OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine and Freshwater Research 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Early life-history characteristics of Conger leptocephali in the western South Pacific	152
A grey nurse shark from the Northern Territory of Australia shares a mitochondrial haplotype only recorded from the western Australian population	86
Mapping knowledge structure and research frontiers of underwater acoustic tomography: a scientometric study	27
Baseline assessment of microplastics and biochemical response of Anadara antiquata as a sentinel species for biomonitoring in Fiji	26
A step-by-step guide to ageing octopus	20
Leaf morphology affects microplastic entrapment efficiency in freshwater macrophytes	19
Reproductive phenology and the influence of temperature in two sympatric New Zealand freshwater mussel species	18
Influence of calcium on the toxicity of saline solutions to the mayfly,	17
An archaeological example of Aboriginal management of a hydro-ecological system in the Murray River valley, South Australia	17
Age and growth of Pomatomus saltatrix in the south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia), with a global comparison	16
Effects of common carp on water quality and submerged vegetation: results from a short-term mesocosm experiment in an artificial wetland	16
Corrigendum to: Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	14
Lobster predation on barren-forming sea urchins is more prevalent in habitats where small urchins are common: a multi-method diet analysis	14
Enhancing river flows v. environmental engineering as contrasting approaches to wetland conservation in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	13
Corrigendum to: Evaluating management effectiveness of the Moulouya River Estuary Ramsar Site in Morocco: an application of the R-METT tool and implications for conservation	13
Evaluation and analysis of water-regulation value of ecosystem in Qinghai area of Qilian Mountain National Park, China	13
Dietary overlap of carcharhinid sharks in the Gulf of Papua	12
Species-specific trophic enrichment factor of stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in fish otolith organic matter	12
Trophic ecology of sympatric juvenile stingrays within a nursery area	12
When and how much a non-native tree species changes the temporal patterns and biomass of litterfall input in subtropical streams	12
Residency and movement patterns of juvenile yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis, stocked on estuarine artificial reefs	12
Testing the waters to find the ‘goldilocks’ zone: fine-scale movement of	12
Closing the driver–response loop for halting and reversing wetland degradation and loss from agriculture	12
Ecohydraulic model for designing environmental flows supports recovery of imperilled Murray cod (	11
Knowledge of macrophyte requirements and tolerances holds the key to successful shallow lake restoration – a New Zealand perspective	11

Spatial patterns in the cover and composition of macroalgal assemblages on fringing and nearshore coral reefs	11
Field trials to determine the efficacy of aerators to mitigate hypoxia in inland waterways	11
Stability and change in a changing environment: soft-bottom benthic molluscs in the Peel–Harvey Estuary over 42 years	11
Incentive for farmers to save water by confirming the rights to agricultural water in the Yellow River Basin	11
Community-level effects of ivermectin and moxidectin from cattle dung: zooplankton as study case	10
Contributions of nano- and picophytoplankton to the phytoplankton biomass in Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf	10
Mahseer conservation in Asia: trends and insights from scientometric analysis	10
Is the Paraíba do Sul River colourful? Prevalence of microplastics in freshwater, south-eastern Brazil	9
Lipid composition of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Black Sea: fatty acid-based indices as environmental biomarkers	9
An analysis of tomistoma (	9
Using integrative taxonomy to distinguish cryptic halfbeak species and interpret distribution patterns, fisheries landings, and speciation	9
Spatial and temporal variations in particulate organic carbon in Indonesian waters over two decades	8
Age and growth of the endangered Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) by using microchemical analysis	8
Assessing the aquatic metabolic-balance response to future condition in a Mediterranean site: from an experimental-design perspective	8
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	8
Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	8
Spatial resolution of shell microchemistry for tracking dispersing pelagic mussels in a large open embayment in northern New Zealand	8
Genomic population structure of great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) across the Indo-Pacific	8
Estimation of soil loss and sediment yield by using the modified RUSLE model in the Indus River basin, including the quantification of error and uncertainty in remote-sensing images	7
Benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers of agricultural lands in Argentina: the functional diversity response to environmental stress	7
Amphipod assemblages associated with native habitat-forming seaweeds of the Alboran Sea: influence by environmental protection and biogeographical patterns	7
Corrigendum to: Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	7
Trophic interactions between native and exotic cichlids in a shallow tropical estuary (Lake Vembanad, India)	7
Early warning and monitoring of the safety risk of coastal nuclear power plant cold source under the stress from Phaeocystis globosa blooms	7
Presence and abundance of microplastics in edible freshwater mussel (	7
A 6-year survey of plastic ingestion by aquatic birds in southern Portugal	7
Spatio-temporal variations of habitat quality in the Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, based on LUCC and simulation	7
Braiding Indigenous oral histories and habitat mapping to understand urchin barrens in southern New South Wales	6
The aquatic ecological health-state assessment and the influencing mechanism of Poyang Lake	6
Sewage-derived nitrogen dispersal and N-fixation in Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia	6
Assessing the use of environmental flows and stocking for the persistence of a flow-dependent spawner in a drying climate	6
Repairing Australia’s inland river and groundwater systems: nine priority actions, benefits and the finance gap	6
Widespread exposure of marine parks, whales, and whale sharks to shipping	6
Mismatch between shape changes, early growth, and condition for a temperate reef fish from an oceanic island	6
