OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquatic Sciences is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Validity, applicability, and universality of fractal scaling laws for lakes in China	64
Asymmetric competition for habitats between the temperate Japanese eel Anguilla japonica and the tropical Indo-Pacific eel A. marmorata	60
Sex, mate guarding, and reproductive state as potential modulators of herbivory in an aquatic consumer	40
Subfossil chironomid assemblage shifts indicate Little Ice Age termination, deforestation, and human impact in a subalpine lake catchment	27
The relative importance of abiotic, biotic, and spatial factors in structuring the stream macroinvertebrate metacommunity in a temperate rainforest	25
Riparian cover buffers the effects of abiotic and biotic predictors of leaf decomposition in subtropical streams	23
Modeling future dissolved oxygen and temperature profiles in small temperate lake trout lakes	22
Turnover structures in macrobenthic communities rather than nestedness in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	21
Mayfly taxonomic and functional diversity in hydrologically extreme habitats of temporary pools in the Mediterranean karst intermittent rivers	21
Point and nonpoint sources of microplastics to two Southeast Michigan rivers and reduced biofilm function on plastic substrata	20
Differential abundance, composition and mesohabitat use by aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa in ponds with and without fish	20
Hydrological conditions determine shifts of plankton metacommunity structure in riverine floodplains without affecting patterns of species richness along connectivity gradients	19
Fish community and its relationships with environmental variables in the channel connecting Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River	18
Benthic-pelagic equilibrium of carbon transfer in high-altitude lakes: featuring the role of lake’s characteristics and seasonal variation	16
Compositional uniqueness and species contribution to beta diversity of aquatic macrophyte metacommunities from coastal wetlands	15
Characterizing spatial and temporal variation in stable hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) between two distinct lentic freshwater food webs	15
Fish assemblages in Greek lentic ecosystems: key patterns and drivers	15
Influence of an anthropogenic disturbance gradient on the abundance and biochemical characteristics of heterotrophic bacteria on beaches of the central coastal zone of Veracruz	15
Seasonal dynamics of Hildenbrandia rubra in a Mediterranean marine cave: insights into the algal community and biodiversity	15
An extensive review of marine pigments: sources, biotechnological applications, and sustainability	13
Ecosystem services of urban rivers: a systematic review	13
Influence of gut microbiome on health and development of penaeid shrimps	13
Zooplankton size-structure dynamics of a lowland tropical floodplain lake	13
Seasonal and long-term variations of phytoplankton and protozooplankton in two nearby subtropical coastal environments in Brazil: which are the drivers?	12
Patterns of genetic diversity of brown trout in a northern Spanish catchment linked to structural connectivity	12

Effects of synthetic estrogen (17α-ethynylestradiol) on spawning in the aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, and density and photosynthetic performance of its zooxanthellae symbiont, Brevio	12
Predicting the density of zooplankton subsidy to a stream with multiple impoundments using water quality parameters	12
Effects of inter- and intraspecific competition and food availability on shredder invertebrates from an Amazonian stream	11
New insight into and characterization of DOC and DON for inland waterbodies in the Songnen Plain, Northeast China	11
The spatiotemporal responses of phytoplankton to environmental variables in 7 coastal lagoons of Kızılırmak Delta (Samsun, Türkiye)	11
Factors regulating proliferation and co-occurrence of loricate ciliates in the microzooplankton community from the eastern Arabian Sea	11
Correction: Agro is not cool: DNA damage and oxidative stress in anurans evidencing the devastation of subtropical grasslands	11
Tracing climate change with riverine ecotones and macroinvertebrates: is there need for extended monitoring at low elevations in western Himalaya?	10
Combined effects of fungicides and temperature affect non-target aquatic fungal assemblages	10
Spatial and temporal patterns in the chemistry of temperate low order Andean streams: effects of landscape gradients and hydrology	10
Why does the relationship between benthic primary production and lake morphometry vary regionally?	10
Aquatic diversity in a connected floodplain system: the role of environmental, spatial, and dispersal traits on macroinvertebrate communities	10
