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

Article	Citations
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	35
Front Matter	33
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	30
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	27
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	20
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	18
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	17
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	16
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	14
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	12
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	12
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	11
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	10
Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado	10
Influence of urbanization on organic matter processing and nutrient immobilization in wadeable streams (southeastern USA)	9
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	8
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland	8
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	8
Front Cover	7
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	7
Front Cover	7
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	7
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	6
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	6

Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	6
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
Front Cover	5
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)	5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments	5
Front Matter	5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Front Matter	5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting	5
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	4
Referees for 2024	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
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	4
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	4
Salting behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	3
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	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
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators	3
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures	3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks	3
Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia, Italy	3
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	3
Front Cover	3
Re-oligotrophy in the Upper Mississippi River, USA, occurred in just a few years	3
Microplastics in fish relative to point source proximity and trophic level in an urban river	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Front Matter	3
Practical pathways for protecting headwater streams in urbanizing areas	3
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	2
Front Matter	2
Long-term responses of benthic diatom assemblages to phosphorus fertilization in an Arctic stream	2
Community structure and metals concentration together determine aquatic-to-terrestrial metal subsidies in urban and forested streams	2
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	2
Front Cover	2
Front Cover	2
CO₂ and acidification effects on larval frog immune function, growth, and survival	2
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	2
Dissolved free amino acids could be odorants for imprinting and homing by Atlantic Salmon	2
Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	2
Referees for 2025	2
Biogeochemical patterns vary with hydrogeomorphology in riparian soils along a boreal headwater stream	2
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition	2
Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land-use, restored prairie watershed	2
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	2

Identifying invertebrate indicators for streamflow duration assessments in forested headwater streams	2
Front Matter	2
Headwater-stream salamander movements and home-range size increased under drought	2
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	2
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure	2
The effects of temperature and light on ecosystem metabolism in a Japanese stream	2
Referees for 2022	2
Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	2
The contribution of autochthonous resource to the diet of aquatic consumers is unrelated to its spatial distribution in tank bromeliads	1
Response of dissolved organic matter to variation in nutrient availability and phytoplankton community composition in a mesotrophic, temperate-zone reservoir	1
Muskrat disturbances and their analogues reduce invasive plant dominance within a Great Lakes coastal wetland	1
Front Matter	1
Catchment soil characteristics predict organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus levels in temperate lakes	1
Substantial pulses of aquatic insects emerge from tidal freshwaters along the James River Estuary, Virginia, USA	1
Using a BACI design to assess stream ecology and chemistry response after wildfire	1
Nutrient processing domains: Spatial and temporal patterns of material retention in running waters	1
Front Matter	1
Development of local pollution tolerance and multimetric indices responsive to urbanization in central Texas, USA	1
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	1
Using models of local environmental conditions for biological assessment	1
Thermal history mediates the ecological role of body size in a freshwater fish	1
Snail distribution may influence parasite–host interactions along a spring-fed stream gradient in Idaho, USA	1
Isotopic niches of Silver Carp and two native planktivores in a large reservoir	1
Environmental drivers and spatial patterns of antibiotic-resistant, enteric coliforms across a forest–urban riverscape	1
Characterizing the association between oil and gas development and water quality at a regional scale	1
Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration	1
Distribution of water chemistry, trace metals, and Chironomidae in coastal freshwater rock pools	1
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor	1
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Chironomidae, Podonominae) in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, evidences dispersal via continental America	1
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	1
Museum records provide unique information about the distribution of the Yellow Lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa (Unionidae)	1
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	1
Sulfur stable isotopes as a tracer of insect migration and consumption by fish predators	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