OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Freshwater Science is 3. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	37
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	33
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	32
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	28
Front Matter	23
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	18
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	17
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	14
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	13
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	12
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	11
Front Matter	10
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	10
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	10
Influence of urbanization on organic-matter processing and nutrient immobilization in wadable streams (southeastern USA)	9
Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, OH and Denver, CO	9
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	8
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	7
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland	7
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	7
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

Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	6
Front Matter	5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments	5
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)	5
Referees for 2024	5
Front Cover	5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton	5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	5
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	5
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting	5
Front Matter	5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs	5
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	4
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	4
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures	4
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	4
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	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
Practical pathways for protecting headwater streams in urbanizing areas	3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks	3
Salting behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Front Matter	3
Front Cover	3
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	3
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	3
Re-oligotrophy in the Upper Mississippi River occurred in just a few years	3