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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	27
Hydrology has stronger effects than periphyton stoichiometry on lotic invertebrate functional diversity across North America	26
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	25
Co-occurring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature	24
Designing stormwater controls to protect streams from erosion - A simple (and implementable) channel protection strategy	21
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	21
Chemical fragmentation of stream systems and fish species richness: The upstream effects of water pollution	18
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Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	15
Trace metal–macronutrient colimitation of algal biofilms in streams with differing ambient inorganic nutrients	13
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	10
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	9
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Algal-driven priming of cellulose decomposition along a phosphorus gradient in stream mesocosms	9
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	8
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	8
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	8
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Context matters: An insider’s view on freshwater ecosystem research in Latin America	7
Using unsorted sweep-net samples to rapidly assess macroinvertebrate biodiversity	6
The relationship between watershed protection and water quality: The case of Québec, Canada	6
Seiche- and storm-driven benthic oxygen uptake in a eutrophic freshwater bay determined with aquatic eddy covariance	6
Evaluating the efficacy of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect an endangered freshwater mussel Lasmigona decorata (Bivalvia:Unionidae)	6
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	6
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	6

Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	6
Wildfire and drying legacies and stream invertebrate assemblages	5
Environmental controls on long-term growth of freshwater mussels in an oligotrophic lake	5
Autonomous suction harvesting as a novel approach to aquatic invasive plant control	5
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	5
Assessing stream biological integrity across gradients of flow permanence and hydrologic connectivity	5
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	5
Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration	4
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	4
Beaver recolonization explains aquatic insect emergence patterns	4
Referees for 2024	4
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	4
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	4
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Dietary preferences of Ninespine Stickleback in high Arctic tundra streams	4
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Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	3
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	3
Morphological plasticity in a caddisfly that co-occurs in lakes and streams	3
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	3
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	3
The role of emergent physical and chemical properties of Florida spring complexes in predicting fish assemblage structure	3
Headwater-stream salamander movements and home-range size increased under drought	3
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Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	2
Headwater streams in an urbanizing world	2
Identifying the environmental variables that predict crayfish assemblage structure in agricultural headwater streams	2
Dispersal limitation by structures is more important than intermittent drying effects for metacommunity dynamics in a highly fragmented river network	2
Water abstraction reduces taxonomic and functional diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages	2
Spatiotemporal patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages across mountain streams with contrasting thermal regimes	2
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	2
Closing the gap on wicked urban stream restoration problems: A framework to integrate science and community values	2
Consequences of nuisance algal blooms of Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrate communities in Rocky Mountain streams	2
Community Structure and Metals Concentrations together Determine Aquatic-to-Terrestrial Metal Subsidies in Urban and Forested Streams	2
Occupancy of invasive Northern Crayfish (Faxonius virilis) in northern streams is associated primarily with water temperature	2
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	2
Front Matter	2
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	2
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	2
A seasonally dynamic model of light at the stream surface	2
Our failure to protect the stream and its valley: A call to back off from riparian development	2
Patterns from the Freshwater Mussel Host Database	1
Larval taxonomy of eastern Nearctic Polycentropus sensu stricto (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)	1
Long-term monitoring reveals convergent patterns of recovery from mining contamination across 4 western US watersheds	1
A perched culvert and natural obstructions limit fish dispersal in an intermittent prairie stream	1
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Responses of survival, growth, and feeding of the invasive Golden Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata) to salinity stress	1
Response of dissolved organic matter to variation in nutrient availability and phytoplankton community composition in a mesotrophic, temperate-zone reservoir	1
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	1
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Chironomidae, Podonominae) in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, evidences dispersal via continental America	1
Have stream diatom assemblages changed a decade after the loss of a foundation riparian tree species in a headwater Appalachian watershed?	1
Temperature dependence of biofilm metabolism in a lowland stream	1
Macroinvertebrate ecosystem engineering affects streambed retention of microplastics	1
Concentration-discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	1
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	1
Leaf-litter decomposition and microbial responses to light and macroinvertebrate consumer manipulations in experimental streams	1
Role of abiotic factors and habitat heterogeneity in the interactions between stream salamanders and crayfish in the southern Appalachians	1
Wildfire effects on mass and thermal tolerance of Hydropsyche oslari (Trichoptera) in southwestern USA montane grassland streams	1
Water availability and quality determine temporal synchrony and beta diversity of microcrustaceans in temporary pools	1
Partitioning and drivers of aquatic insect beta diversity in mountain streams	1
Benthic cyanobacterial proliferations drive anatoxin production throughout the Klamath River watershed, California, USA	1
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Population structure and habitat availability determine resource use by Rainbow Trout in high elevation lakes	1
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water quality improvements	1
Muskrat disturbances and their analogues reduce invasive plant dominance within a Great Lakes coastal wetland.	1
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor	1
Influences of stream ecosystem respiration on stream network denitrification: Results from a simulation modeling experiment	1
Bloom and bust: Historical trends of harmful algal blooms in Muskegon Lake, Michigan, a Great Lakes estuary	1
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	1
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Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	1
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	1