Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Papers
(The median citation count of Limnology and Oceanography Letters 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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A global dataset of nitrogen fixation rates across inland and coastal waters57
Future Arctic: how will increasing coastal erosion shape nearshore planktonic food webs?53
Capitalizing on the wealth of chemical data in the accretionary structures of aquatic taxa: Opportunities from across the tree of life47
Disaster avoided: current state of the Baltic Sea without human intervention to reduce nutrient loads46
Groundwater‐stream connections shape the spatial pattern and rates of aquatic metabolism42
Thermal sensitivity in dual‐breathing ectotherms: Embryos and mothers determine species' vulnerability to climate change41
Blooms also like it cold40
Nonlinear water clarity trends and impacts on littoral area in Minnesota lakes37
Tracking a large‐scale and highly toxic Arctic algal bloom: Rapid detection and risk communication34
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Hiding in plain sight: The secret contribution of the solitary ascidian Herdmania grandis to temperate reef nitrous oxide production32
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Always ready? Primary production of Arctic phytoplankton at the end of the polar night29
Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the Al‐Wajh lagoon (Red Sea)28
Depth profiles of Jerlov water types28
Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments27
Significant benthic fluxes of bioavailable dissolved amino acids to the ocean: Results from the East/Japan Sea27
Acoustic twilight: A year‐long seafloor monitoring unveils phenological patterns in the abyssal soundscape26
Effects of freshwater salinization on a salt‐naïve planktonic eukaryote community25
Methanogenesis exceeds CH4 consumption in eutrophic lake sediments25
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau23
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”23
Synthesizing 35 years of seagrass spatial data from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia22
Concentration and compositional controls on degradation of permafrost‐derived dissolved organic matter on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau22
What's hot and what's not in the aquatic sciences—Understanding and improving news coverage21
Vegetation promotes flow retardation and retention in deltaic wetlands21
Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race21
Advancing phenology in limnology and oceanography20
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas19
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton18
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems18
Phytoplankton antioxidant systems and their contributions to cellular elemental stoichiometry17
Nutrient enrichment intensifies the effects of warming on metabolic balance of stream ecosystems16
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom16
Temperature regulates Synechococcus population dynamics seasonally and across the continental shelf16
Idiosyncratic phenology of greenhouse gas emissions in a Mediterranean reservoir15
Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton15
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes15
Trace metal contents of autotrophic flagellates from contrasting open‐ocean ecosystems15
Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning15
Understanding and predicting harmful algal blooms in a changing climate: A trait‐based framework14
How many independent quantities can be extracted from ocean color?13
Vertical stratification of environmental DNA in the open ocean captures ecological patterns and behavior of deep‐sea fishes13
Variability in marsh migration potential determined by topographic rather than anthropogenic constraints in the Chesapeake Bay region13
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks13
Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems: Avenues for future multifactorial experiments13
Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie13
Alkalinity contributes at least a third of annual gross primary production in a deep stratified hardwater lake13
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis13
Nitrogen fixation: A poorly understood process along the freshwater‐marine continuum12
Coral growth persistence amidst bleaching events12
A theory for the relationship between lake surface area and maximum depth12
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes12
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets12
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Ocean acidification has a strong effect on communities living on plastic in mesocosms11
Selective foraging behavior of seabirds in small‐scale slicks11
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans11
Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera11
Grazer‐induced aggregation in diatoms11
Bivalve tissues as a recorder of multidecadal global anthropogenic and climate‐mediated change in coastal areas11
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Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake11
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Characterization of a Southern Ocean deep chlorophyll maximum: Response of phytoplankton to light, iron, and manganese enrichment10
Whales and cephalopods in a deep‐sea arms race10
Acclimation by diverse phytoplankton species determines oceanic carbon to nitrogen ratios10
Disentangling effects of droughts and heatwaves on alpine periphyton communities: A mesocosm experiment9
Ocean acidification alters the diversity and structure of oyster associated microbial communities9
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Effects of seagrass overgrazing on sediment erosion and carbon sink capacity: Current understanding and future priorities9
Lake networks and connectivity metrics for the conterminous U.S. (LAGOS‐US NETWORKS v1)9
Recent warming of the Kuroshio Current has promoted offshore sediment transport in the Yellow Sea8
Over half a century record of limnology data from Lake Powell, desert southwest United States: From reservoir filling to present day (1964–2021)8
Remote silicate supply regulates spring phytoplankton bloom magnitude in the Gulf of Maine8
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO2 equilibration for marine CO2 removal8
Deciphering the origin of riverine phytoplankton using in situ chlorophyll sensors8
Bifurcate responses of tidal range to sea‐level rise in estuaries with marsh evolution8
Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes8
Persistent hot spots of CO2 and CH4 in coastal nearshore environments8
Establishing a long‐term citizen science project? Lessons learned from the Community Lake Ice Collaboration spanning over 30 yr and 1000 lakes8
Deep‐learning‐powered data analysis in plankton ecology7
