OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Aquatic Invasions 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
Abundance and growth of the invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the lower Columbia River, USA	97
Introduced Placobdella parasitica in the lower Rogue River, Oregon: origin story	17
Comparative population dynamics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in two similar closely adjacent warm-water Texas reservoirs	12
Non-native marine and estuarine fouling bryozoans detected along North American Coasts: a twenty-year synthesis	10
Continued persistence of non-native ascidians in Southern California harbors and marinas	8
Ecological niche dynamics of three invasive marine species under the conservatism and shift niche hypotheses	8
Potential overwintering areas of the alien apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, in Japan at its northern distribution limit	8
Long-term evaluation of the impact of urbanization on native and non-native fish assemblages	8
Field surveys reveal physicochemical conditions promoting occurrence and high abundance of an invasive freshwater snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)	8
Adaptive mechanisms of invasion of Chthamalus challengeri (Hoek, 1883) in the trans-oceanic zone of coastal China	8
The distribution and spread of quagga mussels in perialpine lakes north of the Alps	8
Current temperatures limit the potential impact of a commonly traded predatory gastropod	7
Expansion of the alien East Asian river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) in southwestern Ukraine and assessment of its commercial usage prospects	7
Temperature and salinity tolerances of juvenile invasive Japanese mystery snails	6
Pontederia crassipes invasiveness on Jeju island is linked to a decline in water pH and climate change-driven overwintering	6
Taxonomic studies of Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) (Serrasalmidae): a non-native species collected from Polish water bodies and laboratory culture	6
Molluscan assemblages on artificial structures: a bioinvasion perspective from Northeast Brazilian ports	6
Horizon scanning for potentially invasive non-native marine species to inform trans-boundary conservation management – Example of the northern Gulf of Mexico	6
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Matching field-based ranges in brackish water gradients with experimentally derived salinity tolerances of Conrad’s false mussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata cochleata) and zebra mussel (Dreissena polymor	6
Size-dependent desiccation tolerance in adult and juvenile introduced freshwater Japanese mystery snails (Cipangopaludina japonica, previously Heterogen japonica)	6
Modeling the dispersal of the cryptogenic alga Chondria tumulosa (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument	5
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Non-native marine sessile benthic species from the coastal upwelling ecosystem of Arraial do Cabo, Brazil	5
Non-native species in Poyang Lake Basin: status, threats and management	5

Here today, gone tomorrow – the Levantine population of the Brown mussel Perna perna obliterated by unprecedented heatwave	4
Environmental related variation in growth and life-history traits of non-native sailfin catfishes (Pterygoplichthys spp.) across river basins of South China	4
Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community	4
Demographic and genetic structure of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, in the Moselle River ten years after first observation	3
Presence of a second Eriocheir species in Europe as confirmed by molecular and morphological data	3
Establishment and ecological integration of the New Zealand mud snail in Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA	3
Successful colonization of the Red Sea Yellowspotted Puffer, Torquigener flavimaculosus in the Mediterranean without a genetic bottleneck	3
The invasive Asian benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai Uchio, 1962: identification of a new local in Normandy (France) and a discussion on its putative introduction pathways	3
A biological and ecological study of the invasive pufferfish Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker 1852) [conspecific Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983] in the Eastern Mediterrane	3
Population structure and density of a new invasive species Rangia cuneata in the Szczecin Lagoon (Odra/Oder estuary, Poland)	3
Aliens eating aliens: an introduced amphipod as a potential prey of an invasive rocky shore crab in laboratory experiments	3
Investigating Calico Crayfish (Faxonius immunis Hagen, 1870) as a possible “sleeper” invasive species in northern Wisconsin, United States	3
Models based on chronological data correctly predict the spread of freshwater aliens, and reveal a strong influence of river access, anthropogenic activities and climate regimes	3
Spread of invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their effect on native fish species in the Neckar River (South Germany)	3
Effects of temperature and N:P ratio on the invasion success of the cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii	3
Consumption pressure in estuaries peaks at intermediate salinities	3
Massive colonization by the solitary ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878, on the sandy bottom of the Israeli littoral	3
Distribution in the estuary and salinity tolerance of armored catfish (Loricariidae) in Central Vietnam	3
The temporal abundance-distribution relationship in a global invader sheds light on species distribution mechanisms	3
Structure and dynamics of gastropod communities in highly transformed aquatic environments colonized and uncolonized by globally invasive Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843)	3
Effects of water temperature on growth of invasive Myriophyllum aquaticum species	2
Climate match fails to explain variation in establishment success of non-native freshwater fishes in a warm climate region	2
Recent and future distribution of the alien Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) on the European continent	2
More non-native fish species than natives, and an invasion of Malawi cichlids, in ancient Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia	2
Progression along the invasion curve: silver carp growth slows temporally in two Missouri River tributaries	2
Distribution and ecology of the recently introduced tanaidacean crustacean Sinelobus vanhaareni Bamber, 2014 in the northern Baltic Sea	2
Invasive Amazon sailfin catfish in Bangladesh: wild distribution, environmental and perceived socio-economic consequences	2
Non-native aquatic species in the Yellow River Basin, China	2
Dietary habits change of Lessepsian migrants’ fish from the Red Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea	2