OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Freshwater Science is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	29
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	28
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	27
Front Cover	24
Front Matter	22
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	21
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	21
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	18
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	16
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	14
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	10
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	10
Evaluating the efficacy of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect an endangered freshwater mussel Lasmigona decorata (Bivalvia:Unionidae)	10
Front Matter	9
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	9
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	9
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	9
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	9
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	8
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	8
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	7
Dispersal limitation by structures is more important than intermittent drying effects for metacommunity dynamics in a highly fragmented river network	7
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	6
Front Cover	6
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	6

Front Cover	6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	6
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Front Matter	5
Front Cover	5
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs	5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton	5
Taxa-specific responses to flooding shape patterns of abundance in river rock pools	5
Front Matter	5
The relationship between watershed protection and water quality: The case of Québec, Canada	4
Front Matter	4
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	4
David M. Rosenberg (1943–2021): A personal reminiscence	4
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	4
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	4
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	4
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)	4
Referees for 2024	4
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	4
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	4
Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia, Italy	3
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	3
Referees for 2022	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	3
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae	3
Front Cover	3
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Front Cover	3
Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land-use, restored prairie watershed	3
Dissolved free amino acids could be odorants for imprinting and homing by Atlantic Salmon	2
Front Cover	2
The effects of temperature and light on ecosystem metabolism in a Japanese stream	2
Water depth, flow variability, and size class influence the movement behavior of freshwater mussels (Unionida) in Great Lakes river drainages	2
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	2
Community Structure and Metals Concentrations together Determine Aquatic-to-Terrestrial Metal Subsidies in Urban and Forested Streams	2
Headwater-stream salamander movements and home-range size increased under drought	2
Co-occurring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature	2
CO₂ and acidification effects on larval frog immune function, growth, and survival	2
Identifying invertebrate indicators for streamflow duration assessments in forested headwater streams	2
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition	2
Biogeochemical patterns vary with hydrogeomorphology in riparian soils along a boreal headwater stream	2
Front Matter	2
The role of emergent physical and chemical properties of Florida spring complexes in predicting fish assemblage structure	2
Water abstraction reduces taxonomic and functional diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages	2
A seasonally dynamic model of light at the stream surface	2
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure	2
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	2
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	2

Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	2
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	2
Front Matter	2
Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	2
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	2
Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration	1
Using models of local environmental conditions for biological assessment	1
Isotopic niches of Silver Carp and two native planktivores in a large reservoir	1
Long-term monitoring reveals convergent patterns of recovery from mining contamination across 4 western US watersheds	1
Variation in processes structuring fish assemblages as inferred from metacommunity analyses: Differences between headwater and adventitious streams within a river network	1
Front Matter	1
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	1
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	1
Catchment soil characteristics predict organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus levels in temperate lakes	1
Environmental drivers and spatial patterns of antibiotic-resistant, enteric coliforms across a forest–urban riverscape	1
Relationships between macroinvertebrates and detritus in freshwater wetlands	1
Front Matter	1
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	1
Muskrat disturbances and their analogues reduce invasive plant dominance within a Great Lakes coastal wetland	1
Response of dissolved organic matter to variation in nutrient availability and phytoplankton community composition in a mesotrophic, temperate-zone reservoir	1
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Chironomidae, Podonominae) in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, evidences dispersal via continental America	1
Front Matter	1
Hydrology has stronger effects than periphyton stoichiometry on lotic invertebrate functional diversity across North America	1
Characterizing the association between oil and gas development and water quality at a regional scale	1
Distribution of water chemistry, trace metals, and Chironomidae in coastal freshwater rock pools	1
Sulfur stable isotopes as a tracer of insect migration and consumption by fish predators	1
State of the ART: Using artificial refuge traps to control invasive crayfish in southern California streams	1
The contribution of autochthonous resource to the diet of aquatic consumers is unrelated to its spatial distribution in tank bromeliads	1
Substantial pulses of aquatic insects emerge from tidal freshwaters along the James River Estuary, Virginia, USA	1
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor	1
Partitioning and drivers of aquatic insect beta diversity in mountain streams	1
Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration	1
How extreme drought events, introduced species, and disease interact to influence threatened amphibian populations	1
Chemical fragmentation of stream systems and fish species richness: The upstream effects of water pollution	1
Nutrient processing domains: Spatial and temporal patterns of material retention in running waters	1