish water cleaners	9
Behavioral electrosensitivity increases with size in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus	9
Life history traits of the Black Sea whiting Merlangius merlangus (Gadidae): compliance with the temperature-size rule	9
Addressing life history information gaps for Caribbean parrotfishes: queen parrotfish Scarus vetula and stoplight parrotfish Sparisoma viride	9
Iodine content of fish otoliths in species found in diverse habitats	9
Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara (Teleostei: Serranidae) in the Mexican Caribbean: local ecological knowledge and habitat use	8
Male territory-visiting polygamy of the white-spotted boxfish Ostracion meleagris (Ostraciidae) involving daily spawning migration	8
Summer physical habitat associations and movement of sympatric juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Dolly Varden char (Salvelinus malma) in coastal streams of British Columbia	8
Variability of prey preferences and uptake of anthropogenic particles by juvenile white seabream in a coastal lagoon nursery ground	8
Seasonal migration and habitat use of adult barbel (Barbus barbus) and nase (Chondrostoma nasus) along a river stretch of the Austrian Danube River	8
Pre-spawning fat and trace metals in Diplodus sargus (Pisces, Sparidae) and possible relationship with the abnormally tough syndrome (ATS)	8
Remote video analysis of an unusual fish life-history combination: nest-building, paternal care, and protogyny in a seabream	8
Distribution and abundance of the Patagonian lamprey (Geotria macrostoma) in the largest unfragmented river of southern Patagonia, Argentina	8
A review of tonic immobility as an adaptive behavior in sharks	8
Abundance and feeding mode of Russian spirlin, Alburnoides rossicus, in the rhithral and potamal of Eastern European Rivers	8
On the relevance of animal behavior to the management and conservation of fishes and fisheries	8
First report of sound production in rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris)	8
Mountain masses as a determinant to genetic structure of char distributed in the Chugoku region, Japan	8
Comparative demography of four large-bodied surgeonfish	8
Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to assess the spatiotemporal occurrence of the imperiled River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) in the Escambia-Conecuh River system of Florida and Alabama, USA	7
Image analysis approach to estimate fecundity of live-bearer rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) along the California Coast	7
Sponge species identity and morphology shape occupancy patterns of a Caribbean sponge-dwelling goby (Elacatinus horsti)	7
First record of a pectoral-fin abnormality in the broadnose skate Bathyraja brachyurops (Elasmobranchii, Arhynchobatidae)	7
Distribution, size composition and reproduction of the southern saw-tail catshark Galeus mincaronei, a deep-water species	7
Determining the influence of abiotic factors on spatial–temporal patterns of marine catfish (family: Ariidae) within the Apalachicola Bay System, Florida	7
Thermal niche and habitat use by co-occurring lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and brook trout (S. fontinalis) in stratified lakes	7
Size-selective mortality occurs in smolts during a seaward migration, but not in river residents, in masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)	7
Acoustic zone monitoring to quantify fine-scale movements of aquatic animals in a narrow water body	7
Linked foraging and bioenergetics modeling may inform fish parasite infection dynamics	7
Global assessment of manta and devil ray gill plate and meat trade: conservation implications and opportunities	7
A stakeholder-engaged approach to evaluating spawning aggregation management as a strategy for conserving bonefish (Albula vulpes) in Cuba	7
Informing the design of fish-friendly shoreline retaining walls for freshwater systems	7
Signature of climate-induced changes in seafood species served in restaurants	7
Diet of the endemic Kanawha darter (Etheostoma kanawhae) including comparisons with sympatric fantail darters (Etheostoma flabellare)	7
Disentangling determinants of nearshore fish and crayfish assemblages in a canyon-shaped Mediterranean reservoir	7
Elasmobranchs of the Mexican Caribbean: biodiversity and conservation status	6
Embryo development indices for the endangered Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis: the role of temperature on incubation time	6
A long-term study on the larval distribution of the migratory fish Salminus brasiliensis (Characiformes: Bryconidae) in a dam-free section of the Paraná River, Brazil	6
High plasticity in short- and medium-scale movements in two catfish species from the Paraná Basin	6
Methodological influence on detecting temperature effects on growth variability in juvenile Atlantic salmon	6
