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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Validity, applicability, and universality of fractal scaling laws for lakes in China	77
Sex, mate guarding, and reproductive state as potential modulators of herbivory in an aquatic consumer	71
The relative importance of abiotic, biotic, and spatial factors in structuring the stream macroinvertebrate metacommunity in a temperate rainforest	44
Riparian cover buffers the effects of abiotic and biotic predictors of leaf decomposition in subtropical streams	34
Mayfly taxonomic and functional diversity in hydrologically extreme habitats of temporary pools in the Mediterranean karst intermittent rivers	29
Modeling future dissolved oxygen and temperature profiles in small temperate lake trout lakes	28
Differential abundance, composition and mesohabitat use by aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa in ponds with and without fish	25
Fish community and its relationships with environmental variables in the channel connecting Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River	23
Subfossil chironomid assemblage shifts indicate Little Ice Age termination, deforestation, and human impact in a subalpine lake catchment	23
Point and nonpoint sources of microplastics to two Southeast Michigan rivers and reduced biofilm function on plastic substrata	21
Hydrological conditions determine shifts of plankton metacommunity structure in riverine floodplains without affecting patterns of species richness along connectivity gradients	21
Asymmetric competition for habitats between the temperate Japanese eel Anguilla japonica and the tropical Indo-Pacific eel A. marmorata	20
Turnover structures in macrobenthic communities rather than nestedness in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	20
Benthic-pelagic equilibrium of carbon transfer in high-altitude lakes: featuring the role of lake’s characteristics and seasonal variation	19
Seasonal dynamics of Hildenbrandia rubra in a Mediterranean marine cave: insights into the algal community and biodiversity	17
Influence of an anthropogenic disturbance gradient on the abundance and biochemical characteristics of heterotrophic bacteria on beaches of the central coastal zone of Veracruz	16
Fish assemblages in Greek lentic ecosystems: key patterns and drivers	16
Predicting the density of zooplankton subsidy to a stream with multiple impoundments using water quality parameters	15
New insight into and characterization of DOC and DON for inland waterbodies in the Songnen Plain, Northeast China	15
Effects of synthetic estrogen (17α-ethynylestradiol) on spawning in the aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, and density and photosynthetic performance of its zooxanthellae symbiont, Brevio	15
Correction: Agro is not cool: DNA damage and oxidative stress in anurans evidencing the devastation of subtropical grasslands	14
Seasonal and long-term variations of phytoplankton and protozooplankton in two nearby subtropical coastal environments in Brazil: which are the drivers?	13
Influence of gut microbiome on health and development of penaeid shrimps	13
Zooplankton size-structure dynamics of a lowland tropical floodplain lake	13
The spatiotemporal responses of phytoplankton to environmental variables in 7 coastal lagoons of Kızılırmak Delta (Samsun, Türkiye)	13

Compositional uniqueness and species contribution to beta diversity of aquatic macrophyte metacommunities from coastal wetlands	13
An extensive review of marine pigments: sources, biotechnological applications, and sustainability	12
Early marine growth and spawning body size vary by year and region in invasive pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)	12
Characterizing spatial and temporal variation in stable hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) between two distinct lentic freshwater food webs	12
The recent trophic decline of Lake Pusiano (Northern Italy) assessed by integrated lake-catchment modelling	12
Aquatic diversity in a connected floodplain system: the role of environmental, spatial, and dispersal traits on macroinvertebrate communities	11
The influence of land use, microhabitat and aquatic insect subsidies on predatory riparian arthropod distributions	11
Factors regulating proliferation and co-occurrence of loricate ciliates in the microzooplankton community from the eastern Arabian Sea	11
Sustainable management of the Egyptian Nile Delta-Mediterranean coast: bibliometric and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analyses of emerging trends and prospects	11
Ecosystem services of urban rivers: a systematic review	11
Combined effects of fungicides and temperature affect non-target aquatic fungal assemblages	10
Urban land use homogenizes fish assemblages across mesohabitats in headwater streams	10
Echoes of life: unveiling the cryptic legacy of Megabalanus azoricus dead shells on epibiont assemblages	10
How does the phytoplankton community respond to the effects of La Niña and post-drought events in a tide-dominated Amazon estuary?	10
Tracing climate change with riverine ecotones and macroinvertebrates: is there need for extended monitoring at low elevations in western Himalaya?	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	10
The urban footprint on aquatic ecosystems: comparison of microplastic dynamics in water bodies with divergent usage patterns	10
Why does the relationship between benthic primary production and lake morphometry vary regionally?	10
Salinity drives abundance and distribution of an invasive estuarine fish in an arid inland river system	9
Effect of Asian clam shells on aquatic fauna in an artificial ditch	9
Dynamic phytoplankton community structure in a subtropical reservoir during an extended drought, Central Texas, USA	9
Heavy metal contamination in fish: sources, mechanisms and consequences	9
Limnological history of three lakes from the former asbestos mining region of Thetford Mines (southern Quebec, Canada)	9
The role of the environment and connectivity with large rivers and streams on local fish diversity of tropical headwater streams	9
High temperature, predation, nutrient, and food quality drive dominance of small-sized zooplankton in Neotropical lakes	9
Spatial and temporal patterns in the chemistry of temperate low order Andean streams: effects of landscape gradients and hydrology	9
Physically stable yet biologically sensitive: multiyear ecological dynamics of anoxygenic phototrophs in stably redox-stratified Lake Cadagno	9
Macroinvertebrate functional traits differed with land use practices at Patagonian streams	8
Mercury–dissolved organic matter interactions: insights on the removal of both pollutants in conventional drinking water treatment	8
Combined effects of salinization and temperature on microbial-mediated oak decomposition and invertebrate consumption	8
Interactions between diurnal winds and floodplain mosaics control the insect boundary layer in a river corridor	8
