OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Limnology and Oceanography Letters is 8. 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
A global dataset of nitrogen fixation rates across inland and coastal waters	57
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 life	47
Disaster avoided: current state of the Baltic Sea without human intervention to reduce nutrient loads	46
Groundwater‐stream connections shape the spatial pattern and rates of aquatic metabolism	42
Thermal sensitivity in dual‐breathing ectotherms: Embryos and mothers determine species' vulnerability to climate change	41
Blooms also like it cold	40
Nonlinear water clarity trends and impacts on littoral area in Minnesota lakes	37
Tracking a large‐scale and highly toxic Arctic algal bloom: Rapid detection and risk communication	34
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Hiding in plain sight: The secret contribution of the solitary ascidian Herdmania grandis to temperate reef nitrous oxide production	32
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Always ready? Primary production of Arctic phytoplankton at the end of the polar night	29
Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the Al‐Wajh lagoon (Red Sea)	28
Depth profiles of Jerlov water types	28
Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments	27
Significant benthic fluxes of bioavailable dissolved amino acids to the ocean: Results from the East/Japan Sea	27
Acoustic twilight: A year‐long seafloor monitoring unveils phenological patterns in the abyssal soundscape	26
Effects of freshwater salinization on a salt‐naïve planktonic eukaryote community	25
Methanogenesis exceeds CH₄ consumption in eutrophic lake sediments	25
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”	23
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau	23
Synthesizing 35 years of seagrass spatial data from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia	22
Concentration and compositional controls on degradation of permafrost‐derived dissolved organic matter on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	22
Vegetation promotes flow retardation and retention in deltaic wetlands	21

Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race	21
What's hot and what's not in the aquatic sciences—Understanding and improving news coverage	21
Advancing phenology in limnology and oceanography	20
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas	19
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton	18
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems	18
Phytoplankton antioxidant systems and their contributions to cellular elemental stoichiometry	17
Nutrient enrichment intensifies the effects of warming on metabolic balance of stream ecosystems	16
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom	16
Temperature regulates Synechococcus population dynamics seasonally and across the continental shelf	16
Idiosyncratic phenology of greenhouse gas emissions in a Mediterranean reservoir	15
Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton	15
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes	15
Trace metal contents of autotrophic flagellates from contrasting open‐ocean ecosystems	15
Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning	15
Understanding and predicting harmful algal blooms in a changing climate: A trait‐based framework	14
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 fishes	13
Variability in marsh migration potential determined by topographic rather than anthropogenic constraints in the Chesapeake Bay region	13
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks	13
Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems: Avenues for future multifactorial experiments	13
Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie	13
Alkalinity contributes at least a third of annual gross primary production in a deep stratified hardwater lake	13
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis	13
Coral growth persistence amidst bleaching events	12
A theory for the relationship between lake surface area and maximum depth	12
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes	12
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets	12
Nitrogen fixation: A poorly understood process along the freshwater‐marine continuum	12
Ocean acidification has a strong effect on communities living on plastic in mesocosms	11
Selective foraging behavior of seabirds in small‐scale slicks	11
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans	11
Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera	11
Grazer‐induced aggregation in diatoms	11
Bivalve tissues as a recorder of multidecadal global anthropogenic and climate‐mediated change in coastal areas	11
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Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake	11
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Characterization of a Southern Ocean deep chlorophyll maximum: Response of phytoplankton to light, iron, and manganese enrichment	10
Whales and cephalopods in a deep‐sea arms race	10
Acclimation by diverse phytoplankton species determines oceanic carbon to nitrogen ratios	10
Disentangling effects of droughts and heatwaves on alpine periphyton communities: A mesocosm experiment	9
Ocean acidification alters the diversity and structure of oyster associated microbial communities	9
Issue Information	9
Effects of seagrass overgrazing on sediment erosion and carbon sink capacity: Current understanding and future priorities	9
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 Sea	8

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 Maine	8
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO₂ equilibration for marine CO₂ removal	8
Deciphering the origin of riverine phytoplankton using in situ chlorophyll sensors	8
Bifurcate responses of tidal range to sea‐level rise in estuaries with marsh evolution	8
Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes	8
Persistent hot spots of CO₂ and CH₄ in coastal nearshore environments	8
Establishing a long‐term citizen science project? Lessons learned from the Community Lake Ice Collaboration spanning over 30 yr and 1000 lakes	8