Knowing your limits: Patterns and drivers of nutrient limitation and nutrient–chlorophyll relationships in US lakes7
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Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export7
Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying7
Global subterranean estuaries modify groundwater nutrient loading to the ocean7
Clarifying water clarity: A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems7
Ocean sediments as the global sink for marine micro‐ and mesoplastics7
Small fish eat smaller fish: A model of interaction strength in early life stages of two tuna species7
A model of near‐sea ice phytoplankton blooms6
A two‐year physicochemical and acoustic observation reveals spatiotemporal effects of earthquake‐induced shallow‐water hydrothermal venting on the surrounding environments6
Significant methane undersaturation during austral summer in the Ross Sea (Southern Ocean)6
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Why should I submit my article to a scientific‐society journal?6
Is the growth of marine copepods limited by food quantity or quality?6
Coastal acidification alters estuarine sediment nitrous oxide and methane fluxes6
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A new metric for sunlight exposure in rivers, lakes, and oceans6
Thermal acclimation influences the growth and toxin production of freshwater cyanobacteria6
How to meet the data publication requirement for L&O Letters6
Show and tell: approaches for effective figures6
A unified dataset of colocated sewage pollution, periphyton, and benthic macroinvertebrate community and food web structure from Lake Baikal (Siberia)6
Climate‐influenced phenology of larval fish transport in a large lake5
Mineral surface area of sinking particles in the deep ocean interior: Preliminary implications5
Changes in phytoplankton size–structure alter trophic transfer in a temperate, coastal planktonic food web5
Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie5
Microbial iron reduction does not release microplastics from organo‐metallic aggregates5
Salinization of stream water and groundwater at daily to decadal scales in a temperate climate5
Extreme value distributions describe interannual variability in the seasonal North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom5
Microcystin as a biogeochemical cycle: Pools, fluxes, and fates of the cyanotoxin in inland waters5
Ocean warming reduces gastropod survival despite maintenance of feeding and oxygen consumption rates5
Risk to native marine macroalgae from land‐use and climate change‐related modifications to groundwater discharge in Hawaiʻi5
Effects of chloride and nutrients on freshwater plankton communities5
CDOM spectral slope (S275–295) as tracers of water masses, CDOM heterogeneity, and Δ14C‐DOC in an oligotrophic marginal sea5
Seasonal particle responses to near‐bed shear stress in a shallow, wave‐ and current‐driven environment5
Projecting expected growth period of bivalves in a coastal temperate sea5
Carbon and alkalinity outwelling across the groundwater‐creek‐shelf continuum off Amazonian mangroves5
Spatially varying plankton synchrony patterns at seasonal and interannual scales in a well‐connected shelf sea5
Sea urchin microbiomes vary with habitat and resource availability5
Ba/Ca in foraminifera shells as a proxy of submarine groundwater discharge4
Five state factors control progressive stages of freshwater salinization syndrome4
Early career researchers have questions about peer review—we asked the ASLO editors for answers4
pCO2 variation in ice‐covered regions of the Arctic Ocean from the summer 2022 observation4
Potential drivers and consequences of regional phosphate depletion in the western subtropical North Pacific4
Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates4
Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes4
Biologically driven isotope fractionation in ultrastructurally different shell portions of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for stream water δ18O 4
An absorption‐based approach to improved estimates of phytoplankton biomass and net primary production4
Tributary chloride loading into Lake Michigan4
Enhanced stream greenhouse gas emissions at night and during flood events4
Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes4
Winter inverse lake stratification under historic and future climate change4
Metals in coastal groundwater systems under anthropogenic pressure: a synthesis of behavior, drivers, and emerging threats3
From the Heroic Age to today: What diatoms from Shackleton's Nimrod expedition can tell us about the ecological trajectory of Antarctic ponds3
A hidden cost of mucus production by phytoplankton: Viscosity hinders nutrient uptake3
Lake browning generates a spatiotemporal mismatch between dissolved organic carbon and limiting nutrients3
Carbon emissions from inland waters may be underestimated: Evidence from European river networks fragmented by drying3
Taking steps to address inequities in open‐access publishing through an early career publication honor3
Aquatic carbon fluxes in a hemiboreal catchment are predictable from landscape morphology, temperature, and runoff3
Reconciling models and measurements of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise3
Leaf litter breakdown phenology in headwater stream networks is modulated by groundwater thermal regimes and litter type3
Recovery of macrobenthic communities in tidal flats following the Great East Japan Earthquake3
Impacts of residential fertilizer ordinances on Florida lacustrine water quality3
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Thermal performance of planktonic ciliates differs between marine and freshwaters: A case study providing guidance for climate change studies3
Calcium carbonate and phosphorus interactions in inland waters3
Integrating siphonophores into marine food‐web ecology3
Body size, trophic position, and the coupling of different energy pathways across a saltmarsh landscape3
Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation3
High methane emissions from an anoxic fjord driven by mixing and oxygenation3
Highest rates of gross primary productivity maintained despite CO2 depletion in a temperate river network3
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Variability‐based constraint on ocean primary production models3
Impact of atmospheric pressure variations on methane ebullition and lake turbidity during ice‐cover3
Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean3
Estimation of lifelong metabolic rates in marine fish: A combination of oxygen consumption measurements and δ13C metabolic proxy derived from vertebral structural carbonates3
Arctic fishes reveal patterns in radiocarbon age across habitats and with recent climate change3
Tagging of water masses with covariance of trace metals and prokaryotic taxa in the Southern Ocean3
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