OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biological Bulletin 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea StarAcanthastersp. on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef	34
Flocculation of PVC Microplastic and Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediment at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations	32
Hypoxia and High Temperature as Interacting Stressors: Will Plasticity Promote Resilience of Fishes in a Changing World?	28
Variability in Toxicity of Plastic Leachates as a Function of Weathering and Polymer Type: A Screening Study with the Copepod Nitocra spinipes	27
Impacts of Low Oxygen on Marine Life: Neglected, but a Crucial Priority for Research	22
Bivalves as Biological Sieves: Bioreactivity Pathways of Microplastics and Nanoplastics	17
Integrative Approaches to Understanding Organismal Responses to Aquatic Deoxygenation	16
Local Adaptation in Marine Foundation Species at Microgeographic Scales	15
The Crustacean Antennule: A Complex Organ Adapted for Lifelong Function in Diverse Environments and Lifestyles	15
Functional Traits of Terrestrial Plants in the Intertidal: A Review on Mangrove Trees	15
Mechanistic Temperature-Size Rule Explanation Should Reconcile Physiological and Mortality Responses to Temperature	15
Breathless through Time: Oxygen and Animals across Earth’s History	15
Efficacy of Microplastic Separation Techniques on Seawater Samples: Testing Accuracy Using High-Density Polyethylene	14
Selection Experiments in the Sea: What Can Experimental Evolution Tell Us About How Marine Life Will Respond to Climate Change?	13
Dopamine as a Multifunctional Neurotransmitter in Gastropod Molluscs: An Evolutionary Hypothesis	12
Optimal Foraging Theory Explains Feeding Preferences in the Western Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp.	12
Metabolic Responses of Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars (Acanthastersp.) to Acute Warming	11
Development of the Accessory Nidamental Gland and Associated Bacterial Community in the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Euprymna scolopes	11
Too Hot to Eat: Wild and Lab-Bred Lymnaea stagnalis Differ in Feeding Response Following Repeated Heat Exposure	10
DNA-Based Detection and Patterns of Larval Settlement of the Corallivorous Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star (Acanthastersp.)	10
Continuous and Regular Expansion of a Distributed Visual System in the Eyed ChitonTonicia lebruni	10
Recovery of Burrowing Behavior After Spinal Cord Injury in the Larval Sea Lamprey	9
Incubation Temperature and Maternal Resource Provisioning, but Not Contaminant Exposure, Shape Hatchling Phenotypes in a Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination	8
A Review of Asteroid Biology in the Context of Sea Star Wasting: Possible Causes and Consequences	8
The Waiting Stage, Prolonged Residency in Nursery Habitats by Juveniles of the Predatory Sea StarMarthasterias glacialis	8

Molecular Characterization of the Cytochrome P450 Epoxidase (CYP15) in the Swimming Crab Portunus trituberculatus and Its Putative Roles in Methyl Farnesoate Metabolism	8
Echidnas of the Sea: The Defensive Behavior of Juvenile and Adult Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars	7
Controversial Roles of Oxygen in Organismal Responses to Climate Warming	7
Ecological Review of the Ciona Species Complex	7
Progress Toward Complete Life-Cycle Culturing of the Endangered Sunflower Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides	7
Interactive Effects of Increasing Temperature and Decreasing Oxygen on Coastal Copepods	7
Dominance Hierarchies in Marine Invertebrates	7
Dynamics of Mud Blister Worm Infestation and Shell Repair by Oysters	6
Getting Out of Arms’ Way: Star Wars and Snails on the Seashore	5
Reduced Oxygen Impairs Photobehavior in Marine Invertebrate Larvae	5
N-Acetyl Neuraminic Acid (NANA) Activates L-Type Calcium Channels on Isolated Tentacle Supporting Cells of the Sea Anemone (Aiptasia pallida)	5
Cloning and Selfing Affect Population Genetic Variation in Simulations of Outcrossing, Sexual Sea Stars	5
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases ror1/2 and ryk Are Co-expressed with Multiple Wnt Signaling Components During Early Development of Sea Urchin Embryos	5
Microbiome and Metabolome Contributions to Coral Health and Disease	5
Experimental Evolution Shows Body Size Decrease in Response to Hypoxia, with a Complex Effect on Plastic Size Response to Temperature	5
Assessing the Viability of American Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Embryos in Salt Marsh and Sandy Beach Habitats	4
Ghost Factors of Laboratory Carbonate Chemistry Are Haunting Our Experiments	4
Opsins in the Cephalic and Extracephalic Photoreceptors in the Marine Gastropod Onchidium verruculatum	4
Differential Tolerance and Seasonal Adaptation to Temperature and Salinity Stress at a Dynamic Range Boundary Between Estuarine Gastropods	4
Increasing Temperature Results in Higher Allocation of Energy to Protein Synthesis in Sea Urchin Larvae (Lytechinus pictus)	4
There and Back Again: The Unexpected Journeys of Metridium de Blainville, 1824 between the Old Oceans and throughout the Modern World	4