Taxonomic and functional aspects of diversity and composition of plankton communities in shallow lentic ecosystems along the human impact and environmental gradients	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
DNA barcoding of the Philippine tigerperches (Centrarchiformes: Terapontidae)	8
Insights into the distribution of the antibiotic resistome in China’s Yangtze River	8
Protecting river eco-hydrological processes: insights from water temperature studies	8
Food web simplification driven by land use in lowland riverine wetlands	8
Effects of dissolved inorganic level and sediment types on the plant traits of Myriophyllum spicatum L. and its exudates input to sediment	8
Plankton assemblages in a tropical West African estuary	8
Structural and functional responses of lotic biofilm to abrasive sediments and P enrichment: an indoor experimental approach	8
Contribution of riverine dissolved organic carbon to organic carbon decomposition in the Ariake Sea, Japan, a coastal area suffering from summer hypoxia	8
Cross-species coprophagy in small stream detritivores counteracts low-quality litter: native versus invasive plant litter	7
Spatio-temporal variations of strontium isotope ratios in the Mur River: a tool to support river management	7
Marine protected areas of Africa: current challenges and future opportunities in conservation	7
A global analysis on the relationship between water retention time and dissolved carbon across inland waters	7
Population genetics of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata; Linnaeus, 1766) in the Persian Gulf: structure and historical demography	7
Assessing environmental and spatial drivers of non-marine ostracod metacommunities structure in Northern and Southern Patagonian environments	7
Hydrodynamical events shape lake-type-specific dynamics of manganese in boreal catchment	7
Leaf litter decomposition rates in freshwaters differ by ecosystem	7
Estimating fish diversity and distribution using environmental DNA metabarcoding in a major tributary of the Yangtze River, China	7

Seasonal hydrology shapes the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish associated with aquatic macrophytes in a neotropical floodplain lake	7
Genomic, morphological and migratory patterns in recovering Atlantic salmon populations	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
Correlating eDNA indices of relative biomass and abundance with those derived from electrofishing for two ecologically disparate Australian freshwater species	6
Drivers of dissolved organic carbon in hydrologically distinct sub-lakes of Poyang Lake: the roles of hydrological connectivity, nutrients, and phytoplankton	6
Impact of two invasive species, roach and the zebra mussel, on pelagic zooplankton species abundance in Lower Lough Erne	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
Riparian and watershed land use alters food web structure and shifts basal energy in agricultural streams	6
Intake of microplastics by fishes in a floodplain lake of the Curiaú River (Macapá, Amapá, Brazil)	6
The relative influence of riparian vegetation structure and composition on instream health: a multivariate assessment	6
Visualizing seasonal habitats in river floodplains using timelapse photography and underwater video	6
Fish assemblage taxonomy highlights spatial patterns of β-diversity within a freshwater ecoregion	6
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) characterization in subantarctic shallow lakes and beaver ponds	6
Ecological and environmental characteristics of a seagrass-dominated hypersaline coastal Mediterranean lagoon: a multidisciplinary approach	6
Water surface variability in oceanic and estuarine coasts of Amapá, Brazil	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
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
Seasonal variations of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and bacterial communities in floodplain lake sediments	6
Effect of glyphosate on the sporulation of aquatic fungi: an in-vitro experience	6
Decomposition of four aquatic macrophytes: Nutrient release, dissolved organic matter transformation, and epiphytic microbial dynamics	6
Does the spatial aggregation of ponds affect crustacean zooplankton diversity and grazing efficiency in the agricultural multi-pond system?	6
Distribution of inorganic nitrogenous species and nitrification in the mangrove environment of the Indian Sundarbans	6
Genetic diversity studies of Baikal endemic sponges at the interspecies and population levels using high-resolution microsatellite markers	6
Evaluation of Zayandehroud basin health in the Iranian plateau	6
Changes in river ice cover in the context of climate change and dam impacts: a review	6
Microbial contamination in a large drinking water reservoir in north Vietnam	6
Seasonal contrast among bacterial, trophic, and biotic indicators in a multi-use coastal protected area	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
Seasonal variation of dissolved organic matter in a low-order river associated with a North Patagonian relict of evergreen native forest (Valdivia, 39°S, Chile)	5
Integrating ecological and machine learning approaches for river health assessment using microalgae in tidal-influenced tropical rivers	5
A critical review and knowledge gaps to assess and manage threatened parrotfishes’ stocks in Brazil	5
Spread and persistence of the invasive dinoflagellate Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans through South America: watersheds in Rio Grande do Sul, 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
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
The association of a non-native amphipod with an invasive reef-building polychaete as an enhancer of biological invasion processes	5
Diurnal variations in greenhouse gas diffusive emissions from a river covered with submerged macrophytes: environmental and biotic driving factors	5
Composition, structure, and distribution of diatom assemblages in Mediterranean thermal spring ecotones affected by natural and human disturbances	5
Correction: Siliceous microfossils in the surface sediments of the eastern Arabian Sea	5
Dormant and active ostracod communities in six rice fields of Yunnan, China	5
Nitrogen and phosphorus release from a dominant plant in the water-level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir	5
Molecular level characterization of DOM along a freshwater-to-estuarine coastal gradient in the Florida Everglades	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
Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages	5
First insight in cyanobacterial and algal communities from cave stream (Stopić Cave, Serbia)	5
Significant diurnal variation of CO2 flux from a shallow eutrophic lake: effects of submerged aquatic vegetation and algae bloom	5
Tracking repeat spawning anadromous fish migrations over multiple years in a fragmented river suggests philopatry and sex-linked variation in space use	5
Structural and functional changes in macrophyte species composition in softwater lakes after 60 years of land use	5