Unraveling the phytoplankton altitudinal dynamics in relation to environmental variables in a Himalayan River, Teesta, India	10
Assemblage pattern, guild compositions and seasonal dynamics of ornamental and food fishes in the Indian Sundarbans estuarine system: a model-based approach for sustainability	9
Hydrology influences carbon flux through metabolic pathways in the hypolimnion of a Mediterranean reservoir	9
Echoes of life: unveiling the cryptic legacy of Megabalanus azoricus dead shells on epibiont assemblages	9
Urban land use homogenizes fish assemblages across mesohabitats in headwater streams	9
Mercury–dissolved organic matter interactions: insights on the removal of both pollutants in conventional drinking water treatment	8
Effects of water level fluctuations on the trophic state of a connected lacustrine system (Southern Andes, Patagonia, Argentina): applicability of the CDOM method as a tool for monitoring of eutrophic	8
Physically stable yet biologically sensitive: multiyear ecological dynamics of anoxygenic phototrophs in stably redox-stratified Lake Cadagno	8
How does the phytoplankton community respond to the effects of La Niña and post-drought events in a tide-dominated Amazon estuary?	8
The influence of land use, microhabitat and aquatic insect subsidies on predatory riparian arthropod distributions	8
The role of the environment and connectivity with large rivers and streams on local fish diversity of tropical headwater streams	8
Macroinvertebrate functional traits differed with land use practices at Patagonian streams	8
Effects of dissolved inorganic level and sediment types on the plant traits of Myriophyllum spicatum L. and its exudates input to sediment	8
Effect of Asian clam shells on aquatic fauna in an artificial ditch	8
The urban footprint on aquatic ecosystems: comparison of microplastic dynamics in water bodies with divergent usage patterns	8
Limnological history of three lakes from the former asbestos mining region of Thetford Mines (southern Quebec, Canada)	8
Taxonomic and functional aspects of diversity and composition of plankton communities in shallow lentic ecosystems along the human impact and environmental gradients	8
Food web simplification driven by land use in lowland riverine wetlands	8
Combined effects of salinization and temperature on microbial-mediated oak decomposition and invertebrate consumption	8
High temperature, predation, nutrient, and food quality drive dominance of small-sized zooplankton in Neotropical lakes	8
Heavy metal contamination in fish: sources, mechanisms and consequences	8
Dynamic phytoplankton community structure in a subtropical reservoir during an extended drought, Central Texas, USA	8
Interactions between diurnal winds and floodplain mosaics control the insect boundary layer in a river corridor	7
Evaluating the influence of landscape, local habitat, and spatial distance on the structure of stream fish assemblages in two basins within the Western Amazon	7
Cross-species coprophagy in small stream detritivores counteracts low-quality litter: native versus invasive plant litter	7
Seasonal hydrology shapes the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish associated with aquatic macrophytes in a neotropical floodplain lake	7
Decomposition of four aquatic macrophytes: Nutrient release, dissolved organic matter transformation, and epiphytic microbial dynamics	7
Protecting river eco-hydrological processes: insights from water temperature studies	7
Plankton assemblages in a tropical West African estuary	7
Population genetics of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata; Linnaeus, 1766) in the Persian Gulf: structure and historical demography	7
Estimating fish diversity and distribution using environmental DNA metabarcoding in a major tributary of the Yangtze River, China	7
Structural and functional responses of lotic biofilm to abrasive sediments and P enrichment: an indoor experimental approach	7
Leaf litter decomposition rates in freshwaters differ by ecosystem	7
Hydrodynamical events shape lake-type-specific dynamics of manganese in boreal catchment	7
A global analysis on the relationship between water retention time and dissolved carbon across inland waters	7
Spatio-temporal variations of strontium isotope ratios in the Mur River: a tool to support river management	7
Effect of glyphosate on the sporulation of aquatic fungi: an in-vitro experience	6
Seasonal variations of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and bacterial communities in floodplain lake sediments	6

Changes in river ice cover in the context of climate change and dam impacts: a review	6
Does the spatial aggregation of ponds affect crustacean zooplankton diversity and grazing efficiency in the agricultural multi-pond system?	6
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) characterization in subantarctic shallow lakes and beaver ponds	6