Recognising diversity in wetlands and farming systems to support sustainable agriculture and conserve wetlands	6
Environmental conditions on the Pacific halibut fishing grounds obtained from a decade of coastwide oceanographic monitoring, and the potential application of these data in stock analyses	6
Morphological and phylogenetic analysis of a non-toxic	6
Reconciling blue spaces: evaluating social equity and justice in state-led Indigenous marine development programs	6
Assessing trap bias in the endemic Australian genus of freshwater crayfish,	6
Trophic resources use pathways between two coexisting freshwater shrimp (Palaemon argentinus and Macrobrachium borellii)	6
Variation in shell morphology and life-history traits of	6
Fish biodiversity and inferred abundance in a highly valued coastal temperate environment: the inner Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand	6
The revelry of plastic! Quali-quantitative variation of microplastics in freshwater before and after Carnival in south-eastern Brazil	5
Contrasting population structures of freshwater atyid shrimps in Hong Kong and their conservation implications	5
Geographical variations in genetic group composition, life-history traits, and statolith shape for	5
Recognising the importance of shellfish to First Nations peoples, Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in aquaculture and coastal management in Australia	5
Comment on Finlayson	5
The role of environmental factors on beta diversity of periphytic algae in a tropical reservoir	5
Variation in boldness behaviour across individuals, sexes and strains of the guppy (	5
Stream position shapes functional composition of aquatic insect metacommunities	5

Fifty years of criteria development for selecting wetlands of international importance	5
Hierarchical population genetic structure and signatures of adaptation in Lates calcarifer	5
Abundance, distribution and behaviour of humpback whales (	5
First insights into the vertical habitat use of young porbeagles in the north-western Atlantic with implications for bycatch reduction strategies	5
No effects of abiotic and anthropogenic factors on reef-associated neonate shark abundance within a shark nursery-area system	5
Effect of climate variability on water quality trends in New Zealand rivers	5
Ramsar on repeat: quantifying US policy action by political party	5
Improving the size selectivity of crayfish fyke-net codend, applying the hexagonal mesh and sorting grid	5
Decadal monitoring shows seagrass decline and community shifts following environmental disturbance in Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland, Australia	5
The distribution and significance of stingray feeding pits in Quandamooka (Moreton Bay), Australia	5
Multifaceted effects of bycatch mitigation measures on target or non-target species for pelagic longline fisheries and consideration for bycatch management	5
Understanding salt-tolerance and biota–stressor interactions in freshwater invertebrate communities	4
Phosphorus limits diazotrophic cyanobacteria whereas other phytoplankton are co-limited by nitrogen and phosphorus in the lowland Murray River, Australia	4
Organophosphate-based flame retardant (tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate) reduces fecundity and impairs embryonic development in marine invertebrates	4
Sources and trophic transfer of trace metals in wild fish from coastal areas in the South China Sea	4
The impact of community water ecological design on promoting health behaviours among the elderly	4
New South Wales rocky reefs are under threat	4
Co-design and Traditional Owner participation in an assessment of abundance and size of Donax deltoides (garlaany, pipi) in Ngambaa Country, New South Wales, Australia	4
Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	4
SARAS: a tool for the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services in semiarid dam reservoirs	4
A consistent vegetation classification for wetland conservation and management in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	4
Movement patterns of Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) in a northern Murray–Darling Basin dryland river	4
Connecting young people to Country through marine turtle conservation: exploring three case studies in Western Australia’s Pilbara region	4
Male mating tactics and secondary sexual traits: insights from the Mediterranean killifish, Aphanius fasciatus	4
Use of voluntary environmental contracts for wetland governance in the European Mediterranean region	4
The ‘ecological character’ of wetlands: a foundational concept in the Ramsar Convention, yet still cause for debate 50 years later	4
Influence of hydroperiod on aquatic food-web structure and energy production in a floodplain wetland: implications for environmental flow management	4
Biodiversity patterns of macrofauna associated with Halodule wrightii (Ascherson) in meadows of north-eastern Brazil	4
Exploring the interplay of biotic interactions and salinity stress in freshwater invertebrate assemblages: reply to Chessman (2022)	4
Fine-scale variability in catch and growth rates of western rock lobsters (	4
Assessing the impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on shrimp growth, physiology, antioxidant, immune responses and gut microbiota	4
Wetlands as social ecological systems, and relationality in the policy domain	4
Downstream migration of telemetry-tagged adult common galaxias (	4
Effects of age composition of Pacific bluefin tuna on their spatiotemporal distribution of active breeding in the south-western North Pacific and on its recruitment strength	4
Response of turtle hatchlings to light emitting diodes at sea	4
Australians’ perceptions of species diversity of, and threats to, the Great Barrier Reef	4
A tale of two key species in a subtropical mudflat: four-fold density increases produce minimal ecological response in macrofauna	4
Search for the vulnerable giants: the presence of giant guitarfish and wedgefish in the Karimunjawa National Park and adjacent waters	4
Disturbed by pH? Nacre tablet thickness of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a poor temperature proxy	4
Investigating microplastic contamination and biomagnification in a remote area of South Australia	4
Trends in Indian Ocean marine fisheries since 1950: synthesis of reconstructed catch and effort data	4
Molecular ecology of the Javanese ricefish, Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker): genetic divergence along the Indonesian Archipelago	4
Evaluation and empirical study of Happy River on the basis of AHP: a case study of Shaoxing City (Zhejiang, China)	4
First evidence of multiple paternity and hybridisation in Australian sawsharks	4
Climate extreme triggers cold-water community rescue	4