The gifts of multiple perspectives: a Two-Eyed Seeing approach to Gumegwsis (Cyclopterus lumpus) ecology in inner Mawipoqtapei (Chaleur Bay), Eastern Canada	6

Age, Growth and Maturity of the Bonnethead Sphyrna tiburo in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico	6
Lentic and lotic environments affect morphological diversity in characiformes fishes in the Neotropical São Francisco River Basin, Brazil	6
Movements of anadromous coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) in Puget Sound, Washington, USA	6
Preliminary insights of a mixed-species shark aggregation: a case study of two carcharhinids from the Mediterranean Sea	6
Climate change or mismanagement?	6
Species distribution models predict suitable habitat for the overlooked and understudied freshwater lampreys of Illinois	6
Pelagic larval duration of the Meso-American reef fish, Halichoeres socialis (Labridae)	6
Population structure of the Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril) in United States waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean	6
Minnesota’s Native Fish Bill: a case study in shifting the “rough fish paradigm”	6
Habitat use and activity patterns of female Deacon Rockfish (Sebastes diaconus) at seasonal scales and in response to episodic hypoxia	6
Submerged aquatic vegetation habitat use of age-0 Florida bass Micropterus floridanus	6
Can angler-assisted broodstock collection programs improve harvest rates of hatchery-produced steelhead?	6
Gill microbiomes accurately predict the geographic origin of bonefish (Albula vulpes) when combined with machine learning models	6
Daytime habitat use by Japanese eel in small streams in Shikoku, southwestern Japan	6
Comparison of threatened Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) densities between riverscapes differing in anthropogenic stressors, with a particular focus on recovery from mining-derived metal pollution	6
Cryptic stasis during the development of Nothobranchius furzeri suggests new stages of dormancy outside of the typical three diapauses of annual killifishes	6
Use of multiple climate change scenarios to predict future distributions of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in the United States	6
Correction to: Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus Rafinesque) population trends and demographics in the Upper Mississippi River System	6
Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries	5
Differences in the diversity and community structure of the intestinal microbiota of commercial fishes in the central and southern East China Sea in spring and autumn	5
Advisory Editor profile: Su Sponaugle	5
Beyond just a dam blockage problem: larger artificial reservoirs are additional obstacles to reproductive fish migration in the Neotropics	5
Saltwater spawning grounds of sea-run brown trout (Salmo trutta) in tidal waters of a major Norwegian river	5
Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) species within Barbinae in China	5
The role of large, glaciated tributaries in cooling an important Pacific salmon migration corridor: a study of the Babine River	5
Influence of irrigation infrastructures and water quality on fish assemblages in Lake Tana tributaries, north-west Ethiopia	5
The effects of artificial light at night on the foraging activity of Japanese eels: implications of recreational fishing data	5
Connectivity and high genetic diversity in populations of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu (Lutjanidae: Perciformes) from the South Western Atlantic, recovered with multilocus analysis	5
Correction to: Patterns and consequences of life history diversity in salinity exposure of an estuarine dependent fish	5
Morphological abnormality in thornback ray Raja clavata in the Irish Sea	5
Seasonal habitat use of white sucker Catostomus commersonii in a small Boreal lake	5
Advisory Editor profile: Ricardo S. Rosa	5
Advisory Editor profile: John B. Hume	5
Persistent declines in sightings of manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) at a global hotspot in southern Mozambique	5
Seasonal occurrence and environmental drivers of pelagic shark species in Los Cabos, Mexico, assessed using citizen science	5
Demographic characteristics of sharks in the sublittoral environment of the Turks and Caicos Islands	5
Seasonal hydrology influences energy channels in food webs of rivers in the lower Okavango Delta	5
Molecular identification of larval sand lance (Ammodytes spp.) caught in the Hudson Bay System 2010–2018	5
Differences in embryo survivorship among populations of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) under variable winter thermal regimes	5
The impacts of temperature on feeding behaviors in tautog (Family: Labridae; Tautoga onitis)	5
Use of δ15N and δ13C in reconstructing the ontogenetic feeding habits of silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis): reassessing their trophic role in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean	5
Advisory Editor profile: María Cristina Oddone	5
Feeding habits and microplastic ingestion of short mackerel, Rastrelliger brachysoma, in a tropical estuarine environment	5
Correction to: First description of a sex segregated aggregation of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) and the frequency and distribution of mating wounds off the tip of the Baja California Penin	5
Fish community structure varies by location and presence of artificial islands: a case study in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario	5
Movement patterns of juvenile green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in the San Francisco Bay Estuary	4
Impacts of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and ocean acidification on early-life stage estuarine fish	4
Resource partitioning among endangered and non-native bitterling fishes in a small pond: insights from stable isotope and gut content analyses	4
Influence of water temperature on thyroid hormones and on the movement behavior of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in water flow	4
Habitat associations and demographics of a newly recorded population of taillight shiner in Illinois	4
Occurrence of the endangered whitespotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari around the Lesser Antilles island of Saint Kitts: a photo-identification study	4
Morphological abnormalities in species of the genera Narcine and Pseudobatos (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea) in the Mexican South Pacific	4
The timing of anadromous bull trout migrations in estuarine and marine waters of Puget Sound, Washington	4
Does structural change in the zooplankton community affect larval fish feeding in anthropogenically disturbed tropical waters?	4
Warmer temperature decreases the maximum length of six species of marine fishes, crustacean, and squid in New Zealand	4
Humans at the top of the food web: are coastal benthic communities at Rapa Nui affected by fishing?	4
First description of the Chilean angel shark embryos, Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887) (Squatiniformes: Squatinidae) in Peruvian waters	4
Advisory Editor profile: Jean C. G. Ortega	4
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a recreational rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fishery	4
A decade-long connectivity study of Permit (Trachinotus falcatus) in Florida supports a spatial management approach	4
Correction to: Otolith Sr/Ca ratio complements Sr isotopes to reveal fish migration in large basins with heterogeneous geochemical landscapes	4
Seasonal and interannual fluctuations in the abundance of fish recruits in a reef lagoon from the Mexican Caribbean	4
The first report on food and feeding habits of yellowtail mullet, Minimugil cascasia (Hamilton, 1822), of the tropical River Ganga, India	4
Local fisheries conservation and management works: implications of migrations and site fidelity of Arapaima in the Lower Amazon	4
Diversity and longitudinal distribution of fishes in the Soto La Marina River basin, Mexico, and relationship with environmental variables	4
Visual sensitivity, foraging behavior, and success of walleye (Sander vitreus) under ecologically relevant downwelling light conditions	4
A thoughtful guide to fisheries ecology and conservation for the next generation	4
The likely role of urea in delaying the size at first maturity of ureosmotic Chondrichthyes	4
Ingested vs. digested: what do Potanin’s Altai Osmans (Cypriniformes, Leuciscidae) really eat?	4
Chinook salmon prey upon large midwater fish in offshore Pacific Ocean	4
Sampling efforts for determining fish species richness in megadiverse tropical regions	4
Life-history traits of the marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata Risso, 1810, from the Greek Seas, north-eastern Mediterranean Sea	4
Endangered mobulids within sustainable use protected areas of southeastern Brazil: occurrence, fisheries impact, and a new prey item	4
Ontogenetic development, allometric growth patterns, and daily increment validation of larvae and juvenile Culter alburnus	4
Variations in Red Snapper oocyte development and spawning in relation to environmental and habitat parameters	4
Commercial harvest and population characteristics of freshwater drum and buffalo Ictiobus spp. in Ohio waters of Lake Erie	4
Dissolved oxygen saturation is crucial for gas bladder inflation in turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri)	4
Trophic ecology of Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) in Santa Rosalia, Gulf of California, Mexico	4
Advisory Editor profile: Carla Riva-Rossi	4
Armour reduction and pelvic girdle loss in a population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from western Newfoundland, Canada	4