OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Freshwater Science is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental concentrations of pharmaceuticals alter metabolism, denitrification, and diatom assemblages in artificial streams	24
Effects of road-salt application on Cladocera assemblages in shallow Precambrian Shield lakes in south-central Ontario, Canada	22
Beta diversity of stream insects differs between boreal and subtropical regions, but land use does not generally cause biotic homogenization	22
Nutrients and warming alter mountain lake benthic algal structure and function	21
Unique surface density layers promote formation of harmful algal blooms in the Pengxi River, Three Gorges Reservoir	20
Microplastic selects for convergent microbiomes from distinct riverine sources	19
Influence of stream characteristics and population size on downstream transport of freshwater mollusk environmental DNA	19
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	19
Length-mass equations for freshwater unionid mussel assemblages: Implications for estimating ecosystem function	18
Large portion of USA streams lose protection with new interpretation of Clean Water Act	18
When the rainforest dries: Drought effects on a montane tropical stream ecosystem in Puerto Rico	18
The relative influence of the environment, land use, and space on the functional and taxonomic structures of phytoplankton and zooplankton metacommunities in tropical reservoirs	17
Use of environmental DNA to detect the invasive aquatic plants Myriophyllum spicatum and Egeria densa in lakes	17
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	17
Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the endangered Spectaclecase Mussel (Margaritifera monodonta)	17
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	16
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	15
Long-term monitoring reveals convergent patterns of recovery from mining contamination across 4 western US watersheds	14
Propylene glycol-based antifreeze is an effective preservative for DNA metabarcoding of benthic arthropods	14
A seasonally dynamic model of light at the stream surface	14
Litter decomposition in Afrotropical streams: Effects of land use, home-field advantage, and terrestrial herbivory	13
Goals and approaches in the use of citizen science for exploring plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: A review	13
Diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific societies: Progress and opportunities in the Society for Freshwater Science	12
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	11
Discrete groundwater inflows influence patterns of nitrogen uptake in a boreal headwater stream	11

Building resilience into water management through public engagement	11
Effects of predator cues carry over from egg and larval stage to adult life-history traits in a damselfly	11
How to get your feet wet in public engagement: Perspectives from freshwater scientists	11
River management alters ecosystem metabolism in a large oligotrophic river	11
Interdisciplinary approaches to freshwater ecoacoustics	10
Long-term data reveal highly-variable metabolism and transitions in trophic status in a montane stream	10
Decoupled structure and function of leaf-associated microorganisms under anthropogenic pressure: Potential hurdles for environmental monitoring	10
Dispersal limitation by structures is more important than intermittent drying effects for metacommunity dynamics in a highly fragmented river network	10
Warming and nutrient-depleted food: Two difficult challenges faced simultaneously by an aquatic shredder	10
Perspectives on the functional assessment of multi-stressed stream ecosystems	10
Closing the gap on wicked urban stream restoration problems: A framework to integrate science and community values	9
Structural and functional assessment of multi-stressed lowland waters	9
Detection of 4 imperiled western North American freshwater mussel species from environmental DNA with multiplex qPCR assays	8
Occupancy and abundance of stream salamanders along a specific conductance gradient	8
The cost of predator avoidance behaviors in an invasive freshwater snail	8
Diel variation of nutrient retention is associated with metabolism for ammonium but not phosphorus in a lowland stream	7
Understanding the relationship between stream metabolism and biological assemblages	7
Evaluating the efficacy of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect an endangered freshwater mussel Lasmigona decorata (Bivalvia:Unionidae)	7
Linkages between temperature, macroinvertebrates, and young-of-year Coho Salmon growth in surface-water and groundwater streams	7
Effects of site selection and taxonomic resolution on the inference of stream invertebrate responses to environmental conditions	7
Mechanisms for engaging social systems in freshwater science research	7
Stream macroinvertebrate reintroductions: A cautionary approach for restored urban streams	7
Macroinvertebrate oviposition habitat selectivity and egg-mass desiccation tolerances: Implications for population dynamics in large regulated rivers	6
The 1^st step to healthy ecosystems: Application of a new integrated assessment framework informs stream management in the Tukituki catchment, New Zealand	6
Wildfire and drying legacies and stream invertebrate assemblages	6
Macroinvertebrate biomonitoring in Latin America: Progress and challenges	6
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	6
The relationship between watershed protection and water quality: The case of Québec, Canada	6
Macroinvertebrate taxonomic and trait-based responses to large-wood reintroduction in lowland streams	6
Nitrate uptake enhanced by availability of dissolved organic matter in tropical montane streams	6
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	6
Elevate your work through incorporation of public engagement	5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton	5
Variation in stream network relationships and geospatial predictions of watershed conductivity	5
Contrasting Raz–Rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites	5
Variation in processes structuring fish assemblages as inferred from metacommunity analyses: Differences between headwater and adventitious streams within a river network	5
Abundance, distribution, and geometry of naturally occurring streambank soil pipes	5
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	5
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	5
The ideal meander: Exploring freshwater scientist drawings of river restoration	5
Using nature preserve creek cleanups to quantify anthropogenic litter accumulation in an urban watershed	5
Pond drying cues promote cannibalism in larval Anax junius dragonflies	5
Our failure to protect the stream and its valley: A call to back off from riparian development	5
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	5