Factors Modulating the Female Reproductive Performance of the Fiddler CrabLeptuca uruguayensiswith Short Reproductive Season	4
Distinct Phenotypes Associated with Mangrove and Lagoon Habitats in Two Widespread Caribbean Corals, Porites astreoides and Porites divaricata	4
Climate Change and Shell-Boring Polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): Current State of Knowledge and the Need for More Experimental Research	4
The Specialist Marine Herbivore Elysia papillosa Grows Faster on a Less Utilized Algal Diet	3
Life-History Analysis of Asterinid Starfishes	3
Is It in the Stars? Exploring the Relationships between Species’ Traits and Sea Star Wasting Disease	3
Initiation of Posterior Coeloms of an Ophiuroid (Brittle Star) and Plasticity in Their Development	3
Linear Dominance Hierarchies in Female Grass ShrimpPalaemon pugio	3
Structure-Function Relationships of Oxygen Transport Proteins in Marine Invertebrates Enduring Higher Temperatures and Deoxygenation	3
Mating System of the Snapping Shrimp Synalpheus brevicarpus (Caridea, Alpheidae) Inhabiting Sponges Dysidea sp. (Demospongiae)	3
Formation and Function of the Primary Tube During Settlement and Metamorphosis of the Marine Polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883) (Serpulidae)	3
Sexual Maturity of an Endemic Insular Land Crab: Priority Information toward the Conservation ofJohngarthia lagostoma	3
A Novel Behavioral Display in Lymnaea Induced by Quercetin and Hypoxia	3
Uncovering the Effects of Symbiosis and Temperature on Coral Calcification	3
Possible Roles of Hypotaurine and Thiotaurine in the Vesicomyid ClamPhreagena okutanii	3
Immune Defense in Hypoxic Waters: Impacts of CO₂ Acidification	3
Does the Presence of Boring Sponges Alter Timing of Sex Change in Slipper Shell Snails, Crepidula fornicata?	3
Population and Reproductive Dynamics of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Warm, Low-Latitude North American Waters	2
Functional Characterization of TRPV-Like Ion Channels Involved in Nematocyst Discharge from the Sea Anemone Diadumene lineata	2
Kelp Morphology and Herbivory Are Maintained Across Latitude Despite Geographic Shift in Kelp-Wounding Herbivores	2
Evo-Devo in Ophiuroids: The Switch from Planktotrophy to Lecithotrophy in Ophionereis	2
Climate Change Amelioration by Marine Producers: Does Dominance Predict Impact?	2
Predators Induce Phenotypic Plasticity in Echinoderms across Life History Stages	2
Formation of Coelomic Cavities during Abbreviated Development of the Brittle Star Ophioplocus esmarki	2
An Invader’s Peculiar Trophic Behavior: Diel Fluctuations and Environmental Drivers	2
Monogamy in the Burrowing Shrimp Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992 (Decapoda, Gebiidea, Axianassidae)	2
Growth and Cyclin-E Expression in the Stony Coral SpeciesOrbicella faveolataPost-Microfragmentation	2
Compound Extreme Events Induce Rapid Mortality in a Tropical Sea Urchin	2
Demography, Ecology, and Management of Sea Star Populations: Introduction to a Special Issue in The Biological Bulletin	2

Behavioral Variability of Hatchlings Modifies Dispersal Potential in Crown Conch (Melongena corona): Why Do Larvae Crawl Away but Sometimes Swim?	2
Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations	2
Temperature-Induced Changes in Hatching Size of a Tropical Snail Occur During Oogenesis and Can Persist for Several Weeks	2
Scope for Developmental Plasticity of Feeding Larvae of a Holothuroid, Contrasted with Other Echinoderm Larvae	2
Genetic Evidence Supports Species Delimitation of Luidia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico	1
Differences of Sucker Formation Processes Depending on Benthic or Pelagic Posthatching Lifestyles in Two Octopus Species	1
Locomotory Palp Function in Interstitial Annelids	1
Palatability and Physical and Chemical Defenses in Five Annelid Polychaetes from Tropical Brazilian Beaches	1
In Amphioxus Embryos, Some Neural Tube Cells Resemble Differentiating Coronet Cells of Fishes and Tunicates	1
Thermal Traits Vary with Mass and across Populations of the Marsh Periwinkle, Littoraria irrorata	1
The Influence of Natural Barriers on the Amphidromous ShrimpPotimirim brasiliana(Caridea, Atyidae) from Two Rivers in Southeastern Brazil	1
Frequency of Temperature Fluctuations Subtly Impacts the Life Histories of a Tropical Snail	1
Multigenerational Life-History Responses to pH in Distinct Populations of the Copepod Tigriopus californicus	1
Where Do Larvae Go? Some Go Really Far, but Others Maybe Not That Far	1
Quadrupedal Walking with the Skin: The Ambulatory Flaps in “Walking” Cuttlefish (Paintpot Cuttlefish, Metasepia tullbergi)	1
Introduction to the Series on “Current Knowledge in Marine Microplastics—Pollution Down to the Nanoscale”	1
Resting Membrane Potential Modulates Chemoreceptor Sensitivity in Nematocyst Discharge of the Sea Anemone Exaiptasia diaphena	1
Influence of Maternal Size on Offspring Traits in a Marine Gastropod with Direct Development and without Sibling Interaction	1
A Circadian Rhythm of Visual Sensitivity in the American Lobster, Homarus americanus	1
Application of a Novel Computer-Aided System to Monitor Cardiac Activity in a Mussel Undergoing Starfish Predation	1