Assessing environmental and spatial drivers of non-marine ostracod metacommunities structure in Northern and Southern Patagonian environments	6
Riparian and watershed land use alters food web structure and shifts basal energy in agricultural streams	6
Distribution of inorganic nitrogenous species and nitrification in the mangrove environment of the Indian Sundarbans	6
Visualizing seasonal habitats in river floodplains using timelapse photography and underwater video	6
Intake of microplastics by fishes in a floodplain lake of the Curiaú River (Macapá, Amapá, Brazil)	6
Ecological and environmental characteristics of a seagrass-dominated hypersaline coastal Mediterranean lagoon: a multidisciplinary approach	6
New insight into barium toxicity in the gills of the European clam (Ruditapes decussatus): a focus on redox status, fatty acids profiles, and histological structures	6
Cold-tolerant traits that favour northwards movement and establishment of Mediterranean and Ponto-Caspian alien aquatic invertebrates	6
Dissolved organic carbon dynamics are driven by water temperature, primary production, and anoxia over 5 years of whole-ecosystem experiments in a eutrophic reservoir	6
Marine protected areas of Africa: current challenges and future opportunities in conservation	6
Fish assemblage taxonomy highlights spatial patterns of β-diversity within a freshwater ecoregion	6
The relative influence of riparian vegetation structure and composition on instream health: a multivariate assessment	6
Benthic communities of saline rivers in the arid zone of south Russia: saliny tolerance, production, trophic conditions	6
Fatty acid flux disparities between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a shaded river can alter the nutritional content of consumer resources	6
Microbial contamination in a large drinking water reservoir in north Vietnam	6
Evaluation of Zayandehroud basin health in the Iranian plateau	6
Genomic, morphological and migratory patterns in recovering Atlantic salmon populations	6
Contribution of riverine dissolved organic carbon to organic carbon decomposition in the Ariake Sea, Japan, a coastal area suffering from summer hypoxia	6
Impact of two invasive species, roach and the zebra mussel, on pelagic zooplankton species abundance in Lower Lough Erne	6
Characteristics of N2O release from polluted creeks in the Taihu Lake Basin: sources and microbial populations	6
Significant diurnal variation of CO2 flux from a shallow eutrophic lake: effects of submerged aquatic vegetation and algae bloom	5
Community trophic structure within reservoirs changes in the presence of invasive Chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) and northern crayfish (Faxonius virilis)	5
Environmental drivers alter PUFA content in littoral macroinvertebrate assemblages via changes in richness and abundance	5
Water surface variability in oceanic and estuarine coasts of Amapá, Brazil	5
Fish body geometry reduces the upstream velocity profile in subcritical flowing waters	5
Composition, structure, and distribution of diatom assemblages in Mediterranean thermal spring ecotones affected by natural and human disturbances	5
A critical review and knowledge gaps to assess and manage threatened parrotfishes’ stocks in Brazil	5
The structure, composition, and predicted microbiome functional genes in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) grow-out ponds with different survival rates through high-throughput sequencing	5
Molecular level characterization of DOM along a freshwater-to-estuarine coastal gradient in the Florida Everglades	5
The association of a non-native amphipod with an invasive reef-building polychaete as an enhancer of biological invasion processes	5
Production of dissolved organic matter from lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) in a mesotrophic freshwater lake	5
Transitional circulation patterns from full ice cover to ice-off in a seasonally ice-covered lake	5
First insight in cyanobacterial and algal communities from cave stream (Stopić Cave, Serbia)	5
Resilience and vulnerability of the stonefly Nemoura cinerea to increased temperature and drought	5
Avoidance behavior of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) shoals to low-frequency sound stimulation	5
Influence of groundwater discharge on the hydrochemistry of coastal lagoons and marsh environments in Punta Rasa Natural Reserve area, Argentina	5
Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages	5
Genetic diversity studies of Baikal endemic sponges at the interspecies and population levels using high-resolution microsatellite markers	5
Diurnal variations in greenhouse gas diffusive emissions from a river covered with submerged macrophytes: environmental and biotic driving factors	5
Correction: Siliceous microfossils in the surface sediments of the eastern Arabian Sea	5
Structural and functional changes in macrophyte species composition in softwater lakes after 60 years